Teaching Toolboxes

The Polleneighbors Bin is filled with 3D printed
pollen, digital microscopes, and preserved flowers and pollinators from Red Butte Garden. You and your 2nd graders will dive into plant structures, functions, and patterns alongside discussions and research on pollinators and habitats. With three lessons covering SEEd Standards 2.2.1-2.2.3, this bin equips you with innovative resources to nurture your young scientists.

The Patterns & Partnerships Bin is filled with
phenomenon-based, 3D investigations and lesson plans that explore Utah’s mountain ecosystems.
Covering all 5 of the 6th grade life science SEEd
standards, this bin includes customizable curriculum, over 100 specimens, drone footage, scientific tools, and more!

Why is forest soil different from desert soil? What organisms are able to survive in the harsh alpine ecosystem? Learn about the processes that contribute to soil formation in Utah’s amazing landscape. See complete contents here.

Check out some of the Museum’s latest fossil discoveries. See casts of Utah-finds like the Allosaurus, Ceratops, Falcarious, T-Rex, and more. Learn more here.

Examine the differences between rocks and minerals and learn how each was formed. Discover how rocks and minerals are important in our everyday lives. Compare specimens in the different stages of the rock cycle. See complete contents here.

Plant specimens from Utah’s diverse habitats are accompanied by curriculum, activities and resources for studying adaptation and classification. See examples of Utah plants from wetlands, forests, and deserts. Learn to sort and classify using seeds, plant specimens and important botanical resources. See complete contents list.

Learn about the wild animals in Utah. Visit the Wild Aware Web site and see more in the video above.

This toolbox provides teachers with one-of-a-kind Museum casts of dinosaurs unearthed by Utah paleontologists. Learn more here.

Explore the Moon and Sun Phases. This kit has all the equipment needed to allow students to create the Moon and Sun Phases. See the Clark Planetarium website for instruction materials.

This toolbox includes gloves, trowels, soil sieve, soil corer, hip waders, pipettes, collection vials, water testing kit, collapsible kick net, butterfly and insect nets, quadrats for plant surveys, plant presses, Garmin eTrex Ventures with rechargeable batteries, Kestrel (monitors air, water, snow temperature, wind speed, humidity, etc.), monoculars, streak plates, Dino-Lite Digital Microscope, Brock Magiscopes with multiple powered eye pieces, hand lenses, backpacks (so your students can carry around all this amazing stuff!).

Have your students measure change in thermal energy using a classroom set of laser thermometers, heat lamps, and soil samples. Aggregate the data your class collects to build a graph that shows the thermal inertia of different materials.

Through the lens of archaeology, you will learn about stratigraphy and relative dating, and use your reasoning abilities to interpret what may have occurred in an ancient rock shelter. This kit includes examples, teacher guide, lesson plans and worksheets. See folder here.