Girl Scout Junior – Number in Nature – Workshop

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Overview

How do you know what time it is? How do you know what the weather will be like? Can you figure out how old a tree is by looking at it? Math can be used to tell us all kinds of things about nature, from how tall or old a tree is to the weather or time. In this badge, you’ll do all of these things!

1. Tell time with nature 
2. Predict the weather 
3. Explore the circumference of trees 
4. Search for shadows 
5. Find the area and perimeter of plants

When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll know how to use math to tell time, predict the weather, and learn about trees. You’ll know how to measure shadows, perimeter, and area.

as noted on Girl Scout Website

Details

  • Live Animals: No
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Location: Delaware Museum of Nature and Science

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Girl Scout Junior – Outdoor Art Explorer – Workshop

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Overview

Let nature be your inspiration as you explore, create, and design different kinds of art.

1. Explore outdoor art
2. Make something!
3. Find music in nature
4. Be a nature photographer
5. Design with nature

When you’ve earned this badge, you will know how to find the art in nature and create your own outdoor artwork.

as noted on Girl Scout Website

Details

  • Live Animals: No
  • Duration: 2.5 hours
  • Location: Delaware Museum of Nature and Science

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How To Museum – Mobile Museum

Overview

Are you looking for a way to prepare your group for a museum trip Look no further! How to Museum will review what a museum is, prepare your learners for what to expect, and what’s expected of them. Help your learners love museums today!

Possible Activities (at the educator’s discretion)

  • Get to know your staff member
  • what is a museum
  • what your students and staff can expect
  • expectations when visiting
  • live animals – vs – taxidermy – vs – study skin – vs – model
  • exhibit vs gallery
  • review of our space
  • our organizations history

Standards

n/a

Details

  • Live Animals: No
  • Duration: up to 1 hour
  • Minimum number of students: 10
  • Maximum number of students: 30 per session at your school/organization
  • Intended Grade Level: all ages
  • Price: $150 for one program; $140 for two programs; $125 for three or more programs.
    For destinations more than 25 miles away from the museum one-way, an additional cost will be incurred.
  • Location: at your site

Amazing Animal Adaptations – Mobile Museum

Overview

Venom, claws, and stripes…Oh my! Explore these incredible animal adaptations with our live animals and amazing specimens from around the world.

Possible Activities (at the educators discretion)

  • Define Adaptation
  • touchables to reinforce what adaptations are
  • Read, “The Mixed Up Chameleon”
  • Camouflage Quilt activity

Standards

NGSS: K-LS1-1

Details

  • Live Animals: Yes
  • Duration: 1 hour
  • Minimum number of students: 10
  • Maximum number of students: 30 per session at your school/organization
  • Intended Grade Level: PreK-5
  • Location: at your site

Dinos, Dinos, Dinos – Mobile Museum

Overview

Dinosaurs come in all shapes and sizes. Explore real fossils, see different tools, and learn what makes a dinosaur.

Possible Activities (at the educators discretion)

  • Reading a dinosaur themed book
  • explore a paleontologist’s backpack
  • investigate the length/size of various dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures
  • how fossils are created
  • fossil touchables
  • fossil making

Standards

n/a

Details

  • Live Animals: No
  • Duration: up to 1 hour
  • Minimum number of students: 10
  • Maximum number of students: 30 per session at your school/organization
  • Intended Grade Level: PreK-5
  • Location: at your site

Delaware & Beyond: Discovery Tour

Overview

We’ll take you on a guided tour of the museum’s new galleries, featuring a variety of ecosystems near and far. Experience hands-on science, interactive exhibits, up-close encounters with live animals, and a visit to the PaleoZone featuring Cretaceous creatures, including dinosaurs.

Stations

  • Two stops in the Regional Journey Gallery
  • 2 stops in the Global Journey Gallery
  • Connecting them all through the concept of cycles

Standards

n/a

Details

  • Live Animals: No
  • Duration: 1.5 hours
  • Minimum number of students: 10
  • Maximum number of students*: 125 students at the Museum, 25 per small group with Museum Educator
  • Intended Grade Level: All ages
  • Location: at the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science

Self-Guided: Discovery Tour

SENSE-ational Animals Discovery Tour

Overview

Animals have the same five senses as humans. Compare and contrast our senses to those of animals around the world with special adaptations.

Stations

  • Sight
  • Hearing
  • Smell
  • Touch
  • Taste

Standards

Details

  • Live Animals: Yes
  • Duration: 1.5 hours
  • Minimum number of students: 15
  • Maximum number of students*: 125 students at the Museum, 25 per small group with Museum Educator
  • Intended Grade Level: K-4
  • Location: at DelMNS

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Environments & Survival Discovery Tour

Overview

Explore survival through the lens of Grove Snails! Visit for hands-on experiences to enhance understanding and appreciation of topics such as varied populations, biomimicry, camouflage, and the function of teeth/mouths. Includes meeting one of our live animal ambassadors.

Stations

  • snail sort
  • biomimicry
  • meet an animal
  • mouths
  • camouflage

Standards

NGSS: 3-LS4-1, 3-LS4-2, 3-LS4-3, 3-LS4-4, 3-5-ETS1-1, 3-5-ETS1-2

Details

  • Live Animals: Yes
  • Duration: 1.5 hours
  • Minimum number of students: 15
  • Maximum number of students*: 125 students at the Museum, 25 per small group with Museum Educator
  • Intended Grade Level: K-4
  • Location: at DelMNS

Girl Scout Junior – Animal Habitats – Workshop

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Overview

Have you ever wondered about where monkeys or kangaroos live? These animals and many others live in the wild, so we don’t often get to see them in their natural homes — their habitats. Find out more about where wild animals live, how they play, and how we can help them! With the Girl Scout Junior Animal Habitats badge, you’ll get a chance to:

1. Find out about wild animals 
2. Investigate an animal habitat 
3. Create an animal house
4. Explore endangered habitats
5. Help protect animal habitats 

When you’ve earned this badge, you will know more about wild animals and how to protect their homes.

as noted on Girl Scout Website

Details

  • Live Animals: No
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Location: Delaware Museum of Nature and Science

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