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Field Trip Programs

Pre-registration is required for students to visit this exhibition. Entrance to Evolving Planet is free for all Illinois school children with pre-registration. Particularly strong curricular connections exist for 4th, 6th, and 7th grade science curricula in Chicago Public Schools.  Indicate your interest on your Field Trip Registration Form. And be sure to register your students for one of these exciting opportunities during your visit:

Footprints of the Past (Grades K-4)
Explore the fascinating creatures that inhabited the Earth at the dawn of time, and compare them to today’s animal kingdom. 
Begins Monday March 13th
Monday-Friday, 10am-1pm, year-round
$3 per Chicago student, $4 per non-Chicago student.


The Life of Earth (Grades 5-8)
Travel back through the history of our amazing planet and understand how it has evolved into the planet we inhabit today.
Begins Monday March 13th
Monday-Friday, 10am-1pm, year-round
$3 per Chicago student, $4 per non-Chicago student.


The Great Fossil Hunt (Grades 3-8)
Find out what it takes to be a paleontologist! Learn about the process of fossilization as you unearth and prepare dinosaur bones for display, and discover what fossils can tell us about the past.
Monday-Friday, 10am-1pm, year-round
$3 per Chicago student, $4 per non-Chicago student
Also available at your school. Call 312.665.7548 for more information or download an In-Classroom Registration Form for more details.


Inherit the Wind (Grades 8-12)
Witness a live performance of this famous play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, produced by Bernie Sahlins. Inherit the Wind is a fascinating interpretation of the famous 1925 trial that supported a law that made it illegal to teach evolution in Tennessee public schools.
Friday, March 17, 2006, 11am-noon
$3 per Chicago Student, $4 per non-chicago student.


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