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Vol. 43, No. 4 December 2014 Journal of the International Planetarium Society Teaching through music under the dome - Page 22 Articles December 2014 Vol. 43 No. 4 IPS Special Section 10 Minutes of the 2014 IPS Council Meeting Lee Ann Henning Executive Editor 16 Call for 2016 IPS awards and Fellows nominations Manos Kitsonas Sharon Shanks Ward Beecher Planetarium Planetarium Research Youngstown State University 18 A Longitudinal Study of Early Elementary Students’ One University Plaza Understanding of Lunar Phenomena after Planetarium and Youngstown, Ohio 44555 USA Classroom Instruction +1 330-941-3619 Kim J. Small, Julia D. Plummer [email protected] 21 New source for astronomy education research Webmaster 22 It’s Life Out There: An astrobiological multimedia experience Alan Gould for digital planetariums Holt Planetarium Ka Chun Yu, Julia DeMarines, David Grinspoon Lawrence Hall of Science University of California 30 Putting sustainability at the heart of managing the Rio Planetarium Berkeley, California 94720-5200 USA Celso Cunha, Maria Fatima Ludovico de Almeida +1 510-643-5082 34 Indian MOM makes it to Mars Piyush Pandey +1 510-642-1055 fax 36 There’s been a digital revolution in the Czech Republic [email protected] Jiri Dusek Advertising Coordinator 38 Central European Fulldome Festival Brno 2015 Dr. Dale Smith 47 Under One Dome: College of Southern Nevada Andrew Kerr (See Publications Committee on page 3) 50 When Pittsburgh got its planetarium Glenn A. Walsh Membership 84 Tributes: Daniel R. Francetic, Pearl L. Riley Individual: $65 one year; $100 two years Institutional: $250 first year; $125 annual renewal Library Subscriptions: $50 one year; $90 two years Columns All amounts in US currency 42 Book Reviews . ......................................... April S. Whitt Direct membership requests and changes of 86 Calendar of Events. .Loris Ramponi address to the Treasurer/Membership Chairman 59 Data to Dome. Mark SubbaRao Printed Back Issues of the Planetarian 66 Digital Fulldome & Immersive Media News IPS Back Publications Repository 62 From the Classdome . Jack L. Northrup maintained by the Treasurer/Membership Chair; 4 In Front of the Console . ................................Sharon Shanks contact information is on next page 68 International News. Lars Broman Final Deadlines 88 Last Light. April S. Whitt 80 Mobile News . ..................................Susan Reynolds Button March: January 21 65 Partycles. Alex Cherman June: April 21 6 President’s Message . Thomas W. Kraupe September: July 21 64 Seeking What Works. Jeanne Bishop December: October 21 84 Waxing New . ..........................................Sharon Shanks Associate Editors Book Reviews Data to Dome International Index of Advertisers April S. Whitt Mark SubbaRoa Lars Broman Astro-Tec . .......................................................71 Calendar Classroom Last Light Audio Visual Imagineering . ....................................... 55 Loris Ramponi Education April S. Whitt California Academy of Sciences . .................................. 75 Jack Northrup Cartoons Mobile News Central European Fulldome Festival Brno . ...........................81 Alexandre Education Susan Button Clark Planetarium/Hansen Dome . ................................. 77 Cherman Committee News Jeanne Bishop Sound Advice Digitalis Education Solutions, Inc.. 57 Jeff Bowen Evans & Sutherland . .........................83, 87, inside back cover GOTO INC . inside front cover Konica Minolta Planetarium Co. Ltd . .............................. 73 On the Cover: Singing and teaching un- Magna-Tech Electronic Company. 49 der the CMB—The House Band of the Metaspace . ......................................................41 Universe take astrobiology education on Michigan Science Center . ......................................... 5 the road. Read more starting on page 22. Mirage3d. 15, 39, 58 Photo provided by David Grinspoon NSC creative . ................................................... 40 R.S.A. Cosmos . 38, outside back cover Royal Greenwich Observatory. 79 SCISS . ....................................................... 13, 27 Sky-Skan, Inc . ................................................ 43-46 Softmachine. .17 International Planetarium Society home page: Spitz, Inc. 11, 67 www.ips-planetarium.org Spitz Creative Media. 29, 53, 61, 85 Planetarian home page: You Can Do Astronomy. 32 www.ips-planetarium.org/?page=plntrn Zeiss, Inc. 48 December 2014 Planetarian 1 Affiliate Representatives Association of Brazilian British Association Italian Association Russian Planetariums Planetariums of Planetaria of Planetaria Association Officers Alexandre Cherman Dr. Jenny Shipway Loris Ramponi Zinaida P. Sitkova Planetário do Rio de Janeiro Head of Planetarium National Archive of Planetaria Nizhny Novgorod President R. Vice-Governador Winchester Science Centre c/o Centro Studi e Ricerche Planetarium Thomas W. 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Owens Science Center Association [email protected] Speaking Planetariums Society 9601 Greenbelt Road John Hare President-Elect Marc Moutin Jin Zhu Lanham-Seabrook, Ash Enterprises Beijing Planetarium Maryland 20706 USA Joanne Young Cité de l’espace 3602 23rd Avenue West No. 138 Xizhimenwait Street +1 301-918 8750 Audio Visual Imagineering Avenue Jean Gonord Bradenton, Florida Beijing, 1000044 +1 301-918 8753 fax 6565 Hazeltine National BP 25855 34205 USA P.R. China [email protected] Drive, Suite 2 31506 Toulouse Cedex 5 +1 941-746-3522 +86 10-5158-3311 Orlando, Florida 32822 USA +33 (0)5 62 71 56 03 [email protected] +86 10-5158-3312 fax Nordic Planetarium (407) 859-8166 +33 (0)5 62 71 56 29 fax www.sepadomes.org [email protected] Association [email protected] [email protected] www.cite-espace.com Aase Roland Jacobsen Southwestern www.aplf-planetariums.org European/ Steno Museum Planetarium Association of Executive Secretary Mediterranean C.F. 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