Calling all students in grades K-12 and the entire Hampton Roads community, you are invited to come and celebrate our amazing planet! The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ 2026 Earth Day theme is Planet vs Plastics!
Come celebrate Earth Day with us and see how we can make a difference!
FREE activities include interactive demonstrations by the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ community and local community organizations.
Learn about our planet from a different view in the Michael & Kimthanh Lê Digital Theater and Planetarium shows!
Food Trucks
Free parking is available for the event in Elkhorn Ave & 43rd Street Garage.
Have questions or want to volunteer? Email oesadmin@odu.edu
Schedule
Planetarium Shows - Top of every hour (30-minute show)
- 10:00 a.m.: Climate Change in Our Backyard
- 11:00 a.m.: Tour of the Spring Sky
- 12:00 p.m.: Climate Change in Our Backyard
- 1:00 p.m.: Tour of the Spring Sky
- 2:00 p.m.: Climate Change in Our Backyard
Scheduled Activity Stations (10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.)
- Chesapeake Bay Computer Model
- Elizabeth River plankton-BEAST Camera
- OES Research Boat
- Humphrey the 55 Ft. Inflatable Whale/Baleen specimens
- Coastal Sedimentology
- Chesapeake Bay Touch Tank
- Cyanotype Activity/ ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Photo Club
- High frequency radar measurements of ocean surface currents
- Harmful Algal Blooms
- Microscopes Environmental Microorganisms
- ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Navy ROTC
- Plastics Impact on Insects
- A Sustainable Campus
- Watershed
- Salinity
- Forams and Microscopes
- Sediment Cores
- Future Rocks Recording the Anthropocene
- Citizen for Responsible Lighting
- Beach plastics
- Kids zone
- Coral reefs and how we can protect them
- Rehabilitated Ambassador animals
- Plastic exposure in occupational settings
- Coral reefs and how we can protect them
- Drones/sASV ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Hydrone