Travel to the Ft. Myers area with Sonshine Educational Tours and discover the great educational opportunities Ft. Myers has to offer. Your students will be inspired by two of the greatest minds that the United States produced towards the close of the 19th century, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison. Edison lit the world and Ford mobilized it. To complete the day in Ft. Myers you will want to visit either the Imaginarium with its hands-on programs or the Naples Zoo.
Recommended Activities
All One-day package to Ft. Myers can be combined with a visit to the Shell Factory, Ft. Myers Imaginarium, or the Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens. Package includes round-trip transportation by deluxe motor coach, tour escort, all admission fees to sites, detailed activities and itineraries, and all meals.
Teachers are complimentary based on ratio chosen by school.
Sunshine State Standards
Sonshine Educational Tours to the Ford and Edison Estates include interdisciplinary learning activities and experiences that align with Florida’s Sunshine State Standards, including the following:
Social Studies (SS.A.5.3.2) The student understands ways that significant individuals and events influenced economic, social, and political systems in the United States after 1880.
Social Studies (SS.B.1.3.7) The student understands the spatial aspects of communication and transportation systems.
Science (SC.H.3.3.5) The student understands that contributions to the advancement of science, mathematics, and technology have been made by different kinds of people, in different cultures, at different times, and are an intrinsic part of the development of human culture.
Ft. Myers Area Destinations:
Ft. Myers Imaginarium
Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens
Ford & Edison Homes
The Forest From The Trees, by Greg Hoffman