Grade: 4th

01 Mar 2021

Farm to Market: Dried Herbs

August-June 

Join us as we follow the journey of food, from the field to the consumer.  Help us figure out how we can make this season’s harvest profitable! 

Ohio Science Standards:

  •  4.LS.1: Changes in an organism’s environment are sometimes beneficial to its survival and sometimes harmful.

NGSS Standards:

  • 3-5-ETS1-1 Engineering Design. Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
  • 4-ESS2-1. Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
  • 4-ESS3-2. Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.

Ohio Social Studies Standards:

  • Geography – Places and Regions: The economic development of the United States continues to influence and be influenced by agriculture, industry and natural resources in Ohio
  • Geography – Human Systems: People have modified the environment throughout history resulting in both positive and negative consequences in Ohio and the United States
  • Economics – Production and Consumption: Entrepreneurs in Ohio and the United States organize productive resources and take risks to make a profit and compete with other producers.

Ohio Math Standards:

  • 4.MD.2 Solve real-world problems involving money, time, and metric measurement.

Vocabulary:

Customized based on your classroom curriculum and field trip objectives

01 Mar 2021

Cincinnati’s Stories

August-June

The Greenacres Arts Center shares a glimpse of Cincinnati’s rich and exciting history each season with a different local story. Join us for the day and walk away with pride for Cincinnati’s rich history, culture, and arts! Fall: Louis and Louise Dieterle Nippert, who founded Greenacres and left positive impacts all over the Queen City. Winter: Rookwood Pottery and Greenacres Arts Center’s connection to it. Spring: The history of The Camargo Hunt and Julius Fleischmann Jr., who built and lived in what is now the Arts Center.

 All multigrade program offerings will be supported by grade-level appropriate standards, available to share upon request.

Fine Arts Standards:

  • VA.4.1PEUse sensory details and descriptive language to identify and describe universal themes, subject matter and ideas expressed across arts disciplines.
  • MU.4.1RE Explain how the elements and subject matter of music connect with disciplines outside the arts.

Ohio Social Studies Standards:

  • SS.Geo.4.12 People have modified the environment throughout history resulting in both positive and negative consequences in Ohio and the United States.
  • SS.Geo.4.13 The population of the United States has changed over time, becoming more diverse (e.g., racial, ethnic, linguistic, religious). Ohio’s population has become increasingly reflective of the multicultural diversity of the United States.

Social and Emotional Learning Standards:

  • SEL.C2. 1.b Identify reasons for making positive contributions to the school and community

Vocabulary:

historical, context, environment, impact, community, Cincinnati, Rookwood, Fleischmann, Camargo, Nippert

01 Mar 2021

The Sounds Around Us

August-June

Sound is an important part of our everyday lives. Learn about how the art of sound enhances all other art forms and how most forms of media would fall short without it! Spend the day learning the ways of a foley artist as we engineer our own sound effects for film.

Fine Arts Standards:

  • VA.4.1PE Use sensory details and descriptive language to identify and describe universal themes, subject matter and ideas expressed across arts disciplines.
  • MUS.4.1RE Explain how the elements and subject matter of music connect with disciplines outside the arts.
  • MUS.4.2RE Describe the connection between emotion and music in selected musical works

Ohio English Language Arts Standards:

  • ELA.SL.4.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Social Emotional Learning Standards:

  • SEL.E1. 1.b Generate possible solutions or responses to a problem or needed decision recognizing that there may be more than one perspective

Vocabulary:

Foley, ambience, sound effect, film score, composer, storyboard

01 Mar 2021

Art Appreciation Series: Theatre

August-June

The art of theatre incorporates skills that we all need: collaboration, listening, patience, bravery, compassion, and creativity. If your students enjoy being expressive, join us at the Arts Center for a chance to develop characters, use real scripts, and be exposed to the artful thought that goes into every aspect of a piece of theatre. Programs in the Arts Appreciation Series encourage students to practice their communication skills, particularly oral communication, through intentional opportunities for speaking about and engaging with the arts and each other.

All multigrade program offerings will be supported by grade-level appropriate standards, available to share upon request.

Fine Arts Standards:

  • TH.4.1PR Create the movement and voice of a character to convey the character’s decisions, actions and motivation.
  • TH.4.2PR Manipulate voice, movement, space, design and physical objects to communicate thoughts, feelings and ideas in both improvised and scripted activities.
  • TH.4.3RE Explain how a theatrical experience (e.g., live theatre production, film, video and media) impacts its audience.

Ohio English Language Arts Standards:

  • ELA.4.6 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation).

Social and Emotional Learning Standards:

  • SEL.C4. 1.b Identify others’ reactions by tone of voice, body language and facial expressions

Vocabulary:

given circumstances, director, project, scenes, comedy, tragedy

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