The
CoreStates Science Park was developed
through a collaboration with the Franklin
Institute Science Museum and the Please
Touch Museum (located across the street). This
outdoor, interactive, learning center
includes about 30 interactive elements,
such as speaking tubes that permit kids
to talk to friends across the park
without raising their voices; the Sun
Dial which shows children how to use the
shadow of their bodies to tell the time;
the Spindancer which makes streamers
dance in the air; and the Granite Ball,
which weighs 400 pounds, but spins easily
because it sits on a bed of pressurized
water. Don't miss the The Sky Bike, which
allows two visitors at a time to ride 18
feet above the ground in a demonstration
of gyroscopic stability.
Admission to the CoreStates
Science Park is free if you have paid for
either the Franklin Institute or the
Please Touch Museum that day. The Park is
open each year from May through October.
