Field Trip Experiences
The Orange Coast College Planetarium is committed to providing an innovative, immersive, and illuminating experience for Orange County and beyond. The Planetarium offers field trip experiences for the Southern California school community from kindergarten through high school.
Field Trip Description
Field trips last approximately 1 hour 30 minutes. We start off in the lobby where we talk about how Astronomers study space and we discuss our various exhibits. Currently, we have a fascinating collection of meteorites, Orange County’s only Foucault pendulum, and NOAA Science on a Sphere. Next we take the students into our 50-foot dome theater where we begin with a pre-show that is based on the main theme of the feature film they are seeing. Please see our show library for a list of available shows and their NGSS codes. After the conclusion of the film, we do a tour through the constellations that can be seen on the night of their visit, and finally, a brief Q&A session with one of our Astronomy students. Our field trips are mostly run by current OCC students!
Note: Field trips for our youngest visiting Astronomers may last one hour or less.
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** Note: Field Trips are booked differently based on the time of the year. Please read the entire webpage before booking a field trip.
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