The APS's core mission since 1743 has been to promote useful knowledge. Today we work to share that knowledge as widely as possible. This landing page is meant to be your hub for any and all Education Resources. At the APS, our Education team creates and scales lessons, materials, and resources for grades 4-12. Undergraduate professors have also found our materials useful. We also host events and tours for those who wish to learn more about the APS and its collections in person or online.
Classroom Resources
APS Classroom Resources are fun and engaging activities to incorporate into your classroom. They include lesson plans, modules, experiments, and more that highlight primary sources found in APS’s collections. Our lesson plans and modules are inquiry-based and align with Common Core standards.
Featured Resource: Interrogating the Sources: Women in the Revolution
APS at Home brings activities and crafts from the APS into your homes and classrooms. From coloring sheets to at home experiments, the Education department will continue to update this page with fun and useful downloads for those of all ages. Featured here is our Color our Collections series which has a variety of coloring sheets from our digital library that range from Peale's Mastodon to Buzz Aldrin during the moon landing!
People of all ages love coloring as a wind-down or learning activity. Take some time to color in these downloadable pages made from items in the APS collections. When you're done, be sure to share our creation with us via social media!
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Museum and Collection Tours
Visiting Independence Hall or another Old City institution with your students? Include a tour at the APS museum or library as part of your field trip. We offer engaging tours of our current exhibition as well as opportunities to view some of our collections not on display. Click here to learn more.
Not able to come to us? We can virtually come to you through our virtual tour program.