Classified for credit

Demonstration garden at the University of Illinois — covers horticulture, plant biology, and sustainable garden design for hands-on botany study.

Illinois River state park with floodplain forest and river access — covers riparian ecology, Illinois River watershed geography, and native wildlife habitat.

Museum at the historic I&M Canal covering 19th-century civil engineering, waterway commerce, and the canal's role in connecting the Great Lakes to the Mississippi.

Illinois Beach State Park nature center on Lake Michigan — covers dune ecology, freshwater shoreline biology, and Great Lakes geography.

Federal wildlife and fish refuge on the Illinois River — wetland and floodplain ecology, migratory waterfowl biology, and river-system geography.

Museum on historic Route 66 tracing the history of Illinois rock and roll music and its cultural impact from the 1950s to the present.

Illinois National Guard museum with military vehicles, weapons, and artifacts spanning the Civil War through modern era — state and national military history.

State museum research and collections center housing natural history, archaeology, and anthropology specimens — collections science and research methodology.

Chicago museum tracing the history of surgical instruments and medical techniques — covers human anatomy, medical science, and healthcare history.

Chicago museum dedicated to outsider and self-taught art — art history, visual analysis, and American folk/vernacular artistic traditions.

Illinois State University planetarium with dome theater — covers stellar astronomy, constellations, and the physics of light.

Museum honoring Vice Admiral James Stockdale — covers Vietnam War, Medal of Honor history, and Stoic philosophy in military ethics.

Illinois state park with prairie, wetland, and woodland habitats — covers Midwest ecology, native plant communities, and outdoor physical education.

Traditional Japanese garden within the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe — covers landscape design, plant biology, and cultural geography.

Outdoor living-history village with preserved 19th-century structures illustrating rural Illinois pioneer settlement and daily life.

Restored 1836 blacksmith shop where John Deere invented the self-scouring steel plow — covers industrial history, metallurgy, and the mechanization of American agriculture.

Community college planetarium with full-dome star shows — covers astronomy, celestial mechanics, and observational science for student and public audiences.

Illinois nature preserve and education center on the Mississippi River bluffs with trails, native plant gardens, and ecology programming for all ages.

Former Episcopal college grounds turned state park with mature hardwood forest — supports ecology field study, Illinois natural history, and outdoor PE.

Outdoor dinosaur-themed attraction with life-size replicas near Volo, IL — introduces paleontology, prehistoric ecosystems, and geological time.

Natural history collection at Benedictine University — taxidermy, fossils, and biological specimens supporting zoology and earth science curriculum.

Federal wildlife refuge and conservation area in Illinois covering wetland and prairie ecology, migratory bird habitat, and biodiversity.

Public observatory named for NASA astronaut Karl Henize — telescope observation, celestial mechanics, and introduction to astronomy curriculum.

Illinois state recreation area along the Vermilion River with diverse habitats — covers tallgrass prairie ecology, riparian biology, and Illinois natural history.