School Groups:

• The Boy Who Hated the Nighttime: K - 2nd Grade
  Learn about constellations, the Moon, meteors, comets and aurora.
• Pickles Means Pluto: K - 2nd Grade
  Experience an uplifting blast off, a set of weightless exercises and a lilting space walk. After viewing the spectacular colors of deep space objects, you will get tossed into a space emergency.
• Looking Into Space: 3rd - 6th Grade
  Students will learn how the Moon moves around the Earth every month, how eclipses of the moon and Sun look and how the surface of the Moon looks close up.
• Investigating Earth and Space: 3rd - High School
  The motions of the Moon and the planets can be observed when the Earth's revolution around the Sun is speeded up. After viewing the sky above Maryland, you will see the sky viewed from different parts of the world and from up in orbit around the Earth.
• A Camper's Canopy: Scouting Groups
  The causes of the seasonal changes will be evident. The looping paths of the planets will be explained as will be the changing phases of the Moon. Both lunar and solar eclipses will be illustrated. The effects of the Earth's 26,000-year wobble will be witnessed in speeded-up fashion.

Special Programs:

• Free Saturday Public Shows
  On select Saturdays once a month, the public can attend a free planetarium show at 10:00 a.m. No reservations are necessary.
• Star Party
  Once or twice a month, weather permitting, the Astronomy department hosts a star party on the Dundalk campus. Visitors can view the night sky through a Celestron 14 inch CGE 1400 XLT telescope. Call 410-282-3092 approximately 45 minutes before the session to confirm that it is a go.