One by one, the Linkhorne Middle School students pushed through the narrow entryway of what looked like a blue igloo, into the domes inner chamber.

The school played host Tuesday to a Dome Theater Mobile Planetarium, rented from Kramer Entertainment, Inc. with funds from the schools 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant.

During the school day, 442 students got a chance to watch educational films projected on the arched ceiling of the 9 foot tall and 13 feet wide inflatable structure. Subjects ranged from extreme weather to a look inside the human body.

I like that it was spontaneous, said sixth-grader Jaden Sneed, after watching Night of the Titanic.

You didnt know what was going to happen.

Sneed and members of GiGi Sweeneys math class crowded in with other students for the showing.

More than 30 sixth-graders fit inside the dome, sitting cross-legged with notebooks ready. Some oohed and aahed as the camera panned across the ship, a myriad windows glowing atop darkened waters.

Sweeney asked her students to listen with their math ears and note any math-related topics covered in the film, which examined the science behind the tragedy.

For example, student AAniyah Crews appreciated discovering the fatal iceberg was 7/8 underwater a fraction, she said, just like theyve been studying.

In addition to the school day showings, about 80 students and family members signed up for a Tuesday evening event, featuring the film Passport to the Galaxy.

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Dome gives students glimpse of anatomy, Titanic disaster