Teacher Resources
Free Lesson Plans for Teachers
New at the Museum of Man: Teachers can download free Lesson Plans for classroom use. Click here for Lesson Plans currently available.
Museum Activities for Visiting Classes
You can now download activities for your students' Museum visit. Click here for current activities.
Education Resource Room
Teachers can borrow reference books and videos from the Education Resource Room, located in the Administration Building. Small view-boxes with artifacts, and examples of traditional crafts, along with interpretive information, are also available. Physical anthropology cases explore themes such as mobility and joints, diet and teeth, and comparative anatomy, using fossil casts, bones, photographs, and artifacts. Items are available for a two-week loan, and the small per-item fee is discounted for members. Call the Education Department at 619-239-2001, ext., for further information.
Museum Membership
Teachers are encouraged to join the Museum of Man with an Individual ($45 per year) or Family ($60 per year) Membership. Members receive a 10% discount in the Museum Store, discounts on Summer Camp, discounts for check-out kits, free admission to Culture, Coffee, and Conversation lectures, the quarterly newsletter Discovery, and invitations to gallery openings. Please call the Membership Department at extension 15 for further information.
Egyptian Cartouche
Translate a name into hieroglyphics! Students may want to visit the Egyptian Cartouche machine located immediately outside the Ancient Egypt Gallery. The cost is $1.00 and the personalized Cartouche makes a fun souvenir of the Museum visit.
Teacher Training/Workshops
Various times are available. Call the Education Department for further information.
Children's Discovery Center
This 900-square-foot permanent exhibit adjoining the Ancient Egypt Gallery gives students hands-on opportunities to have fun while learning about the lives of 18th Dynasty Egyptians.
• Learn about the contrasting lives of a pharaoh and a farmer.
• Dress like an Egyptian.
• Decorate the royal cat, Bastet.
• Barter at the market with pretend food and trade items.
• Learn how a mummy is made.
• Help decide the mummy's fate in the afterlife.
• Write a message to the mummy.
Footsteps Through Time: Four Million Years of Human Evolution
For free lesson plans, curricula, fun activities, and information for classes, visit
www.abouthumanevolution.net
A virtual tour of the exhibit to enhance the understanding of evolution is presented at
www.abouthumanevolution.org