To create an exceptional learning environment that inspires children and their families with a sense of appreciation for the Earth and its place in the universe.

The Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation is proud to announce that its Environmental Outpost is scheduling classes for exciting science programs! We are on Big Oak Road, near Smyrna in Kent County, Delaware, just two minutes from Exit 114 on DE Rte 1. Many of our programs are aligned with the Delaware State Science Standards, which makes them perfect for public school students. 

For Kindergarten – Third Grade Classes

Nature Readies for Winter - Slide presentation on animals in winter including migration and hibernation, nature walk to study animal’s winter homes and collect seeds, microscope investigation of seed structures, and make and study animal footprints.

 

For Kindergarten Classes:

"In the Sky at Night" - constellations in the Star Lab planetarium, and moon study

 

'Trees Are the Same and Different” - compare seed and leaf samples, assemble and draw a "tree" with one each of root, stem, bark, leaf, and seed samples, discuss functions of parts of the tree, and take a tree walk 

For First Grade Classes:

“Cool Constellations and 8 1/2 Planets” - Constellations in the Star Lab planetarium, and planets presentation

 

“Weather Wonders and the Power of Nature” - continental wind patterns, fog demonstration, wind energy construction, solar energy, tour solar collectors and weather station

 

For Second Grade Classes:

“Mass and Strength, Push and Pull” - order materials by density and mass, composites, push and pull with simple machines and natural forces, build a "Chaos Tower" to investigate the physics of motion 

 

“Insects: Growth, Structure, and Diversity” - four stages of monarch and ladybug development, similarities and differences in backyard bugs, build your own bug

                                                               

For Third Grade Classes:

"Sun, Wind, and Water: Nature's Power Plant" - solar viewer, tour our solar- powered building, study the power of water and wind, design a device to harness that power

 

"Skeletons: Life On the Move" - study energy transfer by joints of a human skeleton, compare a robotic arm and small animal skeletons with the human body, test reaction time 

                      

For Fourth Grade Classes:

“Silent Travelers: Earth, Moon, and the Planets” - satellite photos of the lunar surface, earth, and the planets; star movement, lunar phases, and solar system in Star Lab planetarium; small group work - build a lunar rover    

 

“Sculpting the Earth” - examine soil samples; model landscape on stream table to examine erosion and human effects on land and water; satellite images of earth land forms

 

For Fifth Grade Classes:

“EnLIGHTened by the Sun” -  reflecting with light mazes; prisms and the

spectrum; solar prints; measuring UV light; solar viewer                        

 

“Sound - Good Vibrations” - "Boom Whackers" sound tubes; sound transmission through various materials; guitar strings - adjusting volume and pitch

 

For Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Grade Classes

“Energy and Its Effects: Producing Electricity” – Power Point slides of wind and water electricity generation in the past, present, and future; building tour and discussion of active and passive transfer of energy from solar to electric; and static and current electricity investigations.

 

“Investigating Force and Motion” – Record results of movement of rolling balls of varying materials; calculate and graph their speed; demonstration of the transfer of energy through simple machines; investigate simple machines as used in various tools; small group work to design a device that combines simple machines to accomplish a task.

 

“Investigating Near Earth Objects” – Lunar study in StarLab planetarium including lunar phases; comparison of earth and lunar geology; Power Point presentation of physical features of planets; DVD - simulated mission to the Moon.

 

“Ever Changing Earth Systems” – Global weather patterns in StarLab planetarium; small group investigation of weather prediction; Power Point slides of water and land forms with regard to erosion and deposition; small group investigation with sand/water tables.

 

“Earth’s Geological History” – Power Point slides of water and land forms with regard to formation through deposition and erosion; small group work - modeling land and water forms on sand/water tables; movie – Fossils; illustrated discussion of plate tectonics, volcanoes, and earthquakes; viewing fluorescent minerals and other mineral samples.

 

“Water Ecology and the Diversity of Life” - Small group investigation of pond water samples; search for pond life through a microscope; small group investigation of natural water filtration with soils; Power Point slides of energy transfer through wetlands food chains and wetlands as a water filtration system.   

 

Workshops for teachers, academies, Saturday Morning Explorations, Eyes on the Skies, themed birthday parties and Special Events for families. Check our website: www.dasef.org  to find out what we have going on!

 

To schedule a visit, call The Outpost at: (302) 659-5003, or email Program Scheduler, Lynne Bloom at dasef.outpost@verizon.net  or call (302) 834-1978.