Exhibit Resources for Educators

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
 

Exhibit Information    Educator Guide  Exhibit Research Sheet 

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
 

Exhibit Information   Educator Guide

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

 

Exhibit Information

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

 

Exhibit Information  Educators Guide    Exhibit Research Sheet

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 

 

Exhibit Information


Educator Guide

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

 

Exhibit Information

 

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

 

Exhibit Information

 

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

 

Exhibit Information

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