Grade: 3rd

27 Feb 2025

Papers (re)Purpose + Nature Recycling

August-June

We use paper in countless ways each day – from writing a note to drying our hands. The amount of paper we use leads to large quantities of paper waste sent to landfill or recycled and never seen again. In nature, materials are recycled through a variety of processes with the help of fungus, bacteria, and invertebrates. In this program, we explore sustainability by repurposing scraps into new paper that can be used in artistic practice and uncover the similarities and differences between natural and human recycling. This hands-on experience encourages students to learn new skills and make sustainable choices.

Fine Arts Standards:

  • VA.3.1CR Identify problems as sources in preparation for artmaking.
  • VA.3.2CR Investigate artistic challenges using various materials and tools.

Ohio Science Standards:

  • ESS.3.3 Some of Earth’s resources are limited.

Ohio Social and Emotional Learning Standards:

  • SEL.C2. 3.b Perform activities that contribute to classroom, school, home and broader community.

Ohio Social Studies Standards:

  • Economics Strand: Scarcity: Wants are unlimited and resources are limited. Individuals make choices because they cannot have everything they want.
  • Economics Strand: Production and Consumption: People produce and consume goods and services in the community.

      Vocabulary:

      recycling, sustainability, purpose, mould & deckle, texture, decomposer

      27 Feb 2025

      Nature Stories

      August – June

      Explore language arts in a new way as we make connections between the literary world and our natural world.  Join us for an enchanted adventure where we will bring fairytales, fables and fiction to life in the magical forests of Greenacres. Students will craft their own tall tale of the day’s adventures, before they ride off into the sunset.

      Ohio Science Standards:

      • SWK Grade 3-5: Science is a way of knowing about the world around us based on evidence from experimentation and observations. 

      English Language Arts Standards:

      • ELA.SL.3.2 Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
      • ELA.L.3.3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. 

      NGSS Standards:

      • 3-LS2-1. Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
      • 3-LS4-4. Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.

        Vocabulary:

        behavior, trait, adaptation, habitat, fiction, non-fiction, fable

        08 Feb 2025

        Arts in the Natural World: Ephemeral Art

        August-October 31; March 15-June

        Ephemeral Art is a type of art that is temporary and subject to the changes time brings. At Greenacres Arts Center, we will explore how Ephemeral Art can be made with nature, leaving no lasting environmental impact. Immerse yourself in the natural world and discover how to use your surroundings to create art in ways you may not have considered before. Programs in the Arts in the Natural World series seek to demonstrate intersections between the arts and the world around us. This program only operates in warmer months (August-October 31; March 15-June).

        Fine Arts Standards:

        • DN.3.1CR Improvise and create movements that reflect an understanding of themes from a range of sources, including other content areas.
        • VA.3.2CR Investigate artistic challenges using various materials and tools.
        • VA.3.1CO Understand that the context impacts the creation, interpretation and perception of an artwork.

        Ohio Science Standards:

        • 3.ESS.3 Some of Earth’s resources are limited.

        Ohio Social Studies Standards:

        • SS.3.6 Evidence of positive and negative human modification of the environment can be observed in the local community.

        Social and Emotional Learning Standards:

        • SEL.D1.1.b Apply active listening and effective communication skills to increase cooperation and relationships.

        Vocabulary:

        ephemeral, natural resources, leave no trace, decompose, interpretation

        08 Feb 2025

        Self-Expression and Storytelling

        August-June

        Artists express themselves by interpreting the world around them. Students will learn about how different artists use the visual and performing arts to tell a story, then they will explore different artistic techniques to develop their own ways to interpret their favorite people, places, and experiences. Students may even build some confidence along the way!

        Fine Arts Standards:

        • DN.3.1CR Improvise and create movements that reflect an understanding of themes from a range of sources, including other content areas.
        • MUS.3.4PE Play a variety of classroom instruments, alone and with others while demonstrating consistently proper techniques.
        • TH.3.2PE Use voice, movement, and space to communicate a storyline and a character’s thoughts, feelings and ideas.
        • VA.3.1RE Compare and contrast personal interpretations of works of art with those of peers.

        English Language Arts Standards:

        • ELA.SL.3.2 Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

        Social and Emotional Learning Standards:

        • SEL.A1.1.b Identify a range of personal emotions.

        Vocabulary:

        story, subject, interpret, pantomime, leitmotif, confidence

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