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Make your own Planetarium
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In this activity, patrons will learn how ancient people related to constellations and asterisms, then use their imagination to create a star pattern and accompanying story. Library staff can have patrons draw their designs on paper or make an inflatable planetarium, in which patrons will poke out their star constellations.
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Big Fun
materials were easily purchased on-line and at home depot for about $70 all in - sheeting was about $40 and a box fan was $18. I actually put it together by myself and it works great. still experimenting with program possibilities (astronomy, cave painting, storytimes) but everyone loves it!
Planetarium
We did this in our library twice, once with a planetarium show and once with make your own constellation. The inflatable planetarium held up quite well for both programs. It took about 2 hours to build and inflate the planetarium the first time. The program where the children designed their own constellations and told their origin stories, went extremely well!