Cultural Appreciation, Week II [Wednesday, Periods 4 & 5]

[atreideslioness]

Students met at the Causeway today, and Ghanima waited until everyone had arrived before speaking. She was dressed in jeans and a plain blouse, and true to her word of last week, wore dark sunglasses to hide her eyes of the ibad.

"The Adler Planetarium — America's First Planetarium — was founded in 1930 by Chicago business leader Max Adler," she began. "The museum is home to three full-size theaters, extensive space science exhibitions, and one of the world's most important antique astronomical instrument collections on display."

"The planetarium is built on what once was an artificial island on Lake Michigan. Northerly Island, as it is called, was the first of what was to be a series of artificial islands stretching south. The permanent land link was constructed soon after the planetarium was built. Each of the twelve corners of the landmark 1930s building is decorated by a bronze plaque, which represents a sign of the zodiac, and the dedication plaque located in the Adler's Rainbow Lobby depicts the gods and goddesses for which the planets are named. Pluto is missing because it was not discovered until February 18, 1930, after the plaque was created. Ironic, almost, given that Pluto is not currently considered a planet anymore, so the plaque is once again correct."

"Through the portal, now. We have two hours to explore."

[OOC: Wait for the astral OCD has liftoff!]

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Today's Trip: The Exhibitions

[atreideslioness]

The Adler’s Galaxy Wall is the largest, most complete view of our galaxy — the Milky Way — ever made.

Telescopes: Through the Looking Glass presents the technology used to gather information about the Universe. Featuring some of the world's most important telescopes and one-of-a-kind hands-on interactives, the exhibition explores the extraordinary beauty and technology of these amazing instruments and the objects they enable us to discover.

Shoot for the Moon This permanent exhibition highlights the exciting stories of space exploration and America's bold plans to return to the Moon. The exhibition begins with A Journey with Jim Lovell, featuring the fully-restored Gemini 12 spacecraft and the Lovell Collection of personal space artifacts. In Mission: Moon, young visitors discover the thrills and dangers of being an explorer and imagine their own futures in space.

CyberSpace features computer-based interactive exhibitions, VisionStations providing realistic immersive experiences of the Universe, and up-to-date information on current astronomy.

Our Solar System is much more than a star and eight planets. Explore the many worlds — planets, moons, dwarf planets, comets, and asteroids — that orbit the Sun. Drive a rover that's examining the surface of Mars or shoot projectiles into a soft surface to size up the craters they leave behind.

Universe in your Hands. Learn about a time in history when people believed that the Earth was the center of the Universe. The exhibit features spectacular astrolabes, armillary spheres, and sundials to illustrate the medieval European and Middle Eastern conception of the Universe.

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[wwiii]

Warren was going to spend the next two hours zig-zagging through the exhibitions with all of the attention span of a goldfish on speed. This was how science should be presented! Not in those stuffy textbooks that he'd grown up reading.

He found the telescopes exhibit to be particularly interesting, and by the time he was done poking through it, he was making grand plans to get one of his own.

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[trigons_child]

Raven stared in wonder at the various exhibits, particularly the galaxy wall. "It looks like what is inside me," she murmured to herself.

So not dirty.

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[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

The Galaxy Wall was not in existence the last time she was here, so Lindsay was quite in awe of that. Though she was fascinated by the other exhibitions, too.

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[boho-to-be.livejournal.com]

Christian stayed in front of the galaxy wall for a long time, absolutely mesmerized by it.

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[glacial_queen]

Karla just wandered around slowly, taking everything in. The stars! They felt so close here, almost as close as when Ben had taken her and Ender out in the shuttle for lunch that day.

Wow. Just wow.

Kaeleer needed something like this.