Field Trips and Classroom Presentations

BROWSE TRIPS AND PRESENTATIONS

How Hot is It?

Help students better understand temperature through a variety of hands-on experiences. Then learn how researchers study temperatures’ effect on water after traveling through different rock depths.
- Early Elementary
- Upper Elementary
Is There Life In A Borehole?

Examine one of many boreholes and discover the interactions among geology, water chemistry, biology, and human activity to contemplate the possible existence of life nearly one mile underground.
- High School
Needle in a Haystack

Do you have what it takes to detect an ultra-rare event in the race to unlock the mysteries of neutrinos? Find out with this engineering design challenge based on the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR experiment.
- High School
- Middle School
Neutrinos–Just Passing Through

Learn how the DUNE experiment plans to study a phenomenon called neutrino oscillation and discover why some of the tiniest particles in the universe require building immense detectors deep underground
- High School
Particle Accelerators–Smashing Science

Did you know that a scientist from Canton, South Dakota created the first circular particle accelerator? Learn how particle accelerators work and why they are indispensable when studying neutrinos.
- Upper Elementary
Radiation – It’s Everywhere!

Working as scientists and engineers, students will use what they learn about a materials ability to shield against ionizing radiation to design a safeguard for a model of the LZ dark matter detector.
- High School
- Middle School
Safety in the Underground

Learn about important safety precautions necessary to conduct science nearly a mile underground and practice being an underground engineer in a hands-on, critical-thinking, engineering activity.
- Middle School
- Upper Elementary
Seismic Signatures

Listen to seismic resonances, explore the properties of mechanical waves, and use real records from SURF tiltmeters to analyze data from an earthquake that occurred on the other side of the world.
- Early Elementary
- Upper Elementary
Waste Water Treatment Plant Tour

Learn more about how this unique facility operates, including: the active role of microorganisms, strategic energy and chemical use, and the role of computer automated monitoring and control systems.
- High School
Water- Where Does it Go?

Recognize that watersheds are more than just drainage areas in and around our communities. Learn how responsible stewardship plays a crucial role in protecting the health of our local water supplies.
- High School
- Middle School

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