Protecting our Land and Water Resources 

Grades 4-8

This program can be done as a classroom presentation or assembly program. Empty space and water are seen in our lives everyday. How often do we think about the importance to these two resources to our society? Issues such as land and water preservation, biodiversity, endangered animals, and urban sprawl will be explored through a multi-media presentation that involves the audience.  

 

Be an Earth Detective 

Grades 4-8

Learn a technical skill used by scientists to map the earth’s interior.  Students receive their own model of the earth, collect data, and make conclusions as to what the layering of the earth looks like based on the data.  This activity has been enjoyed by many ages and helps to build career awareness.

 

Be an Environmental Scientist

Grades 6-8

Get a feel for what it is like to be an environmental scientist.  See a slide show of how wells are sampled. Students then received three different data sets and learn how for analysis in a quest to locate contamination.  Activities include determining groundwater flow direction, contaminate contouring, and mapping subsurface contamination.  This program helps to build career and environmental awareness.

 

Clean-Up an Oil Spill  

Grades 6-8

This is a two hour program that challenges students to design the clean-up of a hypothetical oil spill.  Students will first learn about equipment used during clean-up.  Then they have to select the equipment that they will use, calculate the amount of time required and the number of workers needed to complete the work, and plan the execution of the clean-up.  Students will work in teams and present their designs at the end of the session.  This programs integrates math and science concepts. 

 

Interactive Table Presentations

Need activities at your function?  We offer interactive activity tables on drinking water, electricity, predicting the weather, and animal tract identification.

 

Short Motivational Speeches for Career Days or Fairs

These speeches focus on the challenges of studying science and how to overcome them, what to expect when majoring in science in college, and

how not to let obstacles discourage you from pursuing your dream of being a scientist.