- Classroom Presentations
- Soil Adventure Mobile
- Renewable Energy Vehicle
- Amazon: River House Challenge
- Whales: Living Large
- Shark Encounter!
- Argonne National Laboratory Nuclear Engineering Division: Student Outreach
Classroom Presentations
When was the last time you had a reali-life physicist or engineer visit your classroom? Fermilab scientists are leaving the lab to travel to your school for a classroom visit! You'll have the chance to talk to them in person about topics such as electricity, magnetism and cosmic rays and learn how physics and engineering are at work in the real world.
Audience: Students
Age Appropriateness: All Ages
Partners: Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory
Location: Various Locations
More information: http://ed.fnal.gov/trc_new/demos/
Soil Adventures Mobile
Identify underground critters, feel soil textures, and learn the secrets of "soil-makers" as your students become junior soil scientists; Soil Adventure Mobile educators will come to your school to lead students in their very own underground adventure.
Audience: All
Age Appropriateness: All Ages
Science Topic: Biology/Earth Science
Partners: Field Museum
Date(s): Available year-round
Location: At your school
More information: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/soiladventuremobile
Renewable Energy Vehicle
The Field Museum's new veggie diesel van is running on plants and soakin' up the suns rays with it's solar roof; The Renewable Energy Vehicale will come to your classroom or event and our staff will explain alternative fuels and renewable energy.
Audience: All
Age Appropriateness: 12-18 years old
Science Topic: Biology/Physical Science
Partners: Field Museum
Date(s): Available year-round
Location: At your school
More information: renewableenergyvehicle@fieldmuseum.org
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/renewableenergyvehicle
Amazon: River House Challange
Shedd staff members lead students in constructing a South American river house, then they simulate the floods of the high-water season.
Audience: Students (grades K to 2)
Age Appropriateness: 5 to 8 years old
Science Topic: Environmental Science
Partners: Shedd Aquarium
Date(s): Recurring Dates
Location: Schools in and around Chicago
More information: http://www.sheddaquarium.org/2367.html
Amazon: Raised on the River
Shedd educators will introduce you to some of the animals and people who call the Amazon home. Your students will draw on their problem-solving and math skills to construct an actual river house just in time for the flood season.
Audience: Students (grades 3 to 5)
Age Appropriateness: 8 to 11 years old
Science Topic: Environmental Science
Partners: Shedd Aquarium
Date(s): Recurring dates
Location: Schools in and around Chicago
More information: http://www.sheddaquarium.org/2367.html
Whales Living Large
Meet a beluga whale sho was born and raised at Shedd, and see how scientists care for these big white wonders. Practice age appropriate skills like observation, comparison and measuring.
Audience: Students (K to 2)
Age Appropriateness: 5 to 8 years old
Science Topic: Biology/Animal Science
Partners: Shedd Aquarium
Date(s): Recurring dates
Location: Schools in and around Chicago
More information: http://www.sheddaquarium.org/2367.html
Shark Encounter
Think you know sharks? Think again! With specimens and video footage of more than 10 shark species, plus activities focused on prediction and observation, students are sure to expand their ideas about these extraordinary creatures.
Audience: Students (grades 3 to 5)
Age Appropriateness: 8 to 11 years old
Science Topic: Biology/Animal Science
Partners: Shedd Aquarium
Date(s): Recurring dates
Location: Schools in and around Chicago
More information: http://www.sheddaquarium.org/teacherprogram_listings.html
Student Outreach Committee - Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory's Nuclear Engineering Division has a Student Outreach Committee to respond to questions and requests from students and educators. The division's nuclear engineering researchers provide expert resource information about the nuclear energy field at a layman's level, serve as speakers who come to area schools, and talk about current and future use of nuclear energy, and interact through e-mail with students and educators who have questions concerning nuclear science and technology.
Audience: Students and Educators
Age Appropriateness: 10 to 18 years old, and University Students
Science Topic: Nuclear Energy
Partners: Argonne National Laboratory
Date(s): Recurring dates
Location: Schools in and around Chicago and online
More information: http://students.ne.gov/outreach/
