It’s an adventure 65 million years in the making as Jurassic World Live comes to the main stage. Anyone who has seen the Jurassic World movie remembers the rolling Gyrospheres, the sneak attacks by the Indominus Rex, the fight scenes with Blue the Raptor and the roar of the T Rex. All this and more action will come to life on stage as Jurassic World Live tour right here in Indianapolis.
Jurassic World Live Tour comes to town with a dinosaur experience unlike anything you have ever seen before. All your favorite dinosaurs from the Jurassic World franchise will be there including Velociraptor Blue (our favorite) and a T. Rex more than 40 feet in length. The production features more than 21 film-accurate, life-sized dinosaurs, each custom built with the latest technology, scientific precision and Hollywood studio quality. We got to visit with Olive, the baby stegosaurus, and I was amazed at how life like she really was.
Take a trip to Isla Nublar where the ferocious Indominus rex escapes and wreaks havoc in the park. Join forces with a team of scientists to unravel a corrupt plan and save Jeanie, an all-new dinosaur, from a terrible fate. Along the way, experience some of Jurassic World’s most iconic dinosaurs including Blue the Raptor, Triceratops, Pteranodons and the mighty T. rex!
When and Where
Jurassic World Live Tour comes to Banker’s Life Fieldhouse on December 6 – 8, 2019. There are 7 different show times including Friday, December 6 at 7pm and 11am, 3pm, and 7pm on December 7 and 8th. The show lasts approximately one hour and 50 minutes long with a 15-20 minute intermission.
Tickets
Tickets start at $16 and up depending on how up close and personal you want to be with floor setting. Children under 2 can sit on a patent’s or guardian’s lap. All children 2 and over require a ticket. Use code 5Blue to get $5 your tickets up to 8 people for the 7pm show times available each day. The code 5Blue will not work for previously purchased tickets or floor seating.
Ticket Giveaway
Be on the look out for 3 hidden eggs around Indy and Fort Wayne. Jurassic World Live Tour provided us with 3 eggs each with 4 vouchers to the show. HINT: For the first egg, it is already hidden in a mall on the North Side of Indy near the big man in red. I have not heard that it was found yet! The next two eggs will be hidden at a popular shopping location and kids entertainment location in Fort Wayne on November 23 and 24th.
Recommended Ages
This show was created for fans of all ages, although you as parents or guardians are the best ones to determine if this is appropriate for your kids. For our family, it means bringing all our kids ranging in ages from 3.5 – 9 years old. As a family, we have the complete series of the Jurassic World movies on DVD and watched them more times than I can count. We also watched the behind the scenes clips too so they know that the dinosaurs aren’t real in the movie. The Jurassic World Live Tour does contain special effects including strobe lights and safe theatrical fog along with all the wonder and thrills that the Jurassic World brand is known for.
Parking
Please allow extra time to travel to the event with traffic, parking, and entrance delays. Plus you may want to purchase some of the cool merchandise like light up toys and stuffed dinosaurs before the show starts. Parking is available at the Virginia Avenue Garage for $20 located on the Northwest corner of Banker’s Life Fieldhouse with access from Maryland Street. You can also take IndyGo Red line.
STEM Activity
For a educational hands on activity, try making a volcano with your kids. What kid doesn’t like watching things erupt?! Here are the details and the changes that we made to the methods and materials for more fun.
Geology: Volcano Eruption Demo
Objective: Students will be able to describe what a volcano is and the difference between magma and lava as an instructor models a volcanic eruption with everyday supplies.
Synopsis: Instructor demonstrates an erupting volcano model, to represent Isla Nublar erupting in Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom.
Volcano Model Materials
- Crayola Modeling Clay – We used Crayola Terra Cotta Air-Dry Clay 5lb.
- Water Bottle – we used a glass milk bottle
- Paper plate/ Wax Paper/ newspaper (to keep area clean)
- Foil covered cake board (added this item to the list)
- 1/2 cup of water
- 1/2 cup of vinegar
- 1/4 cup of dish detergent
- Red or orange food coloring
- 2 tablespoons baking sod
- toy plastic dinosaurs and trees (Optional but fun)
Volcano Instructions:
- Layer the clay in a thin layer over the cake board.
- Add in the glass milk jar
- Starting at the bottom, at rolls of clay wrapping around the jar
- Work your way to the top
- Smooth out your volcano
- Add lava drips or craters down the side of the volcano
- Place plastic dinosaurs and other toys before it drys
- Painting with acrylic paint is optional but tons more fun
- Once everything is dry, place on cookie sheet to erupt indoors
Demonstration Instructions
- Gather all the supplies for the volcano lava and add every ingredient into bottle except baking soda.
- Introduce the concept of volcanoes to your students. ” Isla Nublar, the island in Jurassic World, is an island made from a volcano. A volcano is an opening in the earth’s surface”
- Move to the demo part of the lesson. “A volcano is formed where there is an opening in the crust; volcanoes from when tectonic plates are moving away from each other , or towards each other. The volcano is a opening that can allow magma to rise to the earth’s surface. If magma is thick, gas bubbles cannot easily escape and pressure build’s up as the magma rises. when the pressure is too much an explosive eruption can occur, which can be dangerous and destructive.”
- Explain how a volcano forms and then erupts. “I’m going to first show you a model of a volcano erupting! To make this happen, I have already placed some ingredients into your volcano. In a moment, I am going to pour baking soda into the container of the volcano as well. When we do that, a chemical reaction happens and gases are released, like carbon dioxide, the gas that all animals breathe out.” “Who’s ready to watch a model volcano erupt!!”
- Then, to demonstrate an eruption, pour 2 tablespoons of baking soda into the bottle. It may take a second for it to start to bubble over. If you want it to go faster, you can shake the entire plate that holds the volcano. It won’t spew, but rather bubble. The more ingredients, especially baking soda, the faster and more bubbly it will get.
- Then, count down with the students, “3, 2, 1” and pour the baking soda into the water jar. The baking soda will react with the vinegar and cause the eruption!
- Now explain how that just worked. “We used dish detergent and water to add that extra bubbly effect. We used the food coloring to give it that lava color. The vinegar and baking soda made a chemical reaction occur that releases a gas called carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is the same type of gas used to make the carbonation in sodas. It’s also the gas that all animals breathe out. Take a deep breath in (you are taking in oxygen), now breathe out (you just released carbon dioxide as waste). Has anyone ever opened a soda and it explodes with a bunch of fizz? That probably happened because the soda can was shaken up. When the Carbon Dioxide and other gas get very excited in that can, it wants to try to spread out and get out, but it can’t until you open it, and it goes everywhere. The same thing happens in a volcanic eruption.”
- Then explain what magma and lave are. “We just saw pretend lava come out of the volcano. We call rock that is so hot that it is melted into a liquid, magma. When that magma reaches the surface, we call that hot liquid rock lava.
- Check for understanding. Ask students to recall the difference between lava and magma. What is a volcano?
Here are some of our pictures during the making of the volcanoes and eruptions (posting these soon). Have fun! Post your questions or experience with your own volcanoes in the comments!
