Educational Resources

K-12 Lessons and Curricula

The museum is here to support K-12 learners at home. Be sure to check back often for new materials and be sure to visit our Family Activities, Musuem YouTube, and Museum in a Box pages for more learning and fun.

Worksheets

• Animal Tales
• Australian Animal Quiz
• Cave Paintings
• Fire Ecology
• NASA Exercise - Survival on the Moon
• Neighborhood Habitat Hunt Ages 5-7
• Neighborhood Habitat Hunt Ages 8-14
• Paper Moon Facts
• Turtle Weaving
• Weaving the World

Lessons

• Indian Boarding School Legacy
• Ice and Interpretation
• Kimono Through Time
• Food Forest

College Resources

The museum partners with instructors and professors to create learning opportunities for college courses. For more information about learning opportunities, email us at anthromuseum@csuchico.edu.

Artifacts can be reserved/viewed for special course use as well.

Sample College Essay Questions from Past Exhibitions

Send your class for extra credit or to deepen their knowledge on a particular exhibit topic. Contact us to reserve a time.

• Fire and Water Elements of Change College Level Self-Guided Tour Questions
• Hmong Reflections Questions for Campus Courses
• Seeing an Exhibition for the First Time: A Strategy For Understanding
• Soil Exhibit Essay Questions

Museum in a Box

Check out one of our “Museum in a Box” lending kits with artifacts and teaching materials. Each box features real artifacts to enhance virtual classroom learning and align with Common Core Standards. Box topics include California Indians, Human Origins, and Hmong Stories.

These boxes are available for 3 weeks at a time. They are designed as stand alone units or to reinforce a thematic unit in your classroom.

To reserve your box email anthromuseum@csuchico.edu or call 530-898-5397.