Grade: 5th

27 Jan 2023

Arts in the Natural World Series: Documentations of Nature

April – October

Spending time in nature is a valuable learning experience. This program is designed to encourage your students to observe the little things surrounding them; from the colors and textures of the plants in our gardens to the sounds and smells found on our trails. Learn how to document nature from an artist’s perspective. This program may even present the option to incorporate sound and/or video recording technologies.

Standards:

  • PS.5.1.PS.2 Light and sound are forms of energy that behave in predictable ways.
  • DT.3-5.3.b. Explore and document connections between technology and other fields of study.
  • VA.5.1PR Integrate observational and technical skills to strengthen artmaking
  • MU.5.3RE Describe how the process of learning in music connects to learning in other arts and other subject areas.

Vocabulary:

documentation, recording, observation, color, texture, landscape, journal

27 Jan 2023

Art Appreciation Series: Gallery Experience

August-June

Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of a museum or art gallery? When you come to an art gallery like the Arts Center, there are more people than you would expect who collaborate and develop the visitor experience: artists who create the artworks we see, researchers, lighting designers, sound engineers, curators, conservators, exhibit builders, educators, and you! Students will spend the day with the Arts Educators learning the ins and outs of working at an art gallery and trying their own hand at collaborating, creating, curating, and designing art exhibits. This program is ideal for a 3-4 hour program.

Standards:

  • DT.3-5.2.b. Plan and implement a design process: identify a problem, think about ways to solve the problem, develop possible solutions, test and evaluate solution(s), present a possible solution, and redesign to improve the solution.
  • DT.3-5.3.c. Identify a product and describe how people from different disciplines combined their skills in the design and production of the product.
  • VA.5.1.PE Understand that the context of an art object has an effect on how that object is perceived.
  • VA.5.2.PE Identify and communicate how historical and cultural contexts influence ideas that inform artists.

Vocabulary:

curator, gallery, exhibition, design, lighting engineer, docent, collection painting, context

07 Feb 2022

Maple Syrup

January 29 – February 23

Maple sugaring is the tradition of making maple syrup from sap gathered from maple trees in late winter/early spring.  Many animals (and people) are benefited by using the sap of the maple trees. Plan to visit our sugar bush at Greenacres as you experience with your senses how maple sap is turned into syrup. (January 29 – February 23, 2024)

Standards:

  • LS Grade 5: Organisms perform a variety of roles in an ecosystem. All of the processes that take place within organisms require energy.
  • SS Grade 5: History- Early Indian civilizations (Maya, Inca, Aztec, Mississippian) existed in the Western Hemisphere prior to the arrival of Europeans. These civilizations had developed unique governments, social structures, religions, technologies, and agricultural practices.

Vocabulary: Spiles, Sap, Gallons, Sugar Shack, Sugar Bush, Evaporation, Tap, Sapsucker

Video Introduction: CLICK HERE for Maple video with a Greenacres educator

01 Mar 2021

Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers on the Farm

August-June 

 Ecosystems are always at work on a farm!  Join us as we investigate the roles of producers, consumers and decomposers and how they help us everyday. 

Standards:

  • Ohio
    • 5.LS.1 Organisms perform a variety of roles in an ecosystem.
  • NGSS
    • 5-PS3-1. Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
    • 5-LS2-1. Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment
  • Social Studies
    • 7. The variety of physical environments within the Western Hemisphere influences human activities. Likewise, human activities modify the physical environments.
    • 16. The availability of productive resources and the division of labor can have a positive or negative impact on productive capacity

Vocabulary:

Customized based on your classroom curriculum and field trip objectives

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