Educator Resources
Get your students excited about science with our hands-on, inquiry-based activities. Get inspired by the creative learning strategies you'll experience in our professional development workshops.
Classroom Activities
Help your students experience the thrill of scientific inquiry with our fun, hands-on activities. They'll learn about biology, chemistry, physics and more.
- Teacher Workshops
- Enhance your science curriculum! We'll show you how to do inquiry-based and hands-on/minds-on science in your classroom, and how the Museum can benefit you.
- Science Clubs
- Our after-school Science Clubs offer early exposure to science through partnerships with schools and community organizations.
Featured Classroom Activities
How To
- Make a Circuit Board
- See how electricity flows through a circuit that you build.
- 4th - 8th Grade
How To
- Build a Lever
- See how simple machines like a lever can help us do work.
- 3rd - 6th Grade
- Museum Hours
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- Monday – Saturday: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Sunday: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Open every day except Christmas Day
- Museum Location
- Getting Here
- Happening Now
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Smart Home: Green + Wired
Learn how to make green living and eco-friendly technology part of your life.
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The Glass Experience
The science, technology, brilliance and beauty behind glass is revealed in this stunning exhibition.
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Exploring the Collection: Photographs by Terry Evans
Terry Evans explores some of Chicago’s hidden treasures—found in the Museum's collection.
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- Coming Soon
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The Plan of Chicago
Professor Carl Smith presents a lecture on the Burnham Plan and architect Daniel Burnham.
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Chicago Bridge Tour - SOLD OUT
See how Chicago bridges have evolved over the last century in function and design.
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New Online Activities
- Online Activity
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Build a Lever
See how simple machines like a lever can help us do work.