Enhance your school’s teaching and learning with a virtual field trip to the Nature Museum that includes a live interactive workshop centered around unique museum resources!
Register for our creative science and nature workshops to focus your virtual field trip and create meaningful connections between in- and out-of-school learning experiences in real-world contexts. All workshops are taught by an experienced museum educator and correlate with the Next Generation Science Standards.
Preparing for your Virtual Field Trip
Pre-Visit
Once you register for your workshop, you’ll receive your Virtual Field Trip Guide and confirmation, where you’ll find your virtual student workshop time, FAQs, and an asynchronous pre-visit activity to ground your Nature Museum experience!
Live Interactive Student Workshop
Bring locally focused science education to your class and create meaningful connections to the Nature Museum through an interactive, educator-led virtual workshop.
Post-Visit
After your virtual visit, share the
asynchronous post-visit activities and resources in the Virtual Field Trip Guide with your students and families to continue your Nature Museum experiences.
Guided virtual experiences are a wonderful way for our young learners to still explore the world even during a pandemic! Thank you!
– Virtual Student Workshop Participant 2020
Select Your Group
Use the questions below to guide your planning path and discover which Virtual Field Trips with a Workshop is best for your group.
Are you a pre-K to 12th grade classroom teacher, school administrator, learning pod leader, or daycare provider? Click the button below to explore our school group options.
Are you an after-school center, scout group, or youth club? Are you a social service provider, faith-based organization, residential care facility, or senior center? Click the button below.
Are you looking for a workshop for parents or guardians to support students’ nature and science learning? Click below to explore your options.
Are you looking for a unique experience interacting with Nature Museum collections and specimens? Click the button below.
In-person field trips to the Nature Museum are currently unavailable as a result of our building closure. Our educators are ready and available to bring field trip programming and more to your classroom virtually.
Questions? Email us at fieldtrip@naturemuseum.org.
Do you ever wonder how a butterfly gets its colors? Or how turtles hibernate? Do you wonder how birds know where to migrate each year? For over 160 years, the Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum has served a unique role in the city of Chicago connecting children of all ages to nature and science through immersive exhibits, fun family events, important conservation research and in-depth education programs, inspiring the wonder in all of us.