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Abbott’s Ashland DEEC | See also On-site Topics
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Animals In Winter Group Outreach (Abbott’s)
— Program Length: 1 hour/1/2 hour — Fee: $5/$3 plus $35 travel fee — Available: Winter — Who Hibernates? Who stays awake? Who goes south where it is warm? Find out the answers to these questions with live specimens, taxidermy and a story. Request this program »
Insect Safari Group Outreach (Abbott’s)
— Program Length: 1 hour/1/2 hour — Fee: $5/$3 plus $35 travel fee — Available: Spring – Fall — Use your senses to seek out and identify insect characteristics and compare their life cycles. Using nets, collect and observe insects found in meadows, forests and streams, and examine the insects you find to see how they are adapted to their environment. This program focuses on insect parts, function, and types of metamorphosis. Request this program »
Native Americans Group Outreach (Abbott’s)
— Program Length: 1 hour/1/2 hour — Fee: $5/$3 plus $35 travel fee — Available: Year-round — Explore the culture of the early inhabitants of Delmarva. Follow a day in the life of the coastal plain Native Americans and discover how they lived in harmony with the world around them. Request this program »
Native Wild Animals Group Outreach (Abbott’s)
— Program Length: 1 hour/1/2 hour — Fee: $5/$3 plus $35 travel fee — Available: Year-round — Inspect mouted and live wild animals that make their home in the Delmarva region. Closely examine the habitats and characteristics of these animals, noting similarities and differences. Request this program »
Owls Of Delaware Group Outreach (Abbott’s)
— Program Length: 1 hour/1/2 hour — Fee: $5/$3 plus $35 travel fee — Available: Year-round –Learn about four species of owls common to Delaware. Examine their adaptations and calls using mounted specimens and tape recordings. Optional: dissect owl pellet, $1/person extra. Request this program »
Reptiles & Amphibians Group Outreach (Abbott’s)
— Program Length: 1 hour/1/2 hour — Fee: $5/$3 plus $35 travel fee — With live specimens, examine the differences between reptiles and amphibians. Learn the significance of their unique adaptations and their differing life cycles. Request this program »
Skull Study Group Outreach (Abbott’s)
— Program Length: 1 hour/1/2 hour — Fee: $5/$3 plus $35 travel fee — Handle and classify a variety of real skulls from native mammals, birds, and reptiles. Examine teeth and other structures for clues to how animals survive. Use keys as a method of identification. Request this program »
Unhuggables Group Outreach (Abbott’s)
— Program Length: 1 hour/1/2 hour — Fee: $5/$3 plus $35 travel fee — Spiders, bats, snakes and lizards – all animals that make many people shudder. Learn about the remarkable role these less popular animals play in the balance of nature and explore their wondrous adaptations. Request this program »
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Bats Of America Group Outreach (Ashland)
— Program Length: 1 hour — Fee: $7 plus $35 travel fee — Available: Year-round — Learn about these often misunderstood mammals while examining mounted specimens, viewing slides, and participating activities. Request this program »
Birds Of A Feather Group Outreach (Ashland)
— Program Length: 1 hour — Fee: $7 plus $35 travel fee — Available: Year-round — Using taxidermy, feathers, nests and other resources, learn about the unique characteristics of birds. Request this program »
Lenape Lifeways Group Outreach (Ashland)
— Program Length: 1 hour — Fee: $7 plus $35 travel fee — Available: Year-round — Learn how Lenni Lenape depended on the natural world for their souces of food, clothing, shelter and tools. Request this program »
Native Wild Animals Group Outreach (Ashland)
— Program Length: 1 hour — Fee: $7 plus $35 travel fee — Available: Year-round — Enjoy a close encounter with some of Delaware’s wild inhabitants. Learn about camouflage and other adaptations that protect them. Discover why many animals, once common to Delaware, are not threatened. Request this program »
New To Nature On Your Site Group Outreach (Ashland)
— Program Length: 1 hour — Fee: $7 plus $35 travel fee — Available: Year-round — His highly flexible program will introduce participants to the natural world. Float sticks down a stream, hear frogs in the marsh, splach through a mud puddle, come face-to-face with a butterfly…you never know what you might find during this hour of exploration and discovery! Request this program »
Scales & Skins Group Outreach (Ashland)
— Program Length: 1 hour — Fee: $7 plus $35 travel fee — Available: Year-round — Meet live reptiles and amphibians while learning about their unique traits and discover what they have in common. Request this program »
Unhuggables Group Outreach (Ashland)
— Program Length: 1 hour — Fee: $7 plus $35 travel fee — Available: Year-round — Spiders, bats, snakes and lizards – all animals that make many people shudder. Learn about the remarkable role these less popular animals play in the balance of nature and explore their wounderous adaptations. Request this program »
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Animals Of The Marsh Group Outreach (DEEC)
Program Length: 1 hour/1/2 hour — Fee: $6/$3 per student plus $35 travel fee (Travel fee is waived for any program in the city of Wilmington). — Available: Year-round — Learn about the native animals inhabiting Wilmington’s own tidal marsh. See live animals and taxidermy, touch real animal furs. Register your group for this program at your site and any field study program for only $8 per student. Request this program »
Nature In Your Neighborhood Group Outreach (DEEC)
Program Length: 1 hour/1/2 hour — Fee: $7/$3.50 per student plus $35 travel fee (Travel fee is waived for any program in the city of Wilmington). — Available: Year-round — Investigate your neighborhood in a whole new way. Explore the animals and plants that also call Wilmington home. Examine a robin’s nest, feel feathers, and touch a raccooon fur. Learn how animals survive city living. Register your group for this program at your site and any field study program for only $8 per student. Request this program »
Nature By The Numbers: Analyzing Water Quality Data Outreach (DEEC)
Program Length: 1 hour/1/2 hour — Fee: $7/$3.50 per student plus $35 travel fee (Travel fee is waived for any program in the city of Wilmington). — Available: Year-round — Put your math skills to work as you translate and interpret raw water quality data to determine the health of the Christina River over time. Work with real data collected by students in the field at DEEC, including biotic and abiotic water quality indicators such as Dissolved Oxygen, acidity (ph) and macroinbertebrates. Discover how different water quality parameters are important to aquatic life and how human and seasonal conditions affect them. This classroom program is perfect extension to the field programs Wilmington’s Wetlands and Watershed and Eco-Explorers held at DEEC. Register your group for this program at your site and any field study program for only $8 per student. Request this program »