Online PDF: ISSN 23333-9063 Vol. 45, No. 4 December 2016 Journal of the International Planetarium Society Special Focus: Preschoolers under the dome Page 40 The moment Heaven and Earth are set in motion by the simple tap of a fi nger. This is the moment we work for. // PRESENTATIONS MADE BY ZEISS The third powerdome generation facilitates operation considerably. All functions can be controlled in real time, no matter what kind of browser-supporting terminal devices you use. Call up shows from anywhere under the planetarium dome. Present your skies wirelessly in interaction with your audience. www.zeiss.com/planetariums Executive Editor Sharon Shanks 484 Canterbury Ln Boardman, Ohio 44512 USA +1 330-783-9341 [email protected] December 2016 Webmaster Alan Gould Lawrence Hall of Science Planetarium Vol. 45 No. 4 University of California Articles Berkeley CA 94720-5200 USA 10 Minutes of the 2016 IPS Council Meeting [email protected] Lee Ann Henning Advertising Coordinator 12 Set your sights on a free fulldome program Dale Smith (See Publications Committee on page 3) 2020 Conference Bids Membership 14 The Planetarium of Bogotá: 2,600 meters closer to Individual: $65 one year; $100 two years the stars Nathalia Rippe Institutional: $250 first year; $125 annual renewal 18 Edmonton Invites the World to Big Sky Country Library Subscriptions: $50 one year; $90 two years All amounts in US currency Alan Nursall, Frank Florian, Cathy Barton Direct membership requests and changes of 22 Welcome to Space City, Houston! address to the Treasurer/Membership Chairman Carolyn Sumners Printed Back Issues of Planetarian IPS Back Publications Repository maintained by the Treasurer/Membership Chair 26 Filmmaking for Fulldome: Best Practices and Guidelines (See contact information on next page) for Immersive Cinema (Part 1) Final Deadlines Ka Chun Yu, Dan Neafus, Ryan Wyatt March: January 21 Special Focus: Preschoolers Under the Dome June: April 21 September: July 21 40 My Sky Tonight: Inspiring and engaging activities December: October 21 for 3- to 5-year-old audiences Associate Editors Julia D. Plummer, Chrysta Ghent, Michele Crowl, Book Reviews April S. Whitt Maureen Callanan, Suzanne Gurton, Calendar Loris Ramponi Cartoons Alexandre Cherman, Chuck Rau Anna Hurst, Jennifer Jipson, Sasha Palmquist Data to Dome Mark SubbaRao 44 Preschoolers rule at the Gengras Planetarium Classroom Education Jack Northrup Noreen Grice Education Committee Jeanne Bishop Fulldome Matters Carolyn Collins Petersen 45 Meet the Solar System combines hands-on activity, art, International Lars Petersen and learning Wendy Ackerman Last Light April S. Whitt 45 Interactivity Tips Dayle Brown LIP Service Karrie Berglund Mobile News Susan Reynolds Button 46 You can have 0-3 years under your dome without a Sound Advice Jeff Bowen meltdown Katy Accetta 47 Using the dome lights to reinforce and teach Columns Dayna Thompson 92 Book Reviews April S. Whitt 48 Museum Alliance: Just waiting to share with the informal 99 Calendar of Events Loris Ramponi 58 Data to Dome Mark SubbaRao education world Amelia Chapman, Jeffrey Nee 60 Fulldome Matters Carolyn Collins Petersen 53 Under One Dome: The Star Barn Planetarium 62 From the Classdome Jack L. Northrup Ronald Walker 4 In Front of the Console Sharon Shanks 54 Astronomy Center in Patagonia comes to life 78 International News Lars Petersen 100 Last Light April S. Whitt Pedro Saizar 64 LIP Service Karrie Berglund 56 This is the ISS. How do you read me, Peoria? 88 Mobile News Susan Reynolds Button Renae Kerrigan 57 Partycles Alex Cherman 8 Past President’s Message Thomas Kraupe 68 Formal and informal education in the Czech Republic 6 President’s Message Joanne Young and Slovakia Tomáš Gráf 66 Seeking What Works Jeanne Bishop 76 Audio Immersion Systems: Concepts, Challenges, and 94 Sound Advice Jeff Bowen 96 Waxing New Sharon Shanks Solutions Immersive Audio Committee 90 NASA + Museum of Science (Boston) Equals Mars On the Cover: excitement The cover photo should look familiar. Others like it 97 Tributes: Raymond Worthy appeared in the June 2016 issue in Mobile News, about 98 Tributes: Dr. George Reed, Klim Churyumov, a new portable planetarium in Mexico. The space- Sergio Lopez Borgoñoz togged kids were so cute that they were perfect for a focused look on preschoolers under the dome. Photo by Rene Gonzalez. Index of Advertisers International Planetarium Society home page: Astro-Tec Manufacturing .................... 37 Magna-Tech Electronic Co. ................91 www.ips-planetarium.org Audio Visual Imagineering .................. 75 Metaspace................................................25 Bays Mountain Productions .................17 Mirage 3D .......................................... 35, 77 Planetarian home page: California Academy of Sciences ........81 NSC Creative ............................................ 13 www.ips-planetarium.org/?page=plntrn ChromaCove ........................................... 43 RSACosmos ................ Inside back cover Clark Planetarium ....................................71 Sciss ..............................................................5 Digitalis Education Solutions ............. 33 Sky-Skan .............................................49-52 Evans & Sutherland 59, 73, Back cover Softmachine ......................................21, 65 GeoGraphics Imaging ...........................95 Spitz, Inc. ...........................................67, 69 www.facebook.com/ GOTO Inc. ................................................ 93 Spitz Creative Media ..............83, 85, 87 InternationalPlanetariumSociety IMERSA .........................................................7 You Can Do Astronomy .......................86 Konica Minolta Planetarium Co ......... 63 Zeiss ............................. 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