- 10 AM-3 PM
- Atrium
The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
Uncover fossils from over 500 million years ago! Explore ancient sea creatures from the Burgess Shale and learn how these remarkable discoveries reveal the origins of life on Earth.
NOVEMBER 1-2
Earth Science Weekend
Explore 4.6 Billion Years of Earth’s History!
WHAT
Earth Science Weekend at Spark
WHEN
November 1 and 2, 2025
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
WHERE
Spark Atrium, Inspiration Stage and Creative Kids Museum
COST
Included with General Admission or a Spark Membership.
4.6 Billion Years in 2 days
Earth Science Weekend @ Spark
Join The Geological Survey of Canada, The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation, Earth Science for Society, Alberta Paleo Institute, and Mount Royal University to explore Earth's long history!
For one weekend only, Spark will be showcasing extra screenings of the dome show ‘The Story of Earth’, hosting special Earth-Science related activities in the Creative Kids Museum and the atrium, and bringing back its famous Dinosaur Hot Chocolate! And after you’ve done all that, don’t fossil around — head over to the Spark Store and get a head start-a-saurus on your holiday shopping for the dino-lover in your life! You’ll uncover a landslide of earth science-themed gifts, clothing, toys, and books that everyone is bound to dig deep.
Special Guest, University of Calgary will be at Spark on Sunday, November 2 with a theatre reading.
WHAT’S ON
- 10 AM-3 PM
- Atrium
Earth Science for Society
Get hands-on with the science of our planet! Explore how geology, water, and energy shape the world around us and discover the Earth science in your everyday life
- 10 AM-3 PM
- Atrium
The Geological Survey of Canada
Guess the Rock or Fossil! Test your skills as a rock detective. Examine real samples, make your best guess, and learn how geologists read the stories hidden in stone.
- 11:45 AM & 1:45 PM
- Inspiration Stage
University of Calgary – Theatre reading
A Staged Reading of Rella’s Cambrian Dream. A time-traveling adventure to an underwater world 530 million years ago.
Presented in collaboration with the University of Calgary School of Creative and Performing Arts.
Sunday Only
- 2:45 PM
- Atrium
What is Under Calgary?
Let’s dig with Paleontologist, Cory Gross! Using our imaginations, photos, and real specimens of rocks, fossils, and meteorites, we will pretend to excavate beneath the city of Calgary and investigate what our city was like during the Ice Age and the Age of Dinosaurs, learn how Alberta’s vast oil reserves formed, and gaze back to the origins of life and the beginnings of the Earth itself!
- 10 AM & 1 PM
- CREATIVE KIDS MUSEUM
Dino Discovery: Ice Age Excavation!
Join us for an exciting hands-on paleontology dig at the science center this Earth Weekend! Kids will become junior paleontologists as they uncover fossils trapped in ice, learning about ancient creatures that roamed our planet. Using tools and techniques of real scientists, participants will explore the fascinating world of paleontology while discovering how climate change has impacted our earth.
FEATURED DOME SHOWS
- 11:00 AM/ 1:00 PM/ 3:00 PM/ 5:00 PM (Saturday only)
The Story of Earth
The Earth’s story is a space story: a star bound planet, unique amongst trillions. Of course, it’s also natural history: a geological and biological marvel. Born from dying stars, it was sculpted by violent collisions in space. Yet, in an epic journey, this hostile ball of molten rock transformed itself into a nurturing environment.
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- 10:15 AM
Hazelnuts
Once upon a time there was a sky full of marvellous planets, and on those planets were the most delicious super hazelnuts ever. At least that’s what two greedy squirrels, Nino and Lilli, thought. But is the grass really greener elsewhere?
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- 12:00 PM / 4:00 PM (Saturday only)
Space Explorers
The largest production ever filmed in space.
Space Explorers: The ISS Experience is an Emmy Award-winning four-part series that invites you to join eight astronauts on life-changing missions aboard the International Space Station.
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- 2:00 PM / 6:00 PM (Saturday only)
One Sky
Experience the captivating world of cultural and Indigenous astronomy with the One Sky Project. This international collaboration explores how the sky connects us all, from ancient stargazers to modern sky-watchers, through short stories that span the globe and time.
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The latest digital immersion experience at TELUS Spark.
Sacred Defenders of the Universe transforms the 3,000 square-foot Digital Immersion Gallery into a graphic novel universe that follows four Indigenous superheroes - Aqueous, Embers, Terra and Aireus - as they seek to bring Earth back in balance from the excess of human ego, represented by the Horned Serpent.
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