Education
Teacher Guides
Educator Map
Planning a field trip? Learn the layout of the building before you arrive, and find exhibits your students will love, by using our educator map.
Educator Field Trip Guide
This guide will help you plan a field trip that’s not just educational, but enjoyable and memorable as well. Use our educator guide to plan a field trip that encourages your students to explore and learn about the aquatic world.
Exhibit Guides
Connect the Jellies special exhibit to your classroom. Guides cover concepts of life cycles, anatomy, habitats, classification and jelly blooms.
Grades K-5 Teacher Guide
Grades 6-12 Teacher Guide
Grades K-5 Student Guide
Grades 6-12 Student Guide
Wild Reef teacher and student guides cover topics of ecology, evolution and the relationships between organisms.
Grades K-5 Teacher Guide
Grades 6-12 Teacher Guide
Grades K-5 Student Guide
Grades 6-12 Student Guide
Amazon Rising teacher guides provide exciting classroom connections though the exploration of the region's seasonal survival adaptations, and human impact and conservation.
Grades K-5 Teacher Guide
Grades 6-12 Teacher Guide
Grades K-5 Student Guide
Grades 6-12 Student Guide
Learning Lab Guides
Learning lab guides help prepare your class for a program at Shedd. Find key concepts and details about the programs. Connect your upcoming program to state learning standards. Plan a more focused field trip by learning which exhibits connect to the program you choose and access additional resources to help with further exploration.
Amazon Survival
Animals in Action
Camouflaging Critters
Exploring Anatomy: Squid Dissection
Exploring Pathology: Fish Dissection
Fish Files
Great Lakes: Puzzling Populations
Happenin' Habitats
Icy Adaptations
Mission: Marine Habitat
Reef Relationships
Sea Otter Survival
Whale Adventure
4-D Experience Learning Resource Guides
Planet Earth: From Pole to Pole 4-D Experience
Guide covers the climate and seasonal changes in the Arctic and the Antarctic. Learn how polar bears and emperor penguins survive during changing seasons.
Grades K-3
Grades 4-6
Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs - The 4-D Experience
Guide covers changes in the earth, from climate to plants to the shifting of continents. Learn about how Earth has changed in the 10,000 years since the Ice Age ended, and how animals learn to adapt to the cold.
Grades K-3
Grades 4-6
Dora and Diego's 4-D Adventure: Catch that Robot Butterfly!
Guide contains fun activities for children, including coloring pages, mazes and a word search.
Download guide.
Ten Fun Finds Maps
Looking for activities for your next field trip? Check out our Ten Fun Finds maps. With these printable PDF maps, you can guide your students through a themed exploration of Shedd's animals.
Shedd Highlights – All-Access
Make Your Own Map!
For Tots
Oceanarium Discoveries
Staying Alive: Animal Adaptations
Cool Moves: Animal Movement
Disguises for Hiding: Animal Camouflage
Conservation guides
Shedd has developed educational materials including videos and teacher guides to support conservation learning around specific topics. Discover more about these collaborative efforts relating to water, food, and energy by following the links below. You will also find interactive ways for you and your students to make a difference within the school.
Download the teacher guide on food in your school, or watch the video:
Download the teacher guide on saving energy, or watch the video:
Download the teacher guide on water conservation, or watch the video:
These guides were produced in partnership with the Illinois Environmental Council, an organization which is a coalition of more than sixty environmental organizations in Illinois. Visit http://www.ilenviro.org/ to connect with environmental organizations that can serve as a resource to your classroom.
