The Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation is proud to announce that its Environmental Outpost is scheduling your classes for exciting science programs! The Outpost is located on Big Oak Road, near Smyrna in Kent County, Delaware, just two minutes from Exit 114 on DE Route 1. Many of the programs are aligned with the Delaware State Science Standards, which makes them perfect for public school students. To schedule a visit, call The Outpost at (302) 659-5003 or email Program Coordinator Rick Waterhouse at wate6585@zoominternet.net. Customized programs for all grades are possible upon request.

For Kindergarten Classes:

“In the Sky at Night” - constellations in the Star Lab planetarium, 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

For First Grade Classes:

“Cool Constellations and 8 1/2 Planets” - constellations in the Star Lab planetarium, planet 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 of backyard bugs, build your own bug

For Third Grade Classes:

“Sun, Wind, and Water: Nature’s Power Plant” - solar viewer, tour solar-powered building, study the power of water and wind, design a device to harness 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, solar system in the Star Lab planetarium; 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, measuring UV light, solar viewer

“Sound—Good Vibrations” - “Boom Whackers” sound tubes, sound transmission through various materials, guitar strings –adjusting volume and pitch.