Soar through the skies in the Museum's spacious Planetarium, featuring precision projection of more than 6000 stars. The largest planetarium facility in New Jersey now features Full Dome Video. This cutting-edge digital technology immerses audiences within images covering the entire inner dome. Visitors will feel the sensation of zooming through the Solar System and beyond.

 

The Planetarium offers something for everyone; with both traditional sky and laser programs, it is the only planetarium of its kind in New Jersey.
Made possible by the generous support of the Prudential Foundation.

Tuesdays; 10:30 am & Noon (60 minutes); Museum Auditorium; $2/person; Reservations Required
1. Paleontology: Dinosaurs Alphabet (Grades: Pre-K-2)

Today, most everyone is aware of the environmental problems the planet earth and its inhabitants face.  This program will help boys and girls realize how important recycling is and how it is everyone's responsibility to respect and conserve the earth's natural resources.  The show opens revealing a six foot diameter globe of the planet earth.  Most people consider their town as being their home, but after a fast paced question and answer dialogue, students quickly realize that the entire planet earth should be considered as their home.  Using the huge globe, terms such as revolution, rotation and the relationship of the earth with the sun and the other planets in the solar system, are easily understood by students.  Using special lighting effects and the earth ball, Jack demonstrates what causes day and night.  Youngsters will learn what natural resources are and how we are wasting them.  Using a bag of garbage, Jack has students identify many of the everyday items we throw away which should be recycled.  Terms such as biodegradable, recycling, natural resources, landfill sites, incinerators, and conservation are introduced and discussed during this humorous portion of the show.
     This is a perfect complement to the Museum's exhibition, Rising Tide: Climate Change and New Jersey.

This  45-minute presentation is designed to introduce children to the world of science, highlighting the sense of sound.  Through a combination of demonstrations and audience participation, we bring the science of sound to your audience.  Among the experiments the students will witness how sound waves travel using both the audience and a Slinky.  They'll participate in creating a rainstorm complete with rain, thunder and lighting.  We'll use some heat to make a metal pipe 'sing.'  And for a finale, we'll get to hear the quack of a duck, the growl of a tiger and the roar of a T-Rex.  This is a fun and engaging show.