Just For Teachers
Free Educator Guides!
We offer Educator Guides which include activities and detailed curriculum correlations for our exhibits and films. Visit www.fi.edu/teacherresources for options.
The print version of this Field Trip Planner is also available for DOWNLOAD HERE.
Professional Development
Transform your science teaching!
To help educators engage students in active, hands-on science learning, The Franklin Institute offers a wide array of professional development courses. The Institute’s expert team of education specialists can arrange single or multi-session workshops tailored to specific curriculum and grade-level needs.
Workshops address:
- Inquiry-based science learning
- Specific content knowledge
- Practical classroom strategies
- Literacy links, writing for science and other cross-curricular connections
- Strategies for using the museum as a resource for learning
Let us design a workshop just for you! To design a program, contact Senior Museum Educator Susan Holmes at 215.448.1192.
For more information on the Institute’s teacher professional development, visit www.fi.edu/teachers.
Save the Dates!
Educators’ Night Out
February 2, 2012
Preview the museum’s field trip packages, live shows, exhibits and theaters for free!
Check www.fi.edu/educatorsnightout
for details.
Second Annual
Philadelphia Science Festival
Friday, April 20 – Sunday, April 29, 2012
Mark your calendars for the second annual Philadelphia Science Festival! Students and teachers throughout the region will again have the opportunity to explore the cosmos, interact with amazing scientists, tour cutting-edge research facilities, test “crime scenes” for forensic evidence… and much more! Returning Festival highlights include a mass-participation experiment for classrooms, as well as the highly popular Science Carnival. Visit
www.philasciencefestival.org for the most up-to-date information and to sign up for email updates!
For detailed curriculum correlations visit www.fi.edu/teacherresources