Education Programs at the Yale Peabody Museum: By Grade Levels

Grade K
Connecticut Indians

Connecticut Wildlife

Dinosaurs and More

Elementary School
Ancient Egypt

The Art of the Diorama

Astronomy, Meteorites and the Earth

Connecticut Birds

Connecticut Ecology

Connecticut Indians

Connecticut Indians and the Settlers in the 1600s

Connecticut Wildlife

Dinosaurs and More

Drawing on Nature

Extinct and Endangered

Landforms: The Shape of Connecticut's Landscape

North American Indians

North American Wildlife

Rocks, Minerals and Their Properties

Middle School
Ancient Egypt

The Art of the Diorama

Astronomy, Meteorites and the Earth

Connecticut Birds

Connecticut Ecology

Connecticut Environments

Connecticut Indians

Connecticut Indians and the Settlers in the 1600s

Dinosaurs and More

Drawing on Nature

The Ecology of Birds

Extinct and Endangered

Human Origins

Introduction to Evolution

Landforms: The Shape of Connecticut's Landscape

The Native Cultures of North America

North American Ecology

Paleo Art at the Peabody

Rocks, Minerals and Their Properties

High School
Ancient Egypt

The Art of the Diorama

Connecticut Environments

Connecticut Indians

Connecticut Indians and the Settlers in the 1600s

Dinosaurs: Recent Finds and Theories

Drawing on Nature

The Ecology of Birds

Extinct and Endangered

Human Origins

Introduction to Evolution

Landforms: The Shape of Connecticut's Landscape

The Native Cultures of North America

North American Ecology

Paleo Art at the Peabody

Special Programs Based On Current Exhibitions
Contact Armand Morgan at 203.432.3297 or peabody.education@yale.edu for information.

Teacher’s Workshops

For information on current workshops contact us at 203.432.3297 or peabody.education@yale.edu.


		NEW! Murals and Models: Art Programs at the Yale Peabody Museum Teacher’s Workshops Become A Docent Niarchos Experimental Classroom A hands-on inquiry-based center for Public Education and Peabody Fellows teacher training programs Educational Resources and Curricula


		Call the Office of Public Education at (203) 432-3775 between 9:00 a.m. and noon, and 1:00 and 3:00 p.m., weekdays, or send e-mail to peabody.education@yale.edu.



		The Invisible Art: The Peabody Museum Dioramas



		The Museum’s eight dioramas represent habitat regions throughout North America. Developed around a large animal, each diorama highlights the variety of life in specific natural regions. Teachers are invited to choose areas that fit their curriculum. Hands-on specimens are available for discussion of the High Arctic Tundra and Shortgrass Plains dioramas. Alaska Tundra High Arctic Tundra The Kaibab Plateau Shortgrass Plains Tropical Rainforest The following three additional dioramas are unfortunately difficult to use in programs because of their locations. Contact Jim Sirch at (203) 432-6919 or peabody.education@yale.edu to discuss special arrangements. Sonoran Desert Timber Line Tropical Savannah