Visit Guides

Show Guides

Journey to the Stars

Download the educator guide from the American Museum of Natural History website

One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure

Download teacher and facilitator guides in Spanish, Chinese, and English on the Sesame Workshop website

Exhibition Guides

Gallery Group Leader Guides

These guides help teachers, chaperones, or other group leaders navigate each of the Adler’s galleries by pointing out engaging exhibitions, meeting spaces, and connections to Illinois Learning Standards. Each guide also includes some prompts to get students thinking about the gallery they are exploring.

Gallery Exploration Cards

The downloadable cards are a way to guide exploration of the Our Solar System gallery. They are intended for use with visitors in 3rd grade or higher divided into groups of 4-10 students. The teacher, chaperone, or group leader can use the prompts on the card to guide students as they explore the exhibitions pictured on the card. We recommend giving students time for free exploration of the gallery before organizing them to work on the cards. Each card includes the following sections:

• Scientists at Work helps students understand the context of what they are about to explore and introduces careers related to space science.

• Hypothesize gives the students a chance to reflect on what they already know.

• Investigate prompts student to explore specific exhibitions in the Our Solar System gallery.

• Communicate Findings provides a time for students to share what they explored in the exhibitions.

• Be the Scientists invites students to participate in an activity to synthesize what they've learned from their own investigation and from the information their group members have shared.

• Teacher Tips help adults start discussion.

Topic Guides

Pre-Field Trip Guide (PDF)
Patterns of Motion Guide (PDF)
Surfaces Guide (PDF)
Atmospheres Guide (PDF)
Exploration Guide (PDF)

The 8 ½ x 11 sheet of paper can be folded in half to make a card to use in the gallery.