To address the urgent need for flexibility in science teaching, Nature Museum educators are supporting teachers with both professional development and remote-ready curriculum to use with your students in your remote or hybrid learning plan.
Through Remote Science on the Go, engage all students with real-world topics through multiple access points to locally relevant phenomena!
For 30 years, our experienced education staff has been working side-by-side with teachers and their students throughout Chicago.
Registration is now open for Remote Science on the Go for Quarters 1 and 2 of the 2020-21 school year.
Remote Science on the Go Program Highlights
With Science on the Go, you’ll invest in:
- Professional Development workshop to prepare for classroom implementation
- Five Remote-Ready lessons that explore local science content through NGSS–aligned curricula with all teacher and student documents provided
- All curricula include powerful connections to the natural world that foster curiosity and wonder and promote social and emotional well-being
- All interactive and student materials will be provided in English and Spanish to support students, teachers, and caregivers, as they make nature and science connections
- A remote lesson—taught by a visiting museum educator—that models best practices in science education and provides unique museum experiences utilizing our living and preserved collections
- Virtual Focused Field Trip to the Nature Museum to connect classroom learning to real-world experiences outside of school
Remote Science on the Go Curriculum Choices for Q1 & Q2
Quarter 1 runs October 6-November 20, 2020. Quarter 2 runs December 1, 2020-January 29, 2021.
Nature Changes the Neighborhood, Grades K-2
DCI: ESS2.E
Explore how local plants and animals change the land and the flow of water.
Plants in Their Places, Grades K-2
DCI: LS2.A
Notice where plants grow and discover how their needs are met in these places.
Conservation Through Life Cycles, Grades 3-5
DCI: LS1.B
Explore how life cycles inform the conservation work Nature Museum scientists are doing.
Urban Wildlife Watchers, Grades 3-5
DCI: LS1.A
Explain how Chicago wildlife use their body structures to survive in an urban environment!
Pollination Investigation, Grades 6-8
DCI: LS1.B
Investigate the many ways plants reproduce through their various relationships with animals.
Biodiversity Disrupted, Grades 6-8
DCI: LS2.C
Evaluate the impacts of human activities on Chicago’s woodland biodiversity.
Remote Science on the Go Registration
Invest in Remote Science on the Go for $500 per classroom. Registration is now open.
Have questions about the Science on the Go program? Please contact our program manager by clicking here.
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.