Dallas Arboretum
Butterflies, Bees and Blossoms - After School-Residency
In this unit, students discover the basic needs of insects, while learning about their body parts and life cycles. Students will make use of models, maintain a student journal and observe living specimens throughout the seven weeks. They also dissect real flowers and explore their schoolyard to inve...
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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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MCP Shows - In school performing artists
Let's Read! with THE Bookworm On Campus Assembly
Margaret Clauder, aka THE Bookworm, will bring stories to life that the children can actually find in their library, encouraging children to check out and read even more books by the beloved authors presented. Bookworm stories include: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, a Caldecott award winner by Wi...
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Dallas Arboretum
Sorting Out Mixtures (Field Trip)
What is a mixture? In this lab, students will first identify the differences between heterogeneous mixtures and solutions. They will then work in groups to create mixtures from a collection of beads and make observations of the physical properties of the mixture as compared to the physical propertie...
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Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Chemistry Detectives - Campus Visit
Students will investigate physical and chemical changes of matter to identify an unknown substance. They will use their findings to help solve a mystery set at the Museum.
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Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
Inspiration: An Upstander Shadow Puppet Theater
How can historical Upstander role models inspire us? Through innovative storytelling in a shadow puppet theater, students will explore the lives of three American Upstanders. Each Upstander will teach students important Upstander skills and how their actions impacted many. Available Upstanders for s...
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Audubon Texas - Trinity River Audubon Center
Lil' Naturalists (PreK - 1st Grade)
Join our Audubon Educators on an adventure through nature! Your pre-k, kindergarten, and/or 1st grade students will enjoy a story read by our educators that focuses on some of the plants and animals found at the Trinity River Audubon Center, their habitats, or "homes", and what they need to survive ...
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MCP Shows - In school performing artists
Monarchs, Metamorphosis and More! Life cycles with “singing zoologist” Lucas Miller! Synchronous - Live via Zoom
Students will observe monarch butterfly migrations and how such things as the abundance of milkweed (their major food source) affects their ability to migrate and reproduce. The tadpole metamorphosis will be demonstrated and explained through the use of puppetry. Bluebonnet pollination and the imp...
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Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Thermal Reactions (Science on Stage) - Field Trip
This explosive show allows students to see firsthand how matter changes when we add and remove extreme amounts of heat.
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