SKY PICTURE
Alphabets learning with constellation names
It is a cartoon show that covers the colorful illustrations of the night sky from the South Pole. These illustrations were imagined by our forefathers in different parts of the sky by joining bright stars of the night sky. The names of these illustrations are mostly in Latin language and are now related to the 88 modern or scientific constellations. In the show for simplicity for simplicity mostly common rather than original Latin names of the constellations are used for example �A� for Arrow and not Sagitta and �B� for Big Bear and not Ursa Major and so on. The show is also an astronomy vocabulary building exercise through alphabet learning.
PUPPY ON THE MOON
Directions up and down
It is a cartoon story based on adventurous joy ride of a dog named puppy to his next door neighbour in space, the Moon. Puppy first looks at the white Moon up in the night sky from his backyard through a telescope and finally in the end at the blue Earth hanging up in the Moons sky. The show demonstrates that up and down are relative directions. The show also covers the Moon's bumpy surface and pot holes called craters.
Know MoreSKY STORIES
Ancient sky culture stories related to stars and astronomical events
It is a cartoon show and based on storytelling methodology. It covers ancient sky culture stories from India (Hindu) Swan the Dog Star and Australia (Aborigines) Rollamano and Stars. These stories also have moral and philosophical meanings just like tales of Panchatantra. They have been abridged judiciously to suite the kids. They also serve as a vocabulary building exercise for star names.
COLOR THE SKY PICTURES
Joining the dots (stars) and making drawings
A magical brush, for its young audience, draws the constellations one by one by joining twinkling stars of the southern sky. The drawings are first drawn as stick figures and then as black and white illustrations. Finally, the magical brush fills colors in the illustrations turning the black and white night sky into a colorful sky theater. It is a progressive show to the Sky Pictures � South.
GEORGE AND OATMEAL
Star Hopping
It is Full Dome Planetarium show produced by Ward Beecher Planetarium at Youngstown State University. Santa Clause is lost and George a wizard and Oatmeal a snowman are looking for him across the world, using the stars to navigate and learning star stories from different ancient sky cultures.
WILBEAR
History of flight
It is full dome planetarium show produced by Ward Beecher Planetarium at Youngstown State University. Wilbear is a cute teddy bear who wants to fly. His hero is the inventor of modern aviation, Wilbur Wright and his grandpa who tells him about the stars and the history of flight.
SOLAR SYSTEM
Solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy
The Full Dome Planetarium show introduces to its audience the concept of Galaxies, Stars and Solar Systems through aliens that visit our Earth in a space ship from a Earth like planet that goes around a star that lie in a far off galaxy.
