Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Symphony YES! String Quintet 23-24 (On Campus)
Five members from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra provide students with an interactive introduction to the versatile string instruments. A wide range of repertoire in contrasting styles is performed as individual string instruments are discussed and demonstrated. Audiences for each presentation are li...
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Chefsville Kids
Westward Expansion Lewis and Clark (Classroom Program) On Campus 2024
Join us on this westward expansion journey where we’ll learn the story of Lewis and Clark.
The students will identify the tools, clothing, and goods needed for the journey. We’ll discuss and compare historical figures such as Thomas Jefferson, Meriweather Lewis, William Clark, and Sacagawea. Usin...
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Dallas Arboretum
All About Ants! Traits and Behaviors (Field Trip)
Take a closer look at ants! In this lab, students explore and describe inherited traits and learned behaviors while observing live ants. First, students observe and identify the inherited traits ants share with all insects and those traits that make ants unique. Then, they discuss the behaviors of ...
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Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
Reporting on History - Dallas Civil Rights
Students put on their journalists' hats and go back to the 1960s to better understand the Civil Rights Movement in Dallas. Through primary sources, from on-site film footage to eyewitness reports, they will write their own front-page news story on the Civil Rights sit-in at the Piccadilly Cafeteria....
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Dallas Arboretum
Stories from the Soil (Field Trip)
What do properties of soils tell us about the environments they came from? Students will first examine properties of soils from different areas, including color and texture, capacity to retain water and ability to support the growth of plants. Students will then use what they learned to investigate ...
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Chefsville Kids
Chefsville-Kids: Great Presidents (Classroom Program) On Campus 2024
Our classroom programs allow students to focus on teacher-selected areas of interest and connections. This program offers much more interaction with the chef instructors than our assembly programs.
Great Presidents explores the culinary preferences of each former president of the United States. W...
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Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth
Japan-in-a-Suitcase/Kids Arts in Japan Origami and Calligraphy - on Campus 2023-24
Japan-in-a-Suitcase is a hands-on, interactive program that introduces American school students to Japan - its people, cultural traditions and contemporary life. A native Japanese presenter visits your classroom with a suitcase of Japanese objects and shares them with your students, engaging them th...
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Chefsville Kids
Chefsville-Kids: The Great Native Texas Indians (Virtual/Asynchronous) 2024
Join us as we explore the rich history of the Native Texas Indian tribes who impacted Texas and the U.S. We’ll discuss food, shelter, clothing, and way of life of several tribes. We’ll also dive into the geography of the land, as we explore the fruits and vegetables that were available to our ancest...
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The Writer's Garret
The Me Nobody Sees--Identity and Where We are From
“The Me Nobody Sees” is a creative exploration of the self, using texts from literature (both classic and contemporary), selections of visual artworks, and visual arts and or writing exercises for students to write about (and discover) who they are. In this lesson students discuss place and it’s mea...
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