Showing posts with label Field Trips with kids in Delaware. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Field Trips with kids in Delaware. Show all posts

Hagley Science Saturday: Paper Airplane

Hagley Science Saturday: Paper Airplane



Saturday, January 25, 2014

1 to 4 p.m.


Experiment and innovate with our new series of family activities: Hagley Science Saturdays! Stop by the fourth Saturday of every month for a new hands-on activity. Families will work creatively together to solve a science challenge.

This months  activity will require visitors to try out different paper airplane designs to determine which one will fly the farthest. Activities are included with general admission and are free for members.

For more information: http://www.hagley.org

Location: 200 Hagley Rd, Wilmington, DE, 19807 (
Use Hagley’s Buck Road East entrance off Route 100 in Wilmington, Delaware.)


This event is appropriate for
: kids ages 3 and older

Cos
t: 
Adults - $14.00
Students and senior citizens - $10.00
Children ages six to fourteen - $5.00
Children under six - Free

Charlie & Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure at Delaware Museum of Natural History

Charlie & Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure Opens January 25
Special exhibition explores evidence for how evolution works



Go on an evolutionary adventure and discover the link between dinosaurs and modern birds at Charlie & Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure, on display January 25 - May 26, 2014 at the Delaware Museum of Natural History. 

Using a kid-friendly storyline, Charlie & Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure follows a boy named Charlie as he works on a book report about kiwis, a flightless bird found in New Zealand. To understand how kiwis evolved, Charlie travels back in time to the age of the dinosaurs. Visitors will learn with Charlie by unraveling puzzles, playing games, exploring computer interactives, and observing live birds.

The exhibition tackles the subject of evolution in a way that appeals to kids of all ages with drawings by Peter Reynolds, the award-winning illustrator of Judy Moody and other children's books. 

Charlie & Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure allows visitors to:

  • Find similarities in the skeletons of an Archaeopteryx, a bird that lived 150 million years ago, a Bambiraptor, a dinosaur that lived 75 million years ago, and a modern-day crow
  • Use a computer interactive to change a dinosaur into a flying Archaeopteryx
  • Distinguish between two different color variations of live budgies (parakeets)
  • Measure the beak size of several finches in a computer interactive game and determine whether each bird is likely to survive a season in which there are only big, tough seeds to eat
  • Learn about the evolution of kiwis through an animated movie illustrated by Peter Reynolds, an award-winning children's book illustrator
  • And much more, including discovery box activities, puzzles and games

 
WHERE: Delaware Museum of Natural History, 4840 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE 19807


DATES: J
anuary 25 - May 26, 2014 

ADMISSION: $9 for adults, $7 for children (3-17), $8 for seniors, FREE for children 2 and younger.  FREE for Museum members.

MORE INFO: Visit www.delmnh.org or call (302) 658-9111

Innovation and Power at Hagley Museum

Hagley's Creek Kids: Innovation and Power
August 17th
 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Join us for the Hagley World’s Fair, covering three centuries of innovation brought to you from the banks of the Brandywine! Explore nineteenth-century water power, twentieth-century at-home conveniences, and twenty-first-century renewable resources through our engaging hands-on activities. Kids can launch a rocket, ride a hovercraft, and make slime! Activities are included with general admission and are free for members.



For more information: www.hagley.lib.de.us

Location
: 200 Hagley Rd, Wilmington, DE, 19807


This event is appropriate for
: kids ages 3 and older

Cos
t: 
$14 for adults, $10 students and seniors, $6 ages 6-14, and free for members and children 5 and under

NASCAR Race Weekend at Dover International Speedway September 27-29




Come check out the high speed action at Dover International Speedway for the September 27-29 NASCAR race weekend. Junior Tickets for kids 14 and under start at $8 on Friday and Saturday and only $10 on Sunday with the purchase of one (1) adult ticket! Plus, adults can save $19 per ticket if purchased by August 30th, 2013. 

Click HERE and save today! Not only will you get the thrill from the drivers on the track during the race, but gather the full experience in our FanZone and Monster FunZone for free!! Come experience the live action with other fans, food, drinks, concerts, and our one and only Miles the Monster. Kids will have a blast enjoying our rock climbing wall, face painting, racing games, fun giveaways and much more! 

For more information please call 800-441-RACE to speak to one of our Event Experience Specialists.

Check out the New Squid Display at the Delaware Museum of Natural History




Delaware Museum of Natural History Unveils New Squid Display 
Giant Squid Kiosk interprets cephalopod on view in Museum's entrance. 

The Delaware Museum of Natural History recently unveiled dramatic interpretation for its giant squid model, on display in the Museum's entryway.

The Giant Squid Kiosk, comprised of hands-on display panels including a basketball to represent the approximate size of a giant squid's eye, provides interpretation for the first thing Museum visitors encounter as they walk through the front doors. For several years, the giant squid model has hung from the ceiling of the Museum's entrance, but until now has not had any interpretation to accompany this remarkable display.

The Giant Squid Kiosk is on permanent display at the Museum and in addition to the basketball representation of a giant squid's eye, includes a 3D model of a giant squid club (a series of suckers on the squids tentacles), a flip book of various types of squid and their relative size to humans, and a dissection model illustrating the various parts of a squid. This display serves as a complement to the range of other animals available for visitors to explore at the Delaware Museum of Natural History.   


WHERE: Delaware Museum of Natural History, 4840 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE 19807

ADMISSION: $9 for adults, $7 for children (3-17), $8 for seniors, FREE for children 2 and younger. FREE for museum members.

MORE INFO: Visit www.delmnh.org or call (302) 658-9111.