Whether you are exploring the museum with a classroom, group or family the U-M Museum of Natural History offers age-appropriate Discovery Guides to focus student observation and will help navigate your way through time!
Family Discovery Guides
Exploring Michigan
Pre-K
Directions: Can you find each of these animals? Check the box when you find one, then flip to the back for answers and fun facts!
Evolution: Life Through Time
Grades K-2
Directions: Answer the guide as you travel through Evolution: Life Through Time. This guide is meant to be read by an adult and completed by the child.
Exploring Michigan
Grades K-2
Directions: Answer the guide as you travel through Exploring Michigan. This guide is meant to be read by an adult and completed by the child.
Under the Microscope
Grades K-2
Directions: Answer the guide as you travel through Under the Microscope. This guide is meant to be read by an adult and completed by the child.
Evolution: Life Through Time
Grades 3-5
Directions: Answer the guide as you travel through Evolution: Life Through Time. This guide is meant to be completed while in the gallery with a chaperone.
Exploring Michigan
Grades 3-5
Directions: Answer the guide as you travel through Exploring Michigan. This guide is meant to be completed while in the gallery with a chaperone.
Under the Microscope
Grades 3-5
Directions: Answer the guide as you travel through Under the Microscope. This guide is meant to be completed while in the gallery with a chaperone.
Evolution: Life Through Time
Grades 6-8
Directions: Answer the guide as you travel through Evolution: Life Through Time. This guide is meant to be completed while in the gallery with a chaperone.
Exploring Michigan
Grades 6-8
Directions: Answer the guide as you travel through Exploring Michigan. This guide is meant to be completed while in the gallery with a chaperone.
Under the Microscope
Grades 6-8
Directions: Answer the guide as you travel through Under the Microscope. This guide is meant to be completed while in the gallery with a chaperone.
Evolution: Life Through Time
Grades 9-12
Directions: Answer the guide as you travel through Evolution: Life Through Time. This guide is meant to be completed while in the gallery with a chaperone.
Exploring Michigan
Grades 9-12
Directions: Answer the guide as you travel through Exploring Michigan. This guide is meant to be completed while in the gallery with a chaperone.
Under the Microscope
Grades 9-12
Directions: Answer the guide as you travel through Under the Microscope. This guide is meant to be completed while in the gallery with a chaperone.
Interested in scheduling a School or Group Program? Visit our Educators section for details.
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