Denver Museum of Nature & Science~
                    - IMAX Theaters and Gates Planetarium

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The girls of grades 5-12 wait eagerly to begin their field trip to the Museum of Nature and Science, Gates Planetarium, and IMAX on Oct. 9th.

    

Mr. Comandari drew the short straw - he gets to drive the girls again!

  

 

 

 

Michael and Dominic Eddy, grades 6 and 9, attempt to land a model of a shuttle in a frictionless cage . . . .

 

  

 

 

. . . while Angelica "docks" a model of a shuttle in the space exhibit..

  


A museum worker leads a tour, explaining the light spectrum to the students while handing out 3-D glasses.

"Roygbiv!" (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) says the guide, before bursting into song with a soulful rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."

  

 

 

Briana learns about the atmosphere and surface conditions of Mars.

 

  

 

 

 

Fr. Lester watches as students learn about the orbit patterns of the planets.

  

 

 

 

Daniel Johnston (grade 7), watches Shawn Zylla (grade 8) launch a metal sphere into a bed of sand, simulating the creation of craters by meteorites.

 

 

  

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Students examine the results of heating and cooling temperatures under an infrared scanner

    

 

 

Megan plays in red sand which simulates the sand found on Mars.

 
 

 

 

Meanwhile, Krista and Alex, with Briana and Daniel in back, contemplate Martian mud pies.

 

    

 

 

Jonas explains an exhibit to fellow students Wayne  and  Michael.

 

  

 

 

 

 

Shawn, Katherine, and Megan wait with Fr. Lester outside the Planetarium's entrance.

  

 

 

Father entertains Danny while the school group waits for the planetarium show to begin. 

  

 

 

The high school girls build a parabolic arch out of foam blocks, with some advice from senior Barbara Springer

    

Students make model rockets, which they will launch moments later to see whose is the best built. 

 

 

  

 

Dominic concentrates on his rocket's structural design . . .

 

 

. . . while Theresa and Bridget focus intently on their rockets' aerodynamics

  

 

Waiting eagerly for launch. Nick Tam, grade 6 (2nd from left), won the competition, launching his rocket 90 ft.

    

Michael reflects on a model of a temple in the Egyptian exhibit.

 
 

 


Father and Danny study a skeleton of a prehistoric whale overhanging the museum's atrium, as the students prepare to head back to school.