Extensions
1. Develop a herbarium collection of local plants. Teach students how to collect, press, and mount plants. Help them identify the plant using a key or plant identification book, then label the sample with the plant's name, location, date of discovery, and collector. In the case of garden plants, research the plant origin. 2. Generate a list of animals discovered by Lewis and Clark, for example grizzly bear, prairie dog, ermine, pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, Lewis' woodpecker, western rattlesnake, etc. Have students work in similar groups to rank order animal discoveries. 3. Make a list of all products in the classroom (or students' homes) that are plant-based. From the list, develop a list of economically important plants. Research from where these plants came originally.
Field Trips
American Philosophical Society
The Society contains a display of collected specimens and illustrations. A children's activities book is also available.
105 South Fifth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386
215-440-3400
fax: 215-440-3423
Academy of Natural Science
There are many programs available for school-age children. Lewis and Clark specimens have restricted access, although a traveling exhibit on Lewis and Clark will be there in 2004.
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-299-1000
