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Professional Development ; Residency ; Workshop

Students will learn how to convey ideas through symbolic portraits of themselves or their classmates. Students will write and sketch out a plan for their portraits. We will provide lights, backdrops, props and more to bring their ideas to life. Photo shoots can be completed on campus or at a location of their choice. Artists focusing on conceptual portraiture will be introduced to offer inspiration. Photos can be paired with poems or narratives in the format of books or prints for display at your school. Students can express their individual ideas or create photographic art around a particular theme. ASC Goals: Teacher Professional Development, Middle School Transition, High School Graduation Rate

Creative Builders

Day Trip

Grab your hard hat, gloves and safety goggles and join our construction crew. Children will discover how to use tools in a safe environment, create original blueprints and experiment with simple machines.

CSI: "Adventures in Forensics"

Residency

CSI: “Adventures in Forensics” is a full day, interactive and comprehensive forensics program for 4-5th grade students. All activities are “Hands on and Minds on” and your students will love becoming crime scene investigators. Topics covered include: evidence collection, fingerprinting (latent and patent prints), DNA extraction, blood type testing and hair/fiber analysis using microscopy. In the culminating activity, students process a mock crime scene, conduct laboratory analysis of all physical evidence and conclude who the perpetrator(s) is/are. Successful student groups earn their CSI badge!

Cyanotype Murals & Sunprints (All Levels)

Residency ; Workshop

Students will learn about a historical photographic process and the science behind photography in this unique program. The process can be as complex as designing digital negatives that integrate text or as simple as teaching students the basics of light and shadow. Regardless of the approach, the final product is always magical and beautiful!

Dance & Circus Arts Throughout History

Assembly/Performance

Our In-School Shows are a 60-minute show that includes a question and answer session at the end. 4-5 performing artists will share historical and cultural information on but not limited to the following disciplines: contemporary dance, ballet, jazz, stilt-walking, trapeze, juggling, aerial silks and partner acrobatics.

DDU Show: Australian Music, Character Building & More!

Assembly/Performance

G’day! The DDU Show is an energetic fusion of Australian music, culture, art, science, comedy, character building, anti-bullying and audience participation. The didgeridoo has been played by Aboriginal Australians for at least 1,500 years, and is known for its otherworldly sound. But DDU is much more than music. It’s interactive, educational, motivational and super fun for all ages! During the show, we play a variety of exotic didgeridoos, demonstrating various playing styles and upbeat rhythms. We also use a multitude of props – motivational signs, vocabulary lists, maps, globes, artwork and puppets – to deliver educational lessons and empowering messages. The program is very participatory, and several segments involve students playing instruments, dancing or acting out a story. We adjust the program content and delivery style according to the audience age range. DDU will motivate your students to … – Appreciate world music and art. – Act with kindness and acceptance. – Respect multiculturalism and diversity. – Think creatively and imaginatively. – Stand up against bullying. – Protect the environment. – Become better global citizens! Learn more about our school programs at www.didgedownunder.com/schools. Please view our promo videos at www.didgedownunder.com/gallery.

Didgeridoo Make & Play Residency

Residency

This amazing cultural arts experience includes two to five full days of didgeridoo immersion. The residency kicks off with the DDU show and includes the same learning experience as the Aussie Funk Jam, plus more advanced didgeridoo rhythms and playing techniques. The residency culminates with a mini-performance, in which the students are the musical stars! Upon request, each participant also can make, paint and decorate a cardboard didgeridoo. (Cardboard tubes must be purchased separately by the school. We know an inexpensive supplier.) The residency is best for ages 8 and up. Learn more about our school programs at www.didgedownunder.com/schools. Please view our promo videos at www.didgedownunder.com/gallery.

Dig into Earth Science

Day Trip

Children will explore the world beneath their feet as they use science tools, including magnets and scales, to measure and describe the properties of earth materials. They will then determine uses for natural materials and discover the living and nonliving things in the soil.

Diggery Digger's Dino Adventure Now In 3D

Assembly/Performance ; Out-of-School-Time ; Residency

While Paleontologist Diggery Diggers is showing his fossils to a live audience, he discovers a “top secret” box the museum accidentally packed. Curious, Diggery opens the box and unleashes the DinoSauroScope 3000 or DINA taking the audience back into time to interact with dinosaurs. All is well until they use DINA on a large dinosaur egg. The egg hatches and an amazing thing happens. The dinosaurs in museums around the world start to come alive! The only way to stop this dinosaur regeneration is to return the baby dinosaur back to it’s mother. Come along for a rocking dino adventure with Diggery and save the human race. The show has incredible props including large interactive animated characters, dinosaur bones, a giant dinosaur egg and beautiful puppets. Combined with intriguing magic and rocking music, this is the Story Ship’s most memorable adventure. Audience members constantly interact by digging up fossils, scanning with the DINA, helping solve puzzles and singing songs. Only you can help stop the dinosaur invasion and save the world! Book a show now!?

Digital Photography & Composition (Grades 2-12)

Professional Development ; Residency ; Workshop

Students will learn the foundations of how to capture stunning images by applying the elements of design and various techniques to enhance their digital photographs. The first day of this program will focus on learning to see like a photographer and compelling a photo shoot. The second day of the program will integrate editing techniques. As a final product, photographs can be printed for display at the school or the group of class photos can be placed together in a video for sharing at school functions, etc.

Digital Storytelling Workshops & Residencies

Professional Development ; Residency ; Virtual/Online Program ; Workshop

Workshops in Story Writing, Animation, Podcasting and Storybook App Creation Available In Person or Virtual We have three digital storytelling residency tracts or projects you can do with your students and teachers. Each project is broken down into single workshops. The workshops cover specific content and can be offered for teacher professional development as well as for students. This allows schools to be selective about what they want their students and teachers to learn. Story Writing, Audio Recording and Podcast Creation Projects Students write and record their own stories and set them to music and sound effects. We can then publish them to your school’s very own podcast. If you don’t have a podcast, we can create one with you. If your schools test scores are low in reading and language arts, these workshops are perfect for working on writing and reading skills. You can also tailor your story creation to offer curriculum connections with other subjects like math and science. Animation Projects Students create their own animation videos with green screen technology. This project tract can also have multiple curriculum connections with art, math, science and music. Don’t worry about technical issues. We bring everything we need including iPads, camera, lights, green screen and everything else necessary to finish the projects. Storybook App Projects We will write, illustrate and record an original story by your students then turn it into an app for mobile devices. The app will play on any Andriod or Apple device as well as play through the internet on your browser. Visit us online at www.storyship.com or call us so we can tailor make digital story telling projects that help you focus your resources to increase your student’s and teacher’s academic performance.

DINO TIME

Workshop

Dig into paleontology! Students will explore real fossils create their own imprint fossils and use tools to uncover the past.

DINOSAUR DAYS

Workshop

Children will become paleontologists as they excavate a dig site, explore real fossilized specimens, and create models of imprint fossils

DNA Detectives

Day Trip

Explore genotypes, phenotypes, alleles and traits. Students will gain a deeper understanding of genes and heredity through a series of guided inquiry experiments and investigations.

DRIP DRIP Drought

Day Trip

Dive into the amazing natural resource that is water and learn about the hydrosphere. Students will conduct water quality testing, discover the importance of water conservation and availability and learn about the water cycles.

Earth, Moon & The Great Beyond

Day Trip

How well do you know your solar neighbors? Students will create a scale map of our solar system while learning about our other planets, as well as conducting an inquiry investigation on the moon’s phases

ECOSYSTEM EXPLORATIONS

Day Trip

Travel the world inside the classroom and explore characteristics of several ecosystems, including oceans, forests and grasslands. Students will meet Animal Ambassadors and discover the functions they serve within an ecosystem

ELECTRIFYING ATTRACTION

Workshop

Through hands-on exploration, students will build a variety of circuits including series and parallel, investigate the properties of magnets, and explore the relationship between magnets and electricity. Experience an unforgettable visual representation of static and current electricity with a hair-raising Vann De Graaff encounter!

ENERGETIC CONTRAPTIONS

Day Trip

Brace yourself for physics in action! Discover how catapults work and what their uses are both in the past and today. Students will utilize the design process and their engineering skills as they build and test catapults.

Energizing Ecosystems

Day Trip

Students will follow the energy through an ecosystem as they explore the interconnected relationships of food, water, and nutrients. Meeting Animal Ambassadors and interacting with hands-on stations will help students understand factors and relationships that affect populations in an ecosystem

ENERGY, ENERGY, ENERGY

Assembly/Performance

Without energy, we wouldn’t be able to listen to music, play sports, or finish our homework. Students will identify energy and energy transformation as amazing demonstrations illuminate the the science behind electrical, chemical and thermal energy.

ENGINEERING ARTEMIS

Workshop

Students will become aerospace engineers as they confront the challenges of space travel. Participate in dynamic demonstrations about what life will be like beyond our planet as we travel to the Moon and Mars! Using their knowledge of the conditions of space, learners will design solutions to real-world challenges inspired by the upcoming Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond!

Engineering Solutions

Day Trip

Students will follow the steps of the engineering design process by asking questions, gathering information, determining problems, and brainstorming solutions. Students will test their solutions and discuss improvements as they explore different branches of engineering.

ESCAPE ROOM ROBOTS

Workshop

Help, my robot is trapped! Students will use critical thinking skills to analyze a given problem: their robot is trapped in a room. In order to escape, students must write code, troubleshoot, and use computational thinking. Do your students have what it takes to crack the code and help their robot escape?

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