Grade: High School

11 Mar 2023

Binding Your Story

August-June 

Help your students unlock their inner artist at the Arts Center simply by being themselves! In this program students will reflect on their personal experiences by creating art journals. Art journals are a place where students can express their creativity in a mixed-media fashion through both writing and art. Our educators will help students foster a place of creative escape, where they can document memories, thoughts, goals, ideas, and inspiration!

Standards:

  • W.HS.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences
  • VA.HS.1PR Demonstrate increased technical skill and craftsmanship with various art media when creating images from observation, memory and imagination.
  • VA.HS.3PR Solve visual art problems that demonstrate skill, imagination and observation.

Vocabulary:

Art journal, mixed media, craftsmanship, book binding, awl, bone folder, narrative

11 Mar 2023

Meditative Arts

August-June 

The pressures surrounding growing up affects students of all ages, but often significantly impact high school students if they remain unaddressed. At the Arts Center, our educators will lead students through creative projects designed with the intention of relaxation and mindfulness. Students will be empowered with tactics that can be applied when the strain of friendships, school, or work become overwhelming. Some examples of activities include: Neuro-Doodling, Charcoal Yoga, Meditative Music, and Mandalas.

Standards:

  • SEL.HS.D2.3.d Develop techniques to empower, encourage and affirm oneself and others, maintaining positive, healthy relationships.
  • VA.HS.7RE Recognize and articulate the importance of lifelong involvement and advocacy in the arts.
  • MU.HS.3RE Assess how elements of music are used in a work to create images or evoke emotions.
  • MU.HS.4RE Explain how the creative process is used in similar and different ways in the arts.

Vocabulary:

Meditation, mindfulness, self-reflection, relaxation, creativity, mental health

01 Mar 2021

Sustainable Agriculture

August-June 

On this journey, we’ll answer the question:  what exactly is sustainable agriculture?  Then, you lead the way as we go on a fictional quest to build your own sustainable farm!

Standards:

ENV.ER.1: Energy resources

ENV.ER.4: Soil and land

ENV.GP.4: Sustainability

ENV.GP.7: Food production and availability

Vocabulary:

Customized based on your classroom curriculum and field trip objectives

28 Feb 2021

Forest and Field Ecosystems

August-June

The connections and interactions of energy and matter between Earth’s spheres are shown during the study of the forest and field habitats at Greenacres. Students will investigate the interconnectedness within habitats and the understanding of the complex relationships between them, including both abiotic and biotic factors.

Standards:

  • ENV.ES.1: Biosphere-Ecosystems (equilibrium, species interactions, stability).
  • ENV.ES.1: Biosphere-Population dynamics.
  • ENV.ES.5: Movement of matter and energy through the hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere and biosphere-Ecosystems.

Vocabulary:

 ecosystem, population dynamics, habitat, species interactions

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