Let us help you get the most out of your field trip! Check out our exhibit resources for help with:
- Chaperone Guide: Click here to download a chaperone guide, complete with activities that can act as a scavenger hunt and improve your day!
- Planning your itinerary
- Prepping students on what to notice during their visit
- Activities and experiments that you can do in the classroom before and after your trip
- Additional information that students might have missed during their visit
- Making cross-curricular connections – many activities may pertain to learning areas other than science
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Your Brain
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Check out our two-stories-tall “neural network” for an inside look at how the brain processes information. Other activities and devices demonstrate life sciences concepts related to the brain.
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SportsZone
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On your mark, get set, learn! A visit to SportsZone allows students at all grade levels to get their entire bodies into the act of physical science education.
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The Train Factory
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Take a ride in a real moving train engine car while learning about locomotion, magnetism and steam propulsion.
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Changing Earth
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Volcanoes, shifting tectonic plates, and changing weather are only a few things that keep our planet in a state of flux. A visit to the Changing Earth exhibit allows students at all grade levels to encounter devices and activities that present concepts related to earth science.
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Amazing Machine
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Use pulleys, levers and gadgets galore to explore physical science concepts related to how machines work.
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Electricity
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Get zapped (literally) in this hair-raising (again, yes, literally) attraction.
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The Franklin Air Show
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Sit in a cockpit, make your own plane, and find out about flying objects of all sorts. Adventure is in the air in this exhibit!
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Sir Isaac's Loft
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It’s a playground of experimentation! Falling objects, chain reactions, and optical illusions demonstrate Newton’s Laws.
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The Giant Heart
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A visit to The Franklin Institute isn’t complete without a walk through our Giant Heart.
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Space Command
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Get a taste of space exploration while keeping your feet on the ground.
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