Road Trips 2018 - 2019 |
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Each year, the AstroDome Planetarium travels to many schools throughout Alberta. Most of the schools are located in and around Calgary and since this is our local area, these trips are always day trips. However, from time to time, the AstroDome Planetarium ventures further away and heads out on an extended road trip. These road trips last between two and five days and several schools, in a designated area, will be involved.
Visiting several schools in the same area (on consecutive days) helps to keep travel costs down and the money saved is passed along to all the schools that take part in the road trip. The overall cost is often reduced by as much as $100 per school, when compared to the cost of an exclusive one-day trip to one of the participating schools. That's a significant amount of money and that's why these road trips are so popular!
Please note that the AstroDome Planetarium can come visit your school on any given day throughout the school year, but if your school is located far away and you want to save some money, it's best to team up with other schools in your area and take part in one of our scheduled road trips. We have set aside 8 weeks, during the 2018 - 2019 school year, for road trips. These road trips will take us to seven different parts of Alberta and potentially into southeastern British Columbia and southwestern Saskatchewan.
If you would like to participate in one of these upcoming road trips all you have to do is send us a message to get the process started.
Visiting several schools in the same area (on consecutive days) helps to keep travel costs down and the money saved is passed along to all the schools that take part in the road trip. The overall cost is often reduced by as much as $100 per school, when compared to the cost of an exclusive one-day trip to one of the participating schools. That's a significant amount of money and that's why these road trips are so popular!
Please note that the AstroDome Planetarium can come visit your school on any given day throughout the school year, but if your school is located far away and you want to save some money, it's best to team up with other schools in your area and take part in one of our scheduled road trips. We have set aside 8 weeks, during the 2018 - 2019 school year, for road trips. These road trips will take us to seven different parts of Alberta and potentially into southeastern British Columbia and southwestern Saskatchewan.
If you would like to participate in one of these upcoming road trips all you have to do is send us a message to get the process started.
- The first school to make a booking gets to choose the initial day, for example, Wednesday. The second school to make a booking must choose either the day before or the day after, so continuing on with the example, they can choose either Tuesday or Thursday. If they choose Tuesday, then the third school to make a booking can choose either Monday or Thursday. This process will ensure that the Road Trip is continuous, without any off-days in the middle.
- Road Trips can be as short as 2 days or as long as 5 days. The longer Road Trips tend to result in lower costs (for each school involved) because the travel costs are shared amongst more schools.
- If a Road Trip is not fully booked 30 days in advance, the unbooked days will be made available for day trips to local schools.
Upcoming Road Trips (2018 - 2019)
Edmonton
October 15 to October 19 (Week 7)
Edmonton, Sherwood Park, St. Albert, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, Fort Saskatchewan, and Leduc
South Western Alberta / South Eastern British Columbia
November 19 to November 23 (Week 12)
Pincher Creek, Crowsnest Pass, Sparwood, Fernie, and Cranbrook
Lethbridge
January 7 to January 11 (Week 19)
Lethbridge, Coaldale, Coalhurst, Picture Butte, Magrath, and Cardston
Red Deer
January 21 to January 25 (Week 21)
Red Deer, Sylvan Lake, Penhold, Innisfail, Olds, Didsbury, Blackfalds, Lacombe, and Rocky Mountain House
South Central Alberta
February 11 to February 15 (Week 24)
Brooks, Vauxhall, Taber, Warner, and Milk River
Central Alberta
March 18 to March 22 (Week 29)
Drumheller, Three Hills, Delia, Hanna, Stettler, Camrose, and Wetaskiwin
South Eastern Alberta / South Western Saskatchewan
April 15 to April 18 (Week 33)
Brooks, Medicine Hat, Bow Island, Maple Creek, and Eastend
Edmonton
May 21 to May 24 (Week 38)
Edmonton, Sherwood Park, St. Albert, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, Fort Saskatchewan, and Leduc