Standards-Based Outreach Programs
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The Iron
Hill Museum Outreach Programs are
designed for groups of 30 (one class)
per presentation, and can be scheduled
for up to seven classes per day. Museum
Educators can go from class to class or,
if possible, we can set up in one room
and the students can come to us. If it
is necessary to move from one class to
another, please provide a cart to
transport specimens and allow time for
setup before each presentation.
Our
programs focus on earth science,
archaeology, Native American studies,
natural history, and paleontology as
they relate to Delaware and the region.
The
cost is $3.50 per student, plus a small
$15 travel fee to visit your site. |
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Current
Standards-Based Outreach Programs
available are: |
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Rocks
are Weird
• Lenni Lenape Life
• Dinosaurs in Delaware?
• The Earth Beneath Your Feet
• Whose Trash Is It Anyway?
• The Bug Lady
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One Room
Schoolhouse [NEW!] |
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Rocks are Weird
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This
program brings some amazing hands-on
specimens to your classroom. Emphasis is on
properties that lead to the
identification of rocks and minerals.
Includes an awesome display of
fluorescent minerals. |
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Subject
Science |
Standard
Two
Three
Five |
Title
Materials
& their Properties
Energy &
its Effects
Earth's
Dynamic Systems |
Grade
Level
Pre-K to
5th
Pre-K to
5th
Pre-K to
5th |
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Lenni Lenape Life
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See and
touch artifacts, tools, and toys used by
the Lenape. These are worked into a
discussion of lifeways and the people
who used and produced them. |
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Subject
Geography |
Standard
Two
Three
Four |
Title
Environment
Places
Regions |
Grade
Level
K to 5th
K to 5th
K to 5th |
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History |
One
Two
Three
Four |
Chronology
Analysis
Interpretation
Content |
K to 5th
K to 5th
K to 5th
K to 5th |
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Dinosaurs in Delaware?
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Hands-on
program focusing on prehistoric life in
our area. Kids get to see and touch
fossils and replicas including dinosaur
bone, prehistoric teeth, and much more.
Learn about fossils and their formation. |
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Subject
Science |
Standard
Five
Six |
Title
Earth's Dynamic Systems
Life Processes |
Grade
Level
K to 5th
K to 5th |
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The Earth
Beneath Your Feet
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A great
introduction to geology, archaeology,
and paleontology. An educator visits on
five separate days with hands-on
specimens and interpretation. Because
this takes place over five days, the
travel fee is $30. The cost per student
is the
same, but is per day. |
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Whose Trash is
it Anyway?
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Learn
about nonrenewable natural resources
and the impact of recycling. Program
format includes presentation followed by
a game show hosted by Bobby Degradable,
in which students actively reinforce
what they have learned in a crazy, fun
setting. FREE to Delaware schools, this
program is funded by a grant from
Delaware Division of Natural Resources'
Air and Waste Management division. |
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Subject
Science |
Standard
TBD |
Title
TBD |
Grade
Level
3rd to 8th |
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The Bug Lady
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A great
introduction to entomology. The Bug Lady
brings mounted specimens, as well as her
best friends - bessbugs, Madagascar hissing
cockroaches, and Charlotte the
tarantula. |
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Subject
Science |
Standard
TBD |
Title
TBD |
Grade
Level
Pre-K to 3rd |
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One
Room Schoolhouse [NEW!]
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Our newest
program! Students will learn what it was
like for African Americans to go to
school in Delaware in the early 1920s.
The program uses artifacts, primary and
secondary documents, photographs, oral
histories, and role playing to bring the
Iron Hill African American school to
life within their own classroom. Special
pricing applies to this program - please
call for details and scholarship
information. |
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Subject
TBD |
Standard
TBD |
Title
TBD |
Grade
Level
TBD |
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