Community Education - Rochester, Minnesota

Join us as we look at the shapes of the things on Earth, in our Solar System, and in our universe! We will also tour our Earth, our Moon, and a few other planets and moons, and we’ll see what shape the Milky Way is! Suggested ages 3y/o - 3rd grade. Please enter through door #6 at Mayo High School. Please register each person that is attending. A parent/adult must register and attend with the child.

In this interactive presentation, we will look at the path the Moon takes each day, the phases of the Moon, and the parts of the Moon we can see. Then we will try to land on the Moon! Suggested ages 3y/o - 3rd grade. Please enter through door #6 at Mayo High School. Please register each person that is attending. A parent/adult must register and attend with the child.

Imagine the ultimate space vacation! Discover our solar system through a new set of eyes – a family from another star system seeking the perfect vacation spot. Fly over the surface of Pluto, our best known Dwarf Planet. Dive over the ice cliffs of Miranda. Sail through the rings of Saturn. Feel the lightning storms of Jupiter. Walk on the surface of Mars. Which destination would you choose? A solar system journey for space travelers of all ages. Suggested ages 3y/o - 3rd grade. Class is held at Mayo High School, 1420 11th Ave SE, enter through door #6. Please register each person that is attending. A parent/adult must register and attend with the child.

“Out There” - For thousands of years, mankind thought that the Earth was the center of the Universe. Thanks to our curiosity, imagination, and urge to explore, we now know that planets like our Earth are everywhere! The Sun is just one of hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way. With the world’s most powerful telescopes, we are able to explore more and more of the Universe. What we have found so far has surpassed even the wildest expectations of scientists as well as authors of science fiction. We have discovered that most stars have planets! These distant worlds are just waiting to be discovered, Out There! Suggested ages 5 and up. Please register each person attending. Please enter through door #6 at Mayo High School.

“Sky Wars” - In this program we follow the struggles as new discoveries alter our view of Earth and its place in the universe. Witness the connections and conflicts between astronomy and astrology. See how the Earth went from a flat place to a round world -- from a static, motionless home to a spinning, orbiting planet! Finally, voyage into the galaxy to glimpse how future discoveries might start new battles about the sky above. Suggested ages 5 and up. Please register each person attending. Please enter through door #6 at Mayo High School.

Come view the night as it appears from Rochester, Minnesota. We will tour the constellations of this night, as well as learn tricks, tips, and secrets for following the stars all year long. Learn to travel using the stars, tell time using the stars, and follow the seasons using the stars. The Mayo High School Planetarium can also show us how the stars of Rochester compare to the stars from different locations on Earth. Come see what you’ve been missing every night! Suggested ages 8 and up. Please enter through door #6 at Mayo High School.

For thousands of years, mankind thought that the Earth was the center of the Universe. Thanks to our curiosity, imagination, and urge to explore, we now know that planets like our Earth are everywhere! The Sun is just one of hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way. With the world’s most powerful telescopes, we are able to explore more and more of the Universe. What we have found so far has surpassed even the wildest expectations of scientists as well as authors of science fiction. We have discovered that most stars have planets! These distant worlds are just waiting to be discovered, Out There! Please enter through door #6 at Mayo High School.

Join us to explore one of the most enduring questions of humankind — are we alone? For millennia our ancestors watched the stars, questioning the origin and nature of what they saw. Still today we ask these questions, knowing that the Universe is a vast place filled with billions and billions of stars and planets — but yet, Earth is the only planet we know to have life on it. . . or is it? Please enter through door #6 at Mayo High School.