The Writer's Garret
BookMarks! Building Community and Harvesting Hope with Cesar Chavez (in person workshop)
Our ability to establish and maintain healthy and rewarding relationships with different types of individuals and groups can give us a sense of belonging and also provide support. In this workshop, students will learn the true story of Cesar Chavez, a migrant worker who became a community organizer ...
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Dallas Arboretum
Garden Design Challenge
What environmental factors and landscape design choices must our horticulture staff consider when designing our seasonal plantings? In this new offering, students work with actual Arboretum plant lists and design notes to create a landscape in the garden, with specific focus on elements of design an...
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Dallas Arboretum
Moody Oasis: Path to Pollen Learning Gallery Program (Field Trip) - During School Day
Are insects our friends or foes? Are they pests? No! 75% of all flowering plants need animal pollinators. This includes the majority of the plant foods in our diet. In this program students learn about the important relationships between plants and pollinators and how each are adapted to benefit fro...
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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 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
Pumpkin Circle Classroom Lab (field trip) - During School Day
After distinguishing between living and nonliving things, students explore the basic needs, parts and functions of pumpkin plants. Students discuss the life cycle of a pumpkin and plant their own seeds to take back to school for observation. Compliment this program with a walk through the Arboretum’...
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Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Fire and Ice (Science Demo) - Campus Visit
This explosive show allows students to see firsthand how matter changes when we add and remove extreme amounts of heat.
In order to request your program you must copy/paste in your browser and complete the following form to book. Choose financial aid if you are a Title 1 school: https://pmns.tfaf...
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Dallas Children's Theater
C.S. Lewis’ THE MAGICIAN’S NEPHEW
In this prequel to C.S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, young Digory wants nothing more than to save his ailing mother. When Digory's eccentric, bumbling magician uncle tricks him and his neighbor Polly into a world between worlds, they accidentally awaken Jadis, an evil queen who sets...
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Malone Connection
Wildlife on the Move * PK-2 * 3-5 * 6-8 On Campus Assembly
Choose from four themed options, 1) THE UNHUGGABLES - our most popular live animal show, helps kids overcome their fears through facts. 2) AMAZING ADAPTATIONS - animals ingeniously survive through structural and behavioral adaptations! 3) COOL, COLD-BLOODED CRITTERS - we are all about reptiles! 4) T...
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