All DNS activities are designed to be age-appropriate, hands-on, and engaging for students while promoting process skills and higher order thinking skills that align with state and national science standards. This listing of selected Delaware science units and the DNS programs they relate to will assist you in selecting an appropriate program for your group. The list is only a guideline. To learn more about these or other programs provided by DNS please
contact our staff.
Specific connections with Delaware Science Content Standards including coding for Standard, Strand, and Statement at each grade level are available by request.
Click here to E-mail your request. Content standards for other curricular areas (Social Studies, Math, English-Language Arts) are also available when appropriate.
Program Location Key:
AS = Ashland Nature Center
AM = Abbott's Mill Nature Center
CF = Coverdale Farm Preserve
CD = Cooch-Dayett Mills
DEEC = DuPont Environmental Education Center
RECOMMENDED PROGRAMS BY GRADE LEVEL
Kindergarten
- The Senses
Seasonal Delight - AS
Pondering the Pond - AM
Five Senses Farm - CF
Senses - DEEC
- Trees & Wood
Discovering Trees - AS & AM
Maple Sugaring - AS & AM
- Air and Weather
Animals in Winter - AS & AM
Seasonal Delight - AS
Weather is a Breeze - DEEC
- Organisms
Discovering Habitats - AS & AM
Farm Life - CF
Organisms - AS & AM
- Balance and Motion
Weighing at the Mill - AM & CD
- Insects/Butterflies
Life of the Monarch Butterfly - AS
Insect Safari - AS & AM
- Soils
It all Starts with Soil - CF & AM
- Earth Materials
Rock Hounds - AM
Mining & Minerals - AS
- Human Body
From Farm to You - CF
- Water
Pond Study - AM
Stream Study - AM
Water Cycling - AS
- Land and Water
Field Geology - AS
Stream Study - AM
Land and Water - DEEC
- Structures of Life
Beach Ecology - AM
Delaware Bay Study - AS
Fantastic Fish - DEEC
- Ecosystems
Cycle of Life - AS
Exploring Ecosystems - AS
Beach Ecology - AM
- Motion & Design
Forces in Motion - DEEC
- Nutrition
What's For Lunch - CF
- Earth History
Field Geology - AS
Rock Hounds - AM
- Simple Machines
The Mill and Machines - AM & CD
- Diversity of Life
Pond Ecology - AS & AM
- Delaware Watersheds
Springs and Streams - AS
Stream Ecology - AS & AM
Watersheds & Stream Quality - AS
Wilmington's Wetlands and Watershed - DEEC
- Ecosystems
Forest Succession - AS
Terrestrial Ecosystems: Biodiversity at Blair's Pond - AM
Birds of Two Worlds - AS
Project Reforestation - AS
- Transfer of Energy
Power to the People - AM
