Field Trips @ Wyck Historic House, Garden and Farm

6026 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA | Get Directions »
$6.00

Teachers, spend a spring day in Historic Germantown with your students!

At the Wyck Historic House, Garden and Farm, students can explore nature, agriculture and history all in one unique house in Germantown.   
A highly distinctive resource in Northwest Philadelphia for experiential, standards-based lessons in science and history, this is education from the ground up.
Learn about the past through the toys and dolls of early American Quaker children... through 19th century saws, hammers, and muskets... through traditional cookery and unique kitchen instruments, such as a cherry pitter.  Understand today's world by recycling and composting... by examining the homes of bugs and backyard wildlife... by smelling the roses.

Options for visits include designed lessons, service days, teacher research, "From Farm to Market" (Fridays), garden picnics, and more. 

Wyck works with public and private elementary, middle and high schools; early childhood programs; and homeschooling families. 

Wyck is also a key participant in the acclaimed History Hunters Youth Reporters program for Philadelphia public school students in 4th and 5th grades.  

Nature and agricultural field trips include, Chickens & Birds, Bugs, Bees & Worms, Pollination & Bees, Five Senses, From Farm to Food, Think Globally, Eat Locally, Nutrition & Healthy Eating, Biodiversity & IPM, Recycling & Composting, Fabulous Flowers, Plants, and Nests & Homes Tremendous Trees.

History field trips include, Native Americans, Tools & Weapons, Food Artifacts, and Toys & Games.

Wyck can also tailor your program choice to what you are currently teaching.  

Wyck is open for school groups Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m.‐3:00 p.m.

All of Wyck‘s lessons are geared to Pennsylvania Academic Standards. Please visitwww.wyck.org for a complete listing. PreK and K lessons are 60 minutes in length. Grade 1‐12 lessons range from 60 to 90 minutes.

Lessons are $6 per student with no additional charge for teachers and chaperones. We ask that there be one chaperone for every 10 children and a minimum of 10 students per trip.

Contact the Youth Education Coordinator at cmoresi@wyck.org or 215.848.1690 for more information or to make reservations.