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 Incorporate activities into your classroom curriculum that your students explore biodiversity in all its forms. Select from the many lesson plans below that address environmental themes facing our planet today.
Chocolate Curriculum
Use the enticing subject of chocolate to teach your class about the intriguing relationship between nature and culture. Cocoa Connections: From Beans to Bars—A Resource Kit for Educators contains 12 lessons that will increase your students’ understanding of the connections between human and their environment.
For more information, check out the Chocolate Curriculum website.
Family Adventure – Biodiversity and Conservation Tour
Use this self-guided tour of the Museum’s exhibitions to plan a field trip focused on biodiversity and conservation.
Educator Guides to Museum Exhibitions
Looking for ideas for field trip activities during the Year of Biodiversity and Conservation? Check out our downloadable Educator Guides. Each guide corresponds to one of the year’s monthly environmental themes and our associate exhibitions. Each lesson contains ideas for pre-trip and pos-trip classroom activities, as well as detailed descriptions of an environmental-related field trip activity, including a ready-made student activity sheet.
To download and print these Educator Guides you will need will need Acrobat Reader
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Educator Guide to Climate Change—Use our educator guide and accompanying student activity sheet to explore the impact of global warming on Arctic and Antarctic ecosystems. Design geography, ecology, and science lessons that incorporate the Polar Thaw exhibitions and Harris Loan resources.
- Educators' Guide Grades 4-12 (5pp, 20k)
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Educator Guide to African Biodiversity—Compare and contrast African ecosystems and design activities that leverage our Africa Exhibition. Then generate and test hypotheses about biodiversity in Africa.
- Educators' Guide Grades 3-5 (1pp, 24k)
Educators' Guide Grades 6-8 (1pp, 24k)
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Educator Guide to Island Biodiversity—Engage your students in a survival game using our Traveling the Pacific exhibition, and help them uncover the fragility of island ecosystems.
- Educators' Guide Grades 5-8 (3pp, 108k)
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Educator Guide to Biodiversity In My Backyard—Explore the amazing diversity of Illinois plant and animal species in our Underground Adventure exhibition. Complement your field trip with a pre-or post-trip visit at your school from our Soil Adventure Mobile by calling (312) 665-7519.
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Introduction | Investigate Biodiversity | YBC | Meet the Scientist | Explore Global Diversity | Events and Programs | Take Action! | Teaching Biodiversity | Biodiversity Exhibition | Credits
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