SAMI at Bellevue College presents a FREE Planetarium show for the little ones! Friday, February 28th 2014 at 7pm - Tickets available!

Tickets available for the planetarium showing for the little ones! We saw this last year when the first introduced a version for the little ones...it is really cute and informational! My son was 4 at the time and thought is was pretty cool!


" Bellevue College will be offering free public planetarium shows in its Willard Geer planetarium on the evening of Friday, February 28th at 7:00 PM and 8:30 PM.  

The first show should be fun for kids as young as age five.  It will consist of two professionally produced planetarium shows, "The Little Star that Could" and "Wonders of the Universe", as well as a live segment introducing the audience to that night's sky, and will last about 70 minutes.  

The 8:30 show will consist of "Wonders of the Universe" followed by a show about the Solar System called "New Horizons".  This show will also include a live segment introducing the audience to that night's sky, and will last about 70 minutes.  

The Little Star That Could is a story about an average yellow star on a search for planets of his own to warm and protect.  

The show "Wonders of the Universe" takes visitors on a journey through space and time to see dramatic and wonderful things in the Universe. 

The "New Horizons" show explores the planets and moons of the solar system in a majestic journey through our celestial neighborhood.

The skies visible above Bellevue will also be discussed by show-giver Pat Beatie.  Pat, who also gives all planetarium shows to visiting school groups, is a retired law enforcement officer with a longtime interest in astronomy.  He'll point out the brightest stars and constellations so audience members can go home and stargaze from their own backyards.  

The Planetarium, is a special domed-ceiling room (room B-244) where the nighttime sky is accurately reproduced.  The 7:00 show can be viewed by kids as young as five, although the 8:30 show is not recommended for kids under the age of six.  (The darkness of the room and the length of the shows has proven to a problem for kids younger than that.)  Because the room is dark during the show, there is no late admission. "


For more info. and to reserve FREE tickets go here.   Make sure date/time at the link is set to 7pm showing!