Traveling Trunk

 

The Valley Forge Traveling Trunk is a FREE educational resource!

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The Valley Forge National Historical Park Traveling Trunk provides hands-on educational materials to classrooms in the Valley Forge area.

The trunk comes equipped with a full set of lesson plans incorporating pelts, skulls, and other hands-on materials. Students can interact with these materials to learn about the wildlife of southeast Pennsylvania that call the park home.

Borrowing Instructions

This is a FREE educational resource! The Traveling Trunk can be borrowed for up to two consecutive weeks (14 days). The school is responsible for retrieving and dropping off the trunk. Availability is on a first-come, first serve basis. Valley Forge National Historical Park does not ship trunks.

Pelts & Skulls Traveling Trunk

Dimensions: approx. 32" long, 15 1/4" wide, 14" tall

Contents: A collection of pelts representing Pennsylvania animals, real and replica animal skulls, animal track stencils, and a binder containing five days of lesson plans for either Kindergarten – 2nd grade or 3rd – 5th grade. Older grades are welcome to request the trunk, but lesson plans will not be provided.

 

The traveling trunk contains a binder filled with lesson plans.

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Many of the materials in the traveling trunk are packed in cardboard boxes.

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Valley Forge park rangers have created this trunk to share the park's wildlife with you and your students!

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Register Online

Click the button below to request a trunk for your classroom.

All reservations must be requested at least two weeks before the preferred pick-up date. Please allow seven days for confirmation.

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