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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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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USA Film Festival / Kid Film
KIDFILM 2024: IN-THEATER MOVIE FIELD TRIPS (K-3rd)
KidFilm is a TEKS based visual arts program that brings classroom books to life on the big 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, socia...
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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 Do Lunch! Adventures on the Food Chain with the "Singing Zoologist" Live Via Zoom
Learn about food chains, adaptations, carnivores, herbivores, and more in this crowd-pleasing, multimedia program for grades 2-4 (can be adapted to older or younger audiences).
Includes:
"The Chimichanga Song," about carnivores, herbivores, insectivores and omnivores
"I'm a Mako Shark," a ...
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Dallas Arboretum
Plants are Alive: Pumpkin Powered Learning Gallery Program - During School Day (Offer 9/18-11/3/2023 only)
Each autumn, the Arboretum is transformed by thousands of pumpkins, gourds and squash. In this seasonally-spiced version of our Plants are Alive program, students learn about the differences between living and nonliving things and explore the structures and functions of a pumpkin plant. Each class r...
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Dallas Arboretum
Habitats: At Home in the Wild Learning Gallery Program - During School Day
Students first explore the basic needs of plants and animals by modeling a food web in a giant eagle’s nest with larger than life eggs. Then, students walk through a wooded habitat and a meadow, using a grade-specific trail guide to investigate what lives in a rotting log, a tree snag and in the tre...
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Chefsville Kids
Celebrate African American Cooking Greats (Assembly Program) On Campus 2024
Our program showcases heroic African Americans who excelled in their time with perseverance, determination, and willingness to make life better. Our program covers George Washington Carver, Edna Lewis, Rufus Estes, Chef Hercules, Frederick McKinley, Alfred Cralle, Norbert Rillieux, and more. This in...
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MCP Shows - In school performing artists
It's Book Time with Ringmaster Dal - In Person LIVE On Campus program
This is a New Literacy-Focused School show that inspires kids to read for FUN! As students return to school this fall, welcome them back to learning and reading excitement with a new educational and magical school show, "Its Book Time with Ringmaster Dal". Ringmaster Dal Sanders is the host of the S...
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