Expedition Reef

Name: Expedition Reef
Start: 2026-02-06T20:00:00-06:00
End: 2026-02-06T21:00:00-06:00
Location: William M. Staerkel Planetarium at Parkland College

Schedule

Fri Feb 06 2026 at 08:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

William M. Staerkel Planetarium at Parkland College | Champaign, IL

Learn the secrets of the “rainforests of the sea” as you embark on an oceanic safari of the world’s most vibrant—and endangered—marine ecosystems. Along the way, discover how corals grow, feed, reproduce, and support over 25% of all marine life on Earth, while facing unprecedented threats from climate change, habitat destruction, and overfishing. Produced by the California Academy of Sciences, narrated by Lea Salonga, and licensed thanks to support from the Friends of the Staerkel Planetarium.
Admission is $8 for adults or $7 for Parkland students, seniors 65 and older, or children 12 and under. Passes may be purchased at tickets.parkland.edu or in the lobby beginning a half-hour before the first show. Members of the Friends of the Staerkel Planetarium are admitted for free.