The Community Health Fair, which will be held from 1:00pm until 7:00pm Tuesday April 21 at the Event Center in Sidney, will be hosting the Discovery Dome, a portable full-dome theater developed by the Houston Museum of Natural Science and Rice University. The Discovery Dome is owned by Dickinson State University sponsored by a STEM grant and a Math-Science Partnership grant and trained DSU students travel with the Dome to handle all set up and programming needs.
The planning committee for the Community Health Fair was interested in adding something to the event that would appeal to a younger audience. The dome will be located in one corner of the event center and will feature a full-dome theater experience of the movie entitled, “The Body Code.” The selected movie will show how DNA programs the body’s cells and viewers will take a tour through the body’s circulatory and nervous systems via an immersive display that literally surrounds the viewer.
“We are excited to partner with Dickinson State University and bring this special attraction to our annual health fair,” stated Rita Steinbeisser, Marketing and Communications Director at Sidney Health Center.
The Discovery Dome offers a wide variety of museum-quality productions, each approximately twenty-five minutes long. It is a stand-up dome that comfortably seats 30 elementary students plus teachers and travels to schools and other requested events to provide a state-of-the-art visual learning experience.
For more information on the Discovery Dome or to schedule a show, visit http://www.dsudiscoverydome.com or contact Dr. Corinne Brevik with the Department of Natural Sciences at DSU, 701-483-2575. The Sidney Health Center invites the public to join them for the Community Health Fair and take part in this unique learning opportunity.
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