Each seat is equipped with a computer keypad allowing visitors to participate in the debates. The audience is virtually surrounded by sight and sound as a 30-minute story unfolds about the Grand Canyon, flying, or some other exciting topic. The Science Center features outstanding exhibits on a variety of great topics. Bioscience features a Walk-Through Heart and the tools of the medical and biological sciences. Railroad Hall is a Victorian railway station complete with a 350-ton Baldwin locomotive.
Communications demonstrates papermaking in a miniaturized papermaking machine.
Visitors can learn the basics of video technology, TV's special effects, and more. The Changing Earth features a stream table that demonstrates erosion and geographical features, as well as an earth puzzle, and a working weather station complete with a meteorologist to show how weather is predicted. Visitors can climb into the cockpit of an Air Force jet trainer, fly a model in a simulator, experiment with the natural laws that govern flight, and do much more in the Aviation exhibit. Other great interactive exhibits cover Electricity and Electronics, Mechanics, Math, and Astronomy. Features at the Franklin Institute just go on and on.