Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit Created by: Michelle Shanahan, St. Francis de Sales School   Subjects: Math Grade Levels: 6-8   View or download this Lesson Plan.   Overview: Students will use Roman artifacts to further develop their understanding of plane figures and transformations. These cultural artifacts will represent mathematics in multiple ways. Teachers…

Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit Created by: Danielle Heeney, Penn Treaty School   Subjects: Math, Social Studies Grade Levels: 5-8   View or download this Lesson Plan.   Overview: In this lesson, students explore foreign currencies while learning about the mathematics skill of manipulating ratios.   Objectives: Students will be able to convert between…

Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit Created by: Peggy McGraw, Our Lady of Angels School   Subjects: Technology, Language Arts, Social Studies Grade Levels: 5-8   View or download this Lesson Plan.   Overview: This lesson will address these questions: 1) Do you have something that is really important to you? 2) Why is it…

Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit Created by: Sudha Gutti, Waldorf School   Subjects: History, Geography, Mathematics, Environmental Studies Grade Levels: 3   View or download this Lesson Plan.   Overview: Teach students about Native American Culture through hands on activity of building traditional structures. Use the technique of building to incorporate math lesson related…

Source: Independence Seaport Museum Description: This museum, situated on the Delaware River in Center City Philadelphia, offers a very wide range of services and opportunities including exhibits at the site and online, archival collections for scholarly research, a boat shop which has water projects and apprentice programs, a webcam to watch ongoing projects, a summer…

Source: Asia Society of New York Description: The Asia Society of New York is a non-profit, nonpartisan educational organization.  It sponsors numerous activities, initiatives, courses, online materials and resources, among other offerings, primarily through the Center for Global Education.  Asia Society has several connections with other cities in the United States, and also in other…

Source: Franklin Institute Description: Each Spring, the Franklin Institute cooperates with numerous local institutions to sponsor a week-long celebration of dozens of events related to STEM topics.  During the festival, students, teachers and families can participate in fun learning activities throughout the city and in several suburban areas.  The festival culminates in a carnival which…

Source: Philadelphia Zoo Description: The Zoo invites families, teachers, and children between preschool and 12th grades to its site to see exhibits of reptiles, amphibians, mammals, and birds.  The Zoo hosts educational nights for teachers’ professional development, as well as provides many classroom resources on it website. Many curricular connections are evident in animal behavior, habitats,…

Source: Global Education Motivators Description: GEM is a non-governmental agency that works with the Department of Public Information at the United Nations.  GEM’s activities are generally focused on some aspect of human rights, and include programs for middle-school and high-school aged youth during the school year and the summer months, as well as their teachers.  Activities…

Source: Franklin Institute Description: The FI has exhibits related to the history of science and science in the world today, as well as a planetarium for viewing the night sky and documentary movies on all aspects of science.  Teacher resources related to FI’s exhibits are available on the website. FI hosts numerous community programs on climate…