What is Science Sleuths?
Science Sleuths, a middle school educational curriculum and multi-visit field trip program, is a hands-on model for students to learn through a process of inquiry, discovery, and sustainability. The program teaches science through the lens of history and environmental stewardship. This place-based learning affirms interdisciplinary understanding among students, encouraging a framework of mindfulness and care to preserve land, wildlife, and historical context in neighborhoods across Northwest Philadelphia. The Science Sleuths program is unique in that it presents science through the eyes of history, the ears of nature, the hands of doing, and the heart of place.
Science Sleuths is a collaborative program that brings together five Historic Germantown partner sites to offer tactile outdoor field trip experiences and scaffolded curriculum to middle school learners. Field trip locations include Awbury Arboretum, Historic Fair Hill Burial Ground, Grumblethorpe, Historic RittenhouseTown, and Stenton
For Teachers
Student workbooks and accompanying slide decks for sites are provided as pdfs for viewing or downloading below.
