Let us help you get the most out of your field trip! Check out our exhibit resources for help with:
- Chaperone Guide: Get a chaperone guide, complete with activities that can act as a scavenger hunt and improve your day! Download PDF
- All of our exhibits are aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. Click here for a list of all of our exhibits/shows, and how they correspond with Next Gen Standards.
- 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
Your Brain
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.
Standards Alignments
Life Science: All grade levels
Science & Technology: Grades 9-12
SportsZone
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.
Standards Alignments
Physical Science: All grade levels
Life Science: All grade levels
Train Factory
Take a ride in a real moving train engine car while learning about locomotion, magnetism and steam propulsion.
Standards Alignments
Physical Science: All grades
Science & Technology: All grades
History & Nature of Science: All grades
Changing Earth
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.
Standards Alignments
Physical Science: All grades
Earth & Space Science: All grades
Science & Technology: All grades
Personal & Social Perspectives: All grades
Amazing Machines
Use pulleys, levers and gadgets galore to explore physical science concepts related to how machines work.
Standards Alignments
Physical Science: All grades
Science & Technology: All grades
Personal & Social Perspectives: All grades
History & Nature of Science: All grades
Exhibit Information Educator Guide Exhibit Research Sheet
Electricity
Get zapped (literally) in this hair-raising (again, yes, literally) attraction.
Standards Alignments
Physical Science: All grades
Science & Technology: All grades
Personal & Social Perspectives: All grades
History & Nature of Science: All grades
Franklin Air Show
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!
Standards Alignment
Physical Science: All grades
Earth & Space Science: All grades
Science & Technology: All grades
Personal & Social Perspectives: All grades
History & Nature of Science: All grades
Sir Isaac's Loft Standards Alignments
It’s a playground of experimentation! Falling objects, chain reactions, and optical illusions demonstrate Newton’s Laws.
Standards Aligment
Physical Science: All grades
Science & Technology: All grades
The Giant Heart
A visit to The Franklin Institute isn’t complete without a walk through our Giant Heart.
Standards Aligments
Life Science: All grades
Space Command
Get a taste of space exploration while keeping your feet on the ground.
Standards Alignments
Physical Science: All grades
Earth & Space Science: All grades
Science & Technology: All grades
Exhibit Information Exhibit Research Sheet