The Narnia Experience
The Identity Experience
Available Monday, Wednesday and Friday. $17 per student and $6 per chaperone.
(Minimum 30 students)
Available December 1, 2008–April 17, 2009
About the Experience:
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition presents a wonderful
opportunity to engage students in thinking about the science behind the landscapes
first created in the mind of author C.S. Lewis and then translated into film
adventures by Walt Disney Pictures. The scenes and characters launch students
on a journey of scientific inquiry. Could a waterfall freeze? Can we manipulate
the climate? How does climate change impact life forms? An educator’s guide
that includes 12 follow-up classroom activities, as well as curriculum correlations
in science, social studies, visual and language arts is available online at
www.fi.edu/Narnia.
To complement The Chronicles of Narnia exhibit, The Franklin has developed a live science show focusing on forces that change the weather and a hands on workshops on earth science. Both programs are adjusted to the grade level of reserving classes.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition
In the Mandell Center
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition takes students on a magical tour
where sets, original props, and newly created interactives drive home a powerful
real world message about our stewardship of the environment.
The journey begins with the attic and the wardrobe that is the portal to Narnia, where the snow is falling. Students will visit the White Witch’s Ice Palace and sit on her icy throne. The White Witch controls Narnia’s climate, but what impacts climate change on our planet? On to King Miraz’ Castle, from Prince Caspian, where students will build an arch from the ground up, learning about structure and design strategy used to build strong castles and bridges in Narnia and on earth. And spring forward 1300 Narnian years to view the ruins of the castle Cair Paraval, so deteriorated that they must use geographic clues to figure out where they are. Could it be that time is measured differently in different places—a concept pondered by Albert Einstein.
Tuttleman IMAX Theater
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk
For complete description of this environmental film, see Grand Canyon
Adventure.
Live Shows and Hands-On Workshops
The Weather Show
Duration: 45 minutes.
In Narnia, the White Witch brought about an eternal winter, and only Aslan’s arrival heralded the return of spring. Here on Earth, more basic principles are at work in creating our patterns of weather. Explore the science behind weather—such as why air moves, and just how powerful moving air can be—in this dynamic live show. Discover how some extreme phenomena like lightning and thunder can result when the fundamental ingredients of air, water, and temperature interact.
Earth Science Workshops
Grades 3–5
The Earth is constantly changing. Some changes happen over thousands or millions of years; others happen in a instant! Here, students will create stream tables to explore how water slowly changes our landscape and investigate instantaneous changes produced by volcanic eruptions.
Grades 6–8
Were there once tropical rainforests in Philadelphia? Students explore the continuous motion of our land. They will also examine rock strata and fossils from various continents to determine what landforms were once connected together but no longer are. In the process, students will reconstruct the geological history of our landmasses from today back to Pangea. Local and global changes will be highlighted.
Grades 9–12
How do we know about the processes that change the Earth’s crust? Using hands-on activities students will explore the scientific evidence supporting Continental Drift Theory. Rock strata and fossils from various continents will be examined to determine what landforms were once connected together but no longer are.
Complete Curriculum Correlations for grades 1–12, online at www.fi.edu/teacherresources.