Through IMAX technology, journey to distant lands, outer space, the depths of the ocean or even through time without leaving your seat. Experience the immersive power of The Tech Museum's Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater. See, hear and feel more with crystal clear images up to eight stories high and 13,000 watts of wrap-around digital surround sound.

The Hackworth IMAX Dome Theatre holds 280 guests and seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. School groups qualify for the group rate of $5/person. Title 1 schools are eligible for fee-waived Hackworth IMAX Dome films. Please ask about this opportunity when making your reservations.

See to our calendar for regular showing IMAX films. If you are a group of 50 or more, the 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. time slots can be reserved with a film from our library of your choosing. Show times and IMAX films are based upon availability.

The IMAX film library

Most films have downloadable Educator's Resource Guides 

Adventures in Wild California View Trailer
Take a virtual expedition that will send you careening down an icy mountain snowboarders; twirling above the clouds with skysurfers; swimming with otters; excavating a thirty-story tall Giant Sequoia and emerging from under the spray of one of California's biggest surfable waves.

California Content Standards: Kindergarten: 2a, 2c, 3a, 3b, 3c; Grade 1:2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 3a, 3b, 3c; Grade 2: 1c, 1e, 2a, 2e, 3b, 3e; Grade 3:3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e 

Arabia View Trailer
The giant-screen film, ARABIA, is a thought-provoking learning adventure about a land steeped in myth and mystery. In the film unfolds the story of an extreme desert environment that, through its people's thirst for knowledge, the riches of global trade and a deep devotion to faith, has become one of the most powerful, yet least understood, regions on Earth today. Audiences will ride the dunes with a camel caravan, dive into the treasure-laden Red Sea, explore the ruins of a towering lost city, hurtle back into the Islamic golden age of invention, join three million Muslims on the hajj pilgrimage, and get to know the young Arabians transforming tomorrow's world. The result is a surprising and illuminating journey that not only unveils an oft-hidden world full of discovery, but also serves as a bridge between two cultures that have long misunderstood one another.

California Content Standards: Grade 3: 3., 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e (Science), 3.1 (History-SS);Grade 4: 3a, 4, 5, 5a, 5c (Science); Grade 5: 3., 3a, 4, 4a, 4c (Science), 1, 2, 3 (History-SS);Grade 6: 1, 1a, 2, 4, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 5e, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c (Science), 1, 2, 3, 6.2 (History-SS); Grade 7: 4, 4a, 4c, 4d, 4e, (Science) 1, 2, 3, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.5, 7.2.6 (History-SS);Grade 8: 1, 2, 3, (History-SS); Grades 9-12: 6, 6a, 6e, 6g (Biology); 3, 5, 5a, 5f, 6, 6a, 6c (Earth Science); 1, 3, 4, (History-SS).
Arabia Education and Activity Guide

Born to be Wild in IMAX is an inspired story of love, dedication and the remarkable bond between humans and animals. This film documents orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue and raise them, saving endangered species one life at a time. 

Narrated by Morgan Freeman, Born to be Wild is an inspirational and entertaining exploration of the impacts of global warming on ocean wildernesses.

California Content Standards: Grade 1: 2a, 2b; Grade 2: 2a, 2d; Grade 3: 2a, 2c, 2d;Grade 4: 2a, 2b, 3b, 3c; Grade 5: 2a

Born to be Wild also covers the following California Environmental Principles and Concepts:Principle II : Concept a,b,c,d; Principle III: Concept c

Educator Resources:
English Guide and Spanish Guide
Rainforest Action Network Educator Resource Guide
Activity Sheet
Discussion Guide

Everest
Everest is the dramatic true story of a team of climbers who found hope, strength and triumph in the wake of tragedy. Their successful ascent of Mount Everest just days after fellow mountaineers and friends died there is a compelling story about the human spirit and a mountain they love, respect and sometimes fear.

In Everest travel across creaking icefalls and gaping chasms, up dangerous, towering cliffs, through a harrowing rescue, and into the danger zone of oxygen-thin altitude. The film also reveals how this tallest mountain was formed and continues to evolve, how high altitude challenges a climber's physical and mental capabilities.

California Content Standards: Grade 6: 1, 1a, 1e, Grades 9-12 (Biology/ Life Science): 9, 9.a, 9.b, Grades 9-12 (Earth Science): 3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 6c
Teacher Guide

Forces of Nature View Trailer
There are nearly 500,000 earthquakes, over 1,000 tornadoes, and about 50 volcanoes erupting around the world each year. The science stories inForces of Nature are augmented with computer graphics sequences designed to illustrate the inner workings of these forces.

Forces of Nature lets you experience what it's like when the ground shakes, mountains explode and the sky turns black and violent. Follow scientists on their groundbreaking quests to understand how these natural disasters are triggered. Learn what is being done to predict and prepare for these events — and minimize their destructive forces.

California Content Standards: Grade 4: 4, 5, 5a; Grade 5: 3, 3c; Grade 6: 1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1g, 2, 2d, 3, 3a, 3c, 4, 4c, 4d, 4e; Grade 7: 4, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4f
Educator Guide

Hubble View Trailer
Experience the gripping story – full of hope, crushing disappointment, dazzling ingenuity, bravery, and triumph – in Hubble. Journey through distant galaxies to explore the grandeur and mysteries of our celestial surroundings, and accompany space-walking astronauts as they attempt some of the most difficult and important tasks in the history of NASA.

California Content Standards: Grade 3: 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e,Grade 5: 5a, 5b, 5c, Grade 6: 4a, 4b, Grade 7: 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g,Grade 8: 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e
Hubble Education Guide Grades 3-5
Hubble Education Guide Grades 6-8

Hurricane on the Bayou View Trailer
A powerfully moving large format film unlike any other, Hurricane on the Bayou carries students behind today's news headlines on a journey deep into the soul-stirring heart of Louisiana - before, during and after the unprecedented devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Unfolding against the poignant backdrop of the most costly natural disaster in America's history, MacGillivray Freeman's IMAX® cameras follow a group of four musicians, both legendary and rising, as they explore the electrifying culture of New Orleans: speed through the beautiful, alligator-filled bayous on airboats; recount their heart-wrenching, personal stories of Katrina; and most of all, bring the focus to the rapidly disappearing wetlands that are New Orleans' first line of defense against deadly storms. Vanishing at an astonishing rate of one acre every 38 minutes according to the U.S. Geological Survey, the wealth, cultural vitality and very future of New Orleans depend on the preservation of these wetlands.

California Content Standards: Grade 1: 3b, 3c; Grade 3: 1a, 1d, 3.0, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3.0,Grade 4: 3b, 5a, 5c; Grade 5: 3.0, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 4.0, 4a, 4b, 4c; Grade 6: 4d, 4e
Teacher Guidesttp://www.hurricaneonthebayou.com/HOTB_ImaxTeacherGuide.pdf

Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West View Trailer
With stunning aerial cinematography and meticulous recreations, Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West dramatizes the legendary early 19th-century expedition that crossed the uncharted North American West. Join a mission that tested their courage; an expedition that challenged their resolve; and a journey that shaped a nation.

Travel back 200 years in Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West to experience this monumental quest- to find a water passageway to the Pacific Ocean and describe for science the wonders of the West. Along with Meriwether Lewis & William Clark embark on the adventure, danger and beauty of the unmapped West.

California Content Standards: Grade 3: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3; Grade 5: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.8, 5.8.3;Grade 8: 8.6.1, 8.8, 8.8.2, 8.12.1, 8.12.2
Educator Resources

Rocky Mountain Express
Experience the adventure of a lifetime in Rocky Mountain Express, the new film that propels audiences on an exhilarating journey deep into the Rockies along steep cliff edges, spiraling tunnels and through the most beautiful and rugged landscapes on earth. Learn about the heroic human drama and epic engineering involved in shaping a nearly impossible transcontinental railway link.

California Content Standards: coming soon

Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun View Trailer
A white-knuckle adventure that puts you in the front seat of some of the wildest rides ever created. Exploring the science and psychology behind our need for thrill seeking, the film traces the history of thrill rides, beginning with early roller coasters. It shows how the development of the motion simulator ride, first designed for the aerospace industry, has become one of the most exciting innovations in recent film history.

California Content Standards: Grade 2: 1.0, 1b, 1d; Grade 3: 1c; Grade 4: 1.0; Grade 6: 3a, 3c; Grade 7: 5a, 5b, 5c; Grade 8: 1.0, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 2.0, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f, 2g: Grades 9-12: Physics 1.0, 1a, 1b, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1g, 2.0, 2c, 2e, 2f, 2g, 2h
Teachers Guide

To the Arctic  View Trailer

Venture across floating ice with a mother polar bear and her two cubs as they struggle to survive. Discover the extraordinary underwater world of the Arctic sea with beluga whales, Greenland sharks and walruses. Fly above a thundering herd of caribou making their way to their calving ground.

A visually breathtaking story of life in the Arctic and the rapid changes occurring there.

California Content Standards: Kindergarten: 1:a-c ,2, 3b   Grade 1: 2a-c   Grade 2: 2a-d   Grade 3: 3a-e  Grade 4: 2a-b, 3a-b, 5a-c  Grade 5: 3a-d  Grades 9-12: 8b-c 

Educator Guide - Grades 3-5

Under the Sea View Trailer
Actor Jim Carrey is the narrator/tour guide for a stunning journey into the world's most beautiful and remote coral reefs. Be transported to some of the most exotic and isolated undersea locations on Earth, including Southern Australia, New Guinea and others in the Indo-Pacific region, and experience face-to-face encounters with some of the most mysterious and stunning creatures of the sea. It offers a uniquely inspirational and entertaining way to explore the impact that global climate change has had on ocean wilderness.

California Content Standards: Grade 2: 2.0; Grade 3: 3.0, Grade 4: 3.0, 3a, 3b, 3d;Grade 5: 3.0, 3a, 3b;Grade 6: 2c, 2d, 5.0, 5a; Grade 7: 3e; Grades 9-12: Ecology 6a, 6e, 6f, Earth Sciences 5.0, 5d
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