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27 Jan 2023

Annual Celebration Concert (September 4 & 5, 2024)

September 4 & 5, 2024

Greenacres excitedly welcomes the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Cincinnati Opera, and Cincinnati Ballet each fall for a spectacular performance chronicling miraculous talents all on one stage. John Morris Russel, beloved conductor of the Cincinnati Pops, serves as our guide throughout a live art experience that compares to none. Limited dates and seats are available.

Fine Arts Standards:

  • MU.4.8PR Demonstrate appropriate audience etiquette at live performances.
  • MU.4.4PR Sing, move and respond to music from world cultures and different composers.
  • TBD core standards based on each year’s theme!

Vocabulary:

composer, conductor, orchestra, opera, ballet, audience, applause

28 Feb 2022

Seasonal Food on the Farm

August-June

Every season is a different experience when you are on the farm!  Come explore what the current season has to offer for life here.

Ohio Science Standards:

  • K.ESS.1: Weather changes are long-term and short-term.
  • 1.LS.2: Living things survive only in environments that meet their needs.
  • 2.ESS.3: Long- and short-term weather changes occur due to changes in energy.
  • 3.LS.3: Plants and animals have life cycles that are part of their adaptations for survival in their natural environments.
  • 4.LS.1: Changes in an organism’s environment are sometimes beneficial to its survival and sometimes harmful.

NGSS Standards:

  • K-PS3-1. Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface
  • 2-ESS1-1. Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.
  • 3-ESS2-1. Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
  • MS-ESS2-6. Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.
  • HS-ESS2-2. Analyze geoscience data to make the claim that one change to Earth’s surface can create feedbacks that cause changes to other Earth systems.

Ohio Social Studies Standards (K-8):

  • Geography – Places and Regions: A place is a location having distinctive characteristics, which give it meaning and character and distinguish it from other locations. A region is an area with one or more common characteristics, which give it a measure of homogeneity and make it different from surrounding areas. Regions and places are human constructs
  • Economics – Scarcity: There are not enough resources to produce all the goods and services that people desire
  • Economics – Production and Consumption: Production is the act of combining natural resources, human resources, capital goods and entrepreneurship to make goods and services. Consumption is the use of goods and services.

Vocabulary:

farm, weather, season, fall, winter, summer, spring, temperature

25 Feb 2022

The Artist’s Tool Box

August-June

Just as a scientist applies the scientific method to conduct experiments, artists utilize the 5 step creative process: preparation, incubation, illumination, evaluation, and verification. Work your way through the creative process and how to develop your own skills through the arts at Greenacres. We will create a work of art based on a theme or topic, which could be customized to content relevant to your classroom or your school community. This program is easily customizable for 6th, 7th, or 8th grade arts and core standards.

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

Fine Arts Standards:

  • TH.6.5CE Compare and contrast the creative processes of other art forms (e.g., dance, music, visual and media arts) to those of drama and theatre.
  • MU.6.6RE Explain and apply skills developed in music (e.g., critical thinking, collaboration) to other disciplines.
  • VA.7.2PR Manipulate materials, tools and techno

Ohio Social Studies Standards:

  • SS.Gov.7 Analyzing individual and group perspectives is essential to understanding historic and contemporary issues. Opportunities for civic engagement exist for students to connect real-world issues and events to classroom learning.

 

    Vocabulary:

    scientific method, creative process, preparation, incubation, illumination, evaluation, verification

    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)

    Ohio Science Standards:

    • SIPA Grade 3-5: Observe and ask questions about the world that can be answered through scientific investigations.
    • LS Grade 5: Organisms perform a variety of roles in an ecosystem.
    • LS Grade 5: All of the processes that take place within organisms require energy

    NGSS Standards:

    • 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

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

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

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