Educator Resources
The KU Natural History Museum has a variety of resources available for K-12 educators to explore science topics with your classes in the museum and in the classroom. Many items were created by museum educators and KU scientists as part of grant-funded projects, which reach more than 250,000 online users including K-12 students and teachers.
Featured Resources
![Green fish in profile with a downturned mouth. It has two fins on top, one tail fin, two on the bottom and one on the side.](/sites/biodiversity/files/images/2022/ISE_web_fish_external_ALT-01_0.png)
Exhibit Activities
For a more in-depth exploration with your students, use these differentiated or NGSS-connected exhibit activities which are suitable for upper elementary/middle school and up.
![youth in front of the Biodiversity Exhibit](/sites/biodiversity/files/images/2022/youths-exhibits-biocase.jpg)
Discovery Guides
Museum discovery guides provide fun and educational ways for classes or groups to further explore the museum and learn together.
![Three girls doing an activity with a rock and a chart](/sites/biodiversity/files/images/2023/School-Programs-banner_0.jpg)
School Programs
Book a school program at the museum for your class! We offer a variety of science education programs for K-12 students throughout the Fall and Spring. Scholarships are available.
![Anatomy Alex game like Operation displaying human anatomy](/sites/biodiversity/files/images/2022/ISE_anatomy%20alex-generalsm.jpg)
Informal Science Education
Learn more about our Informal Science Education department, which conducts externally-funded education projects, supports broader impacts and fulfills our public education mission.
For the Classroom & Online
![Quarked image with two animated science elements as kids on an adventure](/sites/biodiversity/files/images/2022/ISE_web_superconductor_pair%20wo%20logo_0.png)