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Planetarians' Zoom Seminars are usually on the last Friday of the month. All recordings of the seminars are uploaded to the PPA Youtube channel.
For upcoming zoom seminars, please see the Seminar Schedule page.
For instructions on how to join in a seminar, see the Online Seminar page.
Seminar Recordings:
Seminar Recordings:
Planetarium Zoom Seminars — YouTube playlist:
YouTube Playlist of Recorded Seminars
Our latest recording is from April 25. Caves in Domes: Geoscience Education and Visualization in Digital Planetariums. The technology that allows us to fly through a virtual simulation of the known universe also shares a history with the software tools that enable us to zoom down to high resolution views of Earth’s surface. Digital planetariums are naturally suited not just to space beyond the Earth, but to Earth itself. In this talk, Ka Chun Yu relates the shared history of space and Earth science visualizations, what geoscience education actually entails, and why fulldome theaters are especially suited to take audiences on tours of their home planet. He is an astronomer at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, has helped produce movies for the digital dome and done research on how digital planetariums can be used to effectively teach astronomy.
2025
2025 April 25. Caves in Domes: Geoscience Education and Visualization in Digital Planetariums. The technology that allows us to fly through a virtual simulation of the known universe also shares a history with the software tools that enable us to zoom down to high resolution views of Earth’s surface. Digital planetariums are naturally suited not just to space beyond the Earth, but to Earth itself. In this talk, Ka Chun Yu relates the shared history of space and Earth science visualizations, what geoscience education actually entails, and why fulldome theaters are especially suited to take audiences on tours of their home planet. He is an astronomer at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, has helped produce movies for the digital dome and done research on how digital planetariums can be used to effectively teach astronomy. Watch the video. Find the chat and an AI-generated summary here.
2025 Mar 28. The Sun's Fury: Celebrating Solar Maximum at The Lawrence Planetarium. The Lawrence's newest live & interactive planetarium program is an adventure through solar cycles, the electromagnetic spectrum, and space weather. Planetarium Specialist Ellen Torres Thompson gives a summary of "The Sun's Fury," as well as share their experiences developing and presenting this daily public program. Ellen Torres Thompson (she/they) is the Planetarium Specialist at the Lawrence Hall of Science. Her development work includes using OpenSpace in conjunction with the media composer WorldViewer. Watch the video. Find the chat, an AI-generated summary, and a link to Ellen's slides here.
2025 Feb 28. How Can You Keep Them Engaged When They’re Eight Meters Away? A large dome can be a challenge if you’re trying to get the audience participating. Join April Whitt as she shares her own ideas and tips and invites you to share yours. April retired from the Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta, GA in 2021 and has extensive experience working with planetarium audiences. Watch the video. Read the chat.
2025 Jan 31. Explore a Universe of Data with OpenSpace led by Micah Acinapura and Alex Bock. OpenSpace is free and open-source software using state-of-the-art visualization techniques to create stunning, interactive tours of space and Earth. Whether you’re exploring distant planets or the latest scientific discoveries, OpenSpace offers an immersive experience compatible with planetarium domes, theaters, flat screens, touch tables, and is currently used by over 80 institutions around the globe. Watch the video. Read the chat.
Archive Recordings from Previous Years:
Archive Recordings from Previous Years:
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