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Cub Scouts
Exhibit Guide
This guide will match your visit to The Franklin
with requirements from the Cub Scouts Academic
& Sports Program Guide.
Cub Scouts
Exhibit Guide
Museum Wide
Science Loop # 1
Scientists are always trying to create an accurate picture or description of the world
around us. They try to do this without letting their own opinions get in the way,
so they use an objective method of discovery as they develop their theories about
the world.
Explain the scientific method to your adult partner. Use the steps below and
describe how you would design an experiment that follows the scientific method.
1. Question: Ask a question about the world around you.
2. Hypothesis: Make a statement about what you think will happen.
3. Materials & Procedures: Decide how you are going to test your
hypothesis and what materials you need to do it.
4. Data Collections: What happened? Write down everything
you observed during your experiment and organize your data so that
someone else can understand it.
5. Conclusions: Was your hypothesis right? If not, why do you think
it was wrong?
Science Loop # 2
Now that you know the scientific method, try it out here in the museum. Go to one
of these exhibits to get started: the K’NEX Mars rover in Space Command, the paper
airplane launcher in The Franklin Air Show, or the domino tables in Sir Isaac’s Loft.
Following the steps of the scientific method, first decide which question you want
to ask. (Like, “how fast” or “how far” or “what wheels” or “what wings”) What do you
think the answer is? Test it out to see if you are right. Use a separate page to write notes
or draw your observations.
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Museum Wide
Science Loop # 3
Since 1824, hundreds of scientists have been involved with The Franklin Institute
to create what you have seen during your visit. Find the names and photos of at least
three scientists who have worked with The Franklin Institute. What science did he
study? What did he contribute to the Museum?
Scientist
Science
Contribution
Mathematics Geometry # 2
This shape is very important to The Franklin Institute, so the building designers
have used this shape in many places. Starting on the second floor, check out
the ceilings, wallpapers, carpets, and plaques. Then check outside in front of the
museum for more.
How many places did you find this shape?
Mathematics Geometry # 2
Measure yourself by…
cups of blood (in Giant Heart Exhibit)
your weight on Mars (in Space Command)
how high you can jump (in Sports Challenge)
how fast you can throw (in Sports Challenge)
how much you can lift (in Sir Isaac’s Loft)
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Exhibit Guide
Sci-Store
2nd Floor
Mathematics Calculating # 2
Go shopping in the Sci-Store. Calculate how much your purchases will be before
you get to the register.
How close did you get?
Your Estimate
Actual Cost
Train Factory
1st Floor
Collecting Loop # 3
See our collection of train locomotives in The Train Factory.
How old are these three locomotives?
Don’t miss taking a ride on the biggest one!
Baldwin 60,000 Rocket People’s Railway Locomotive No.3 Museum Wide & 1st Floor Exhibits
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Exhibit Guide
Space Command
1st Floor
Astronomy Loop # 3
Write the number from the word column next to the correct definition.
Word
Number
Definition
1. Planet
a celestial body with a distinct head and tail in its own orbit
2. Star
a celestial body that revolves about the Sun in an orbit
3. Solar System
a natural satellite of a planet
4. Galaxy
an area of space-time with an intense gravitational field
5. Milky Way
everything that exists everywhere
6. Black Hole
7. Red Giant
8. Comet
9. Meteor
10. Moon
11. Asteroid
12. Star Map
13. Universe
1st Floor Exhibits
a system of planets or other bodies orbit another star
a map that allows you to chart celestial bodies
a meteoroid that has entered the earth’s atmosphere
the galaxy containing our solar system
any numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock
and metal that revolve around the sun
any numerous large-scale aggregates of stars, gas, and dust
an incandescent ball of hot gases in space
a star of great size and brightness that has a relatively
low surface temperature
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Space Command
1st Floor
Astronomy Pin # 3
Discover at least five constellations and their names. Draw them here.
Astronomy Pin # 6
Check out some real people who have careers in the astronomy field, and then train for an outer
space mission in the Space Command exhibit. List three careers you found throughout the exhibit.
Fels Planetarium
1st Floor
Astronomy Pin # 7
Your first stop in the solar system begins in the planetarium for a trip through
the Universe. If you could travel anywhere in the universe, where would you go?
Why? 1st Floor Exhibits
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Space Command
1st Floor
Astronomy Loop # 2 or Science Pin # 10
The Orrery is one of the first solar system models. Locate it and diagram our solar system
below. How many planets do you count? Why?
The Giant Heart
2nd Floor
Science Pin # 9
Take a glance inside the human body with body slices from a real human body.
Identify two structures from each of the main body systems below.
Skeleton:
Muscles:
Circulatory (only one):
Respiratory:
Nervous:
Digestive:
1st & 2nd Floor Exhibits
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Exhibit Guide
Changing Earth
2nd Floor
Science Pin # 2
Play with the movement of water through a landscape at the Stream Table. Move the
sand around to create things like hills, valleys, dams, and flat areas. Where do you think
the water will go?
Turn the water on for a few minutes and observe. Where did the water go?
Can you make a dam that holds water for 2 minutes? How about 5 minutes?
Science Pin # 7
Observe the sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks on the wall. Notice things
like colors, size of pieces, layers, rough or smooth surfaces, sharp or rounded edges, or
anything else you see or feel.
Write or draw your observations of each rock in the table below.
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
Are there any features that the rocks of one type have in common?
Sedimentary:
Igneous:
Metamorphic:
2nd Floor Exhibits
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Changing Earth
2nd Floor
Weather Loop # 3
Jump in front of the green screen to record your own weather forecast like a meteorologist.
Was it easier or harder than you thought? What do you think it would be like to forecast
the weather on tv every day? Weather Pin # 5
Grab the wheel to trap Earth’s greenhouse gases. Play the video game where you need
to balance the amount of heat captured or released to keep the surface of our planet livable.
At the beginning of the game was it hard to keep the heat contained? At the end of the game was it easier or harder to trap heat?
Name a few different kinds of greenhouse gases.
Which one contributes most to the greenhouse effect?
Weather Pin # 7
Learn about some of the things that change the weather by Making Some Philly Weather.
Circle the element(s) that determines whether or not the weather will change or stay the same.
temperaturehumiditypressure
Circle the element(s) that determines whether or not precipitation will fall.
temperaturehumiditypressure
Circle the element(s) that determines whether or not you will need a coat on to go outside.
temperaturehumiditypressure
2nd Floor Exhibits
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Amazing Machines
2nd Floor
Collecting Loop # 3
Compare early watches/clocks to today’s versions of those devices. Do they look anything
like your watches/clocks? Which one resembles today’s model the most?
List one difference between early watches and ones from today for each category below
Compare size Compare their displays Imagine how these old clocks would sound. What parts of these clocks would make a noise?
Would it sound like today’s clocks?
Franklin Air Show
2nd Floor
Collecting Loop # 3
There are two historic airplanes in The Franklin Air Show. Name one person who flew in each.
T-33 jet trainer
1911 Wright Model B flyer
Sports Challenge
3rd Floor
Collecting Loop # 3
In Sports Challenge you will find sports equipment from many famous athletes.
List the names of the athletes who have donated something from their sport.
What sports did they play?
Athlete
2nd & 3rd Floor Exhibits
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Sir Isaac’s Loft
3rd Floor
Science Pin # 4
Accomplish amazing feats of strength with simple machines in Sir Isaac’s Loft.
Can you lift 500lbs? What tool could you use to help you? Try the giant lever to lift 500lbs. How much weight did you actually lift? How many pulleys do you need to lift your own weight? Watch “The Way Things Go” film to see a really long chain reaction.
How long could you keep a chain reaction going? Use an inclined plane of dominoes to make a domino run.
Count how many seconds you can keep your chain reaction going.
How many simple machines can you identify in Newton’s Dream?
Observatory
4th Floor
Astronomy Loop # 1
Get an up close look at our solar system with The Franklin Institute’s historical refracting
telescope in The Observatory (weather permitting).
Mathematics Statistics # 2
Take an opinion poll of the other boys
in your pack. Ask everyone, “Which
was your favorite exhibit?” Color in
the blocks to complete the bar graph
below with your results.
Number of boys
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Quick Check List
Quick Check List
Astronomy
Weather
q Loop #1: Observatory
q Loop #3: Changing Earth
q Loop #2: Space Command
q Pin #5: Changing Earth
q Loop #3: Space Command
q Pin #7: Changing Earth
q Pin #3: Space Command
q Pin #6: Space Command
q Pin #7: Fels Planetarium
Science
q Loop #1: Museum Wide
q Loop #2: Museum Wide
q Loop #3: Museum Wide
q Pin #2: Changing Earth
q Pin #4: Sir Isaac’s Loft
q Pin #7: Changing Earth
q Pin #9: Giant Heart Exhibit
q Pin #10: Space Command
Collecting
q Loop #3: Sports Challenge, Amazing Machine, Franklin Air Show, Space Command, Train Factory
Mathematics
q Pin Geometry #2: Museum Wide
q Pin Calculating #2: Sci-Store
q Pin Statistics #2: Museum Wide
q Pin Measuring #2: Sir Isaac’s Loft,
Sports Challenge, Giant Heart Exhibit,
Space Command
Astronomy Loop #2: Pluto hadn’t been discovered yet.
Collecting Loop #3: Donald Lopez, Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Astronomy Loop #3: (from top to bottom) 8, 1, 10, 6, 13, 3, 12, 9, 5, 11, 4, 2, 7
Collecting Loop #3: 81, 170, 165?
Answer Key
Quick Check List
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