Category: Discovery Tours

4th annual: 2027 Breaking Into STEAM Career Fair for Middle and High School Students

Breaking into STEAM aims to ignite a passion for exploration, innovation, and curiosity for careers in the STEAM fields for underserved middle and high school students.

Participants learn from local professionals, with insights on their career pathways in the STEAM fields. The students leave with practical knowledge of coursework, salary, and local opportunities to pursue a STEAM career.

  • Who: Middle and high school students and teachers, along with STEAM professionals from various local organizations.
  • When: Wednesday, May 19, 2027 | 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Arrival and departure times are staggered for school groups.
  • Where: Delaware Museum of Nature and Science, 4840 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE 19807

Middle and High School Teachers

Bring your class to the Breaking Into STEAM Career Fair. We have limited funding (including transportation) for qualifying schools! Registration is open for 2027

STEAM organizations and businesses: Get involved!

We’re seeking professionals in STEAM fields to bring an activity and/or tabletop display to engage with the middle school students at Breaking Into STEAM. Community partners will talk about their jobs and career paths with the students.

2027 Participating Organizations Include:

  • Check back regularly as the year progresses for updates

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
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Self-Guided: Discovery Tour

Overview

Explore the museum without a tour guide/Museum Educator, and check out the exhibits at your own pace.

Details

  • Live Animals: No
  • 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
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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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Dino Descendants (Birds) Discovery Tour

Overview

Fly (or don’t) to the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science to investigate the birds that rule our skies today. We investigate key features that make these amazing animals unique. Come find out how birds have survived on our planet for millions of years!

Stations

  • Nests
  • Beaks
  • Feathers
  • Eggs

Standards

NGSS: K-LS1-1, K-ESS2-2, K-ESS3-3

Details

  • Live Animals: No
  • 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: PreK-K
  • Location: at DelMNS
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Home Sweet Habitat Discovery Tour

Overview

What do living things need to survive and thrive? All over the world and even in our state there are some amazing relationships plants and animals have with their environment! Using hands-on activities and our brand-new exhibits, take a glimpse into a moment in time for these amazing creatures. Participants may even learn a rhyme to help them identify these key components.

Stations

  • Water
  • Food
  • Air
  • Shelter
  • Space

Standards

GS: 24, 25 / NGSS: K-LS1-1, K-ESS3-1

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: PreK-K
  • Location: at DelMNS
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African Animals Discovery Tour

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Overview

The animals of Africa have adapted to live in a variety of ecosystems within Africa’s borders. Together, we explore these fascinating creatures and learn how to draw connections to creatures that may even be in our backyards!

Stations

  • Current local relatives
  • Meet an animal
  • Unique animals of Africa
  • Past ancestors

Standards

NGSS: n/a

Details

  • Live Animals: Yes
  • 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: 1
  • Location: at DelMNS
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Exploring Extinction Discovery Tour

Overview

Travel back in time at the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science. Students will explore dinosaurs, fossils, and especially extinction through hands-on activities as well as inquiry-based learning. Meet an animal and figure out how they are related to prehistoric creatures.

Stations

  • ancestor scavenger hunt
  • fossil dig
  • what is extinction?
  • Meet a dinosaur

Standards

NGSS: 1-LS3-1, 2PS1-1, 2-ESS1-1, 2-LS4-1

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: 1-2nd grade
  • Location: at DelMNS
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Cycle of Life Discovery Tour

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Overview

Do you look like your parents? Do you eat the same things they do? Why is that? Explore how diverse organisms change as they grow and develop, and which ones are just like their parents. Food webs are good for more than just who eats who, find out how all life works together! (Previously Habitats & Their Inhabitants)

Stations

  • life cycles in nature
  • life cycle matching
  • biodiversity intro
  • biodiversity hunt

Standards

NGSS: 1-LS3-1, 2-LS4-1

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: 1-3
  • 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
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