Explore the night sky with your favorite friends from Sesame Street in One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure, premiering Jan. 6 in Catawba Science Center’s Millholland Planetarium.
Based on the popular children’s show Sesame Street, One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure features Big Bird, Elmo and their friend from China, Hu Hu Zhu, and is aimed at children ages 4 to 6.
Together, Big Bird, Elmo and Hu Hu Zhu locate the Big Dipper, the North Star and the Moon in the night sky. Using their imagination, they travel to the moon where they learn it has a very different environment than Earth. The friends also learn that while they live in different countries, they share the same sky.
One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure was created as part of a global partnership between the Adler Planetarium, Sesame Workshop, Beijing Planetarium and Liberty Science Center.
“People of all ages are fascinated by the night sky,” said Adler Planetarium President Paul H. Knappenberger Jr., PhD. “This experience will encourage children and their families to explore, ask questions and continue valuable learning at home.”
One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure is sponsored locally by the United Arts Council of Catawba County through the North Carolina Arts Council, with funding from the state of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art, and Paramount Automotive.
Visit www.CatawbaScience.org for show times and ticket information, or call (828) 322-8169.
Catawba Science Center is a nonprofit science and technology museum in the Western Piedmont with traveling exhibits, a digital planetarium theater and a marine touch pool with live sharks and stingrays. A community asset and regional destination, Catawba Science Center is dedicated to changing lives and inspiring learning through science and wonder. Learn more at www.CatawbaScience.org.
CSC is funded in part by the United Arts Fund of Catawba County and is located in the Arts and Science Center of Catawba Valley, on the SALT Block, 243 3rd Avenue NE, Hickory.
