This educator's guide provides K-12 teachers with information about the key concepts of the Hall. Visitors can orient themselves using a map of the Hall, complete with detailed description of labels. Background information is linked to three areas of the curriculum: habitats, human effects on the environment, and evolution. Activities for pre-, during, and post-visit focus on these same curricular requirements. The guide suggests connections to other parts of the Museum.

		Hall of Biodiversity Educator's Guide Curriculum Materials for grades Kindergarten through 12 The museum's Hall of Biodiversity is bustling with life. Make the most of your visit by preparing beforehand with this practical and printable guide.
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		Hall of Biodiversity Educator's Guide: Treasure Hunt Activity for all ages The museum's Hall of Biodiversity diorama is teeming with animal and plant life. Can you find the moustached monkeys, the paper cucumber, and the dung beetle? What about the other 28 specimens?
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		Hall of Biodiversity Educator's Guide Insert Activity for grades Kindergarten through 12 The cladogram, or family tree, for all living things branches across the museum's Spectrum of Life Wall. Can you use it to find the mustached monkeys, the wing-footed centipede, and the great blue turaco?
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		Hall of Biodiversity Educator's Guide: Map Exhibition Materials for all ages What does it take to travel from the Crisis Zone to the Solution Wall? Find out with this map of the museum's Hall of Biodiversity, which includes helpful tips for reading the exhibit labels.
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		Hall of Biodiversity Educator's Guide Activity: Dichotomous Keys Activity for grades 6 through 12 Scientists use these tools to identify the specimens they collect in the field. To learn more about how dichotomous keys work, try creating one of your own. Then ask a classmate to test it out.
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		Hall of Biodiversity Educator's Guide Activity: Doing Science Activity for grades 6 through 12 There's definitely a science to scientific research. Take a lesson from an experienced pro. Then, start investigating the biodiversity that exists in your own backyard.
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		Hall of Biodiversity Educator's Guide Activity: Spectrum of Habitats Activity for grades 6 through 12 Do you know what biome you live in? How it has changed over time? Or what's being done to preserve it? Find out the answers for yourself with these investigative activities.
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		Hall of Biodiversity Educator's Guide Activity: Observation Activity for grades Kindergarten through 5 How good are you observation skills? Test them out by observing and recording your pet, the pavement near your pad, and other creative and easy-to-find subjects.
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		Hall of Biodiversity Educator's Guide Activity: Use of Earth's Resources Activity for grades 6 through 12 Chocolate from the rain forests of South America, ice cream made thick with North Atlantic seaweed—you'd be surprised what global items line the shelves of your local supermarket.
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		Hall of Biodiversity Educator's Guide Activity: Cladograms Activity for grades 6 through 12 In the same way people trace their history with a family tree, scientists use an evolutionary tree to show a species' close and distant relatives. Learn how they work by making a tree of coins.
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		Hall of Biodiversity Educator's Guide Activity: Solutions for Protecting Biodiversity Activity for grades 6 through 12 Unfortunately, the way humans have changed their environment is not always positive. Take a big-picture view of issues affecting the environment and the complexity of finding solutions.
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