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Plan a Field Trip
 Take your students on a journey through four billion years of life on Earth. Students can tour the exhibition, engage in activities right out of our Educator Guide, even take a special class during their visit!
Field Trips
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.
Educator Guide
When planning your trip, check out our Evolving Planet Educator Guide, available now.
Student Classes
Use the Field Trip Registration Form to register for these classes, or call 312.665.7548 for more information.
Footprints of the Past (K-4)
Explore the fascinating creatures that inhabited the Earth at the dawn of time, and compare them to today’s animal kingdom.
Monday-Friday, available starting March 13, 2006, 10am-1pm
$3 per Chicago student, $4 per non-Chicago student
The Life of Earth (5-8)
Travel back through the history of our amazing planet and understand how it has evolved into the planet we inhabit today.
Monday-Friday, available starting March 13, 2006, 10am-1pm
$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
$3 per Chicago student, $4 per non-Chicago student
Also available at your school. Download an In-Classroom Registration Form here.
Field of Wonder: Dinosaurs (Grades pre-K–2, school year only)
Take a closer look at these "terrible lizards" through hands-on objects and activities.
Monday-Friday at 10:15 or 11:15am.
Free with field trip registration
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 outlawed teaching of evolution in Tennessee public schools.
Friday, March 17, 2006, 11am-noon
$3 per Chicago student, $4 per non-Chicago student
Harris Educational Loan Materials
Put real fossils in the hands of your students by borrowing one of these Harris Educational Loan Center Experience Boxes for your classroom: Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Creatures; Dinosaurs and their Times: Cretaceous; Dinosaurs and their Times: Jurassic; 300 Million Years Ago in Illinois; Hominid Evolution; and Dinosaur Dinners.
Reserve your materials here or call 312.665.7555 for more information.
Teacher Workshops
Earn CPDUs, Lane and Graduate Credit with our Evolving Planet teacher workshops. Register by calling 312.665.7500, or call 312.665.7513 for more information.
Evolving Planet: Educator Preview
Be the one of the first to explore the new exhibition, and see how it reflects new discoveries in our understanding of evolution. You’ll see ancient fossils, early hominids, and an expanded hall of dinosaurs as you discover ways to link to the Illinois Learning Standards and develop field trip and classroom activities.
Saturday, March 25, 9am-noon
$40, members $35
Evolution, Biodiversity, and Adaptations
Visit the new Evolving Planet exhibition and explore linkages to Illinois Learning Standards while developing focused field trip activities. You’ll discuss concepts of evolution, biodiversity, and adaptations that explore the scientific method using Field Museum research and Harris Educational Loan resources. Earn 3 CPDUs.
Wednesday, April 4, 5-8pm
$40, members $35
Exploring Ancient Life: Fossils in the Classroom
Learn about best practices in teaching evolution during this three-day expedition. You’ll get a guided tour of Evolving Planet, and a behind-the-scenes collections tour, then get to practice your own fossil collecting at Mazon Creek! Earn 15 CPDUs. 1 Lane Credit and 1 Aurora Graduate Credit are also available for those who attend the March 25 Educator Preview.
Thursday, April 27, 5-8pm
Saturday, April 29, 9am-4pm (at Mazon Creek)
Tuesday, May 2, 5–8pm
$225, members $200
Breakfast and/or boxed dinners and field trip transportation provided.
Find more information about planning field trips to The Field Museum or download a registration form now.
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