What to Expect

An educator must:

• Prepare an itinerary for the school visit. A maximum of 24 students per lab session and up to two classes per day for each participating teacher can complete wet-labs aboard the traveling science laboratories. (Adjustments can be made to these classroom numbers if a Morehead educator is making a classroom visit for a module without a bus visit.)


• Complete a confirmation form and make copies of the Student Lab Agreement and Photo Consent Form, provided from DESTINY by e-mail.


• Complete pre-lab activities with students.


• Discuss safety guidelines that must be followed by students during the wet-lab.


• Distribute a DESTINY Student Lab Agreement and Photo Consent Form to each student. Require that all students and their parents complete the form. (A witness must also sign the form; you or another adult can be the witness.) Students are required to have parental permission before completing a lab with the DESTINY program.


• Check school forms to see which students can be photographed or filmed by the media. Local media frequently attend DESTINY school visits, and it is useful to know in advance which students should not be photographed or filmed.


• Notify school administrators and school publications (yearbook, newspaper, etc.) about the DESTINY visit.


• E-mail a list of participating students' names on the roster spreadsheet to the DESTINY staff, along with the completed confirmation form.

• The traveling science laboratory staff arrives at the school one hour prior to the first scheduled class. The staff prepares the laboratory for 12 lab stations to accommodate 24 students.


• Prior to beginning the wet-lab, students will put on lab aprons, name tags, safety glasses and protective gloves that are provided by DESTINY staff.


• The teacher is expected to accompany their students aboard the laboratory and remain with them during the wet-lab experience. The teacher should be available to assist students by demonstrating proper use of equipment, providing encouragement, and relating pre-lab activities with the wet-lab.


• One class at a time completes a laboratory aboard Destiny or Discovery, the traveling science laboratories. Students become immersed in the 90-minute experiment while learning key science concepts.


• School administrators, school board members, and members of the local press may come aboard the laboratories during class time to obtain a glimpse of students actively doing science.


• Upon finishing the wet-lab, students will have experienced the excitement of being a scientist and will realize that a science career is attainable.

• The teacher is expected to conduct post-lab activities with students.


• The teacher will receive links via e-mail to two Zoomerang surveys that must be completed following the visit:
  1. Lab Data Collection
  2. Teacher Evaluation Form
  Please complete these online surveys within one week of your visit!