Starlight

What: Museum Staff-led
When: Terms 1 and 3, Monday to Friday
Duration: 45 minutes in the Planetarium
Year level: Years 7 to 11
Minmum student numbers: Minimum 15 students
Maximum student numbers: Maximum 150 students
Cost: $9 per student + education service fee
Booking information: Bookings 13 11 02
School visit information

For thousands of years, we have looked to the stars in awe and wonder. Their mysteries have inspired curiosity across all cultures and civilisations.

Narrated by multi-award-winning Australian actress, Sigrid Thornton, Starlight is told through the eyes of Margaret, as she steps back in time to relive childhood fears of the dark. She takes you on an out-of-this-world journey to discover constellations and ancient cultures, the birth and death of a star and the inner workings of our Sun.

Featuring stunning full dome visualisations of being inside a supernova explosion and drifting through a stellar nursery, a rich gaseous nebula that is collapsing into stars.

Victorian Curriculum links

Science

All matter is made of atoms which are composed of protons, neutrons and electrons; natural radioactivity arises from the decay of nuclei in atoms (VCSSU122)
Energy appears in different forms including movement (kinetic energy), heat, light, chemical energy and potential energy; devices can change energy from one form to another (VCSSU104)
Light can form images using the reflective feature of curved mirrors and the refractive feature of lenses, and can disperse to produce a spectrum which is part of a larger spectrum of radiation (VCSSU105)
The Universe contains features including galaxies, stars and solar systems; the Big Bang theory can be used to explain the origin of the Universe (VCSSU129)