Ducks spend morning teaching science to nearly 7,000 students – Orange County Register
About 7000 elementary school kids attend the Anaheim Ducks’ First Flight Field Trip event at Honda Center in Anaheim on Thursday, February 26, 2026. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Anaheim Ducks player Frank Vatrano (77) and Ross Johnston (44) help teach a lesson on the science of resistors during First Flight Field Trip at Honda Center for about 7000 elementary school students in Anaheim on Thursday, February 26, 2026. The event is part of the Scholastic Curriculum of Recreation & Education (S.C.O.R.E.) program. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Elementary school kids watch at Anaheim Ducks players work through a practice session before the start of the First Flight Field Trip event at Honda Center in Anaheim on Thursday, February 26, 2026. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
School Kids reach for a puck thrown to them by Radko Gudas, forground, during a Ducks practice session before the start of the First Flight Field Trip event at Honda Center in Anaheim on Thursday, February 26, 2026. About 7000 kids attended the event. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Wild Wing makes his entrance at the start of the Ducks’ First Flight Field Trip event for elementary school kids at Honda Center in Anaheim on Thursday, February 26, 2026. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
An elementary school student cheers Anaheim Ducks players as they work through a practice session before the start of the First Flight Field Trip at Honda Center in Anaheim on Thursday, February 26, 2026. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
During the First Flight Field Trip, elementary school students use a workbook which explores how STEM-based concepts affect their daily lives. This year’s theme was Light the Lamp! exploring the science behind electricity and circuitry during the event at Honda Center in Anaheim on Thursday, February 26, 2026. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Excited school kids see Anaheim Ducks players up close at Honda Center during the First Flight Field Trip event in Anaheim on Thursday, February 26, 2026. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Wild Wings gets the crowd of students excited at the Anaheim Ducks’ First Flight Field Trip at Honda Center in Anaheim on Thursday, February 26, 2026. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Elementary school kids cheer an Anaheim Ducks player during a practice session before the start of the First Flight Field Trip event at Honda Center in Anaheim on Thursday, February 26, 2026. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Anaheim Ducks president Aaron Teats, left, and player Jackson LaCombe, right, help open the First Flight Field Trip event at Honda Center in Anaheim on Thursday, February 26, 2026. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Elementary school students attend the Anaheim Ducks’ First Flight Field Trip at Honda Center in Anaheim on Thursday, February 26, 2026. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
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About 7000 elementary school kids attend the Anaheim Ducks’ First Flight Field Trip event at Honda Center in Anaheim on Thursday, February 26, 2026. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
When the classroom is Honda Center and the teachers are Anaheim Ducks, the lessons are a whole lot cooler.
The hockey team hosted its largest S.C.O.R.E. event of the year on Thursday, Feb. 26, team officials said, bringing nearly 7,000 elementary students from area schools to Honda Center for a morning of science learning.
The First Flight Field Trip is a popular event hosted by the team’s S.C.O.R.E. program, which stands for Scholastic Curriculum of Recreation & Education. S.C.O.R.E. also hosts reading programs, helps build street hockey facilities at schools and takes lessons to school assemblies.
On Thursday, students watched practice on the ice featuring Ducks players, who then led demonstrations of the properties of electricity and circuitry. The theme of the lesson was “Light the Lamp,” exploring the science and engineering behind the goal light.
