Dallas Arboretum
Plants are Alive Root to Fruit Learning Gallery Program - During School Day
How do we know that plants are alive? In this program, students learn about living and nonliving things and plant parts and their functions through hands-on activities, songs, and dramatic play. Students explore the gallery to investigate the similarities and differences between the same parts of di...
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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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Dallas Arboretum
Diversity of Life - After School-Residency
Students learn that within an ecosystem, producers, consumers, decomposers, predators and prey have unique adaptations which allow them to occupy diverse niches. All of these organisms work together forming food chains and food webs which enable an ecosystem to survive. Students investigate differen...
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MCP Shows - In school performing artists
I Detect A Tale - Solving a Mystery with Detective Imma Sleuth On Campus Assembly
Detectives use research to solve mysteries. Margaret, a.k.a. Detective "Imma Sleuth", will have your students become Jr. detectives (researchers) to solve a mystery. Books (suspects) will be lined up on the table with various titles. Using their powers of deduction, clues, a fingerprint matching boo...
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USA Film Festival / Kid Film
KIDFILM 2024: VIRTUAL MOVIE FIELD TRIPS (K-3rd)
KidFilm is a TEKS based visual arts program that brings classroom books to life on the screen. A majority of films are book-based works (that can be found in your school library) designed to help reinforce literacy skills and includes a variety of classroom topics such as the arts, math, social stu...
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Dallas Arboretum
Matter Over Time (Field Trip)
What happens to our trash over time? In this lab, students first measure and record physical properties of a “fresh” piece of trash. Then, they measure and record the physical properties of that same type of trash that has been buried in soil for multiple weeks. Students use this data to discuss wha...
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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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Chefsville Kids
Great Native Texas Indians (Assembly Program) On Campus 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 the 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 an...
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Dallas Arboretum
Landform Formation (Field Trip)
Why does the surface of Earth look the way it does? First, students observe images of landforms from around the globe. Then they use stream tables to investigate and describe how wind, water and ice contribute to the formation of sand dunes, valleys, canyons and deltas....
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