Transform your classroom into a museum and get your students' brains and fingers working together. Students investigate how Museum professionals plan and design an exhibit. Then, using their own field research and adopting the roles of actual Museum specialists, students try their own hands at planning and designing an exhibit about local biodiversity.

		Preparing for a Classroom Exhibit on Biodiversity Curriculum Materials for grades 6 through 10 What information do you want to convey, and what's the best medium in which to communicate it? Learn from museum professionals what planning questions to ask so you can create a terrific biodiversity exhibit.
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		Preparing for a Classroom Exhibit on Biodiversity, Abridged Curriculum Materials for grades 6 through 10 After the design team develops the concept for an exhibit, an ever-increasing circle of specialists joins in to create and install it. Take a behind-the-scenes look; then mount your own exhibit.
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		Museum Exhibit Specialists Article for grades 6 through 12 Curator, exhibit designer, researcher, media specialist, tour guide, live plant/animal specialist—there's a wide range of exhibit jobs at the museum. Learn more about what each specialist does.
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		How to Design an Exhibit with Passion Article for grades 6 through 12 When passion shapes an exhibit, the audience picks up on it—whether it's a permanent museum show or a temporary classroom display. Learn how to select a passionate exhibit theme.
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		Planning an Exhibit Article for grades 6 through 12 What does it take to launch an 11,000-square-foot exhibit? The same steps it takes to plan a classroom exhibit—just on a much larger scale. Find out what these steps are, and begin your planning.
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		Organizing an Exhibit: It's All About Teamwork Article for grades 6 through 12 Imagine building a rain forest inside a 129-year-old building in New York City, one with more than 1,500 trees, shrubs, and plants and 20,000 feet of vines. How would you inspire the necessary teamwork?
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		Profile: Niles Eldredge Article for grades 6 through 12 When he was in the ninth grade, Niles Eldredge was in the slow science class. But that didn't stop him. He later followed his heart and became a well-known evolutionary biologist.
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		Profile: Phil Fraley Article for grades 6 through 12 If the economy had not soured, Phil Fraley might not have entered exhibit design. Find out more about the job in which, he says, "there's always something new around the corner to make it exciting."
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		Profile: Melanie Ide Article for grades 6 through 12 Exhibit design is about more than designing space, in Melanie Ide's view. This architect believes it's about communicating ideas, information, cultural values, and identify.
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		Profile: Willard Whitson Article for grades 6 through 12 Did you know there's a 2,400-square-foot rain forest in New York City? Find out how Willard Whitson created this huge diorama as part of the museum's Hall of Biodiversity.
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