Sink, Float, Drag

Using the National Canal Museums new water works room  roll up your sleeves and get wet.  Do experiments relating to sinking and floating and friction.  You even get to become a canal boat captain on a 90-foot model canal system.  You can deliver cargo or passengers to a city along the canal.

Program cost:  $3 per student plus TRL admission (minimum of 20 students)

String Telephones

In this program, students work in small groups and they are asked to engineer a string telephone.  They will also learn how the telephone works.  Using the initial telephone students will then design and experiment to improve the basic phone.

Price: $6 per student, teachers and chaperones free (minimum of 10 students)

Buehler Assembly Line

What was it like working in a factory? Could you work in a furniture factory or silk mill?  Come visit the Emrick Technology Center and discover how the technology from waterpower to an electric engine has changed our world. As part of the experience, become a part of an assembly line.

Price:$6 per student / minimum of 10 students

Locktender’s House

Take a tour of the locktender’s house and the family who lived in the house next to the lock was in charge of opening the gates for every canal boat.  Women and children were often the people opening and closing the lock gates.  In addition choose two additional activities.

Price: $3 per student.  / Minimum of 10 students

Choose two activities: Each activity is 15 minutes. *Laundry   *Blow a Conch Shell   *Old Time Games     *Cider Press