You will experience active learning strategies to teach science and math through art, movement, dance, drama, and poetry. You will leave with practical tools you can use on Monday to spark curiosity, deepen engagement, and strengthen memory through the arts, in science and math.
Two professional development opportunities for Macon and Jackson County Teachers will take place at The Bascom in Highlands March 4 and April 15. Teachers will actively engage with the art in the Bascom and connect it to math or science. The Southeast Center for Arts Integration’s educators and teaching artists, who have decades of classroom experience, will lead the workshops. They will incorporate brain research, multiple intelligences and social emotional learning with the NC Standard Course of Studies in Math and English Language Arts, and Essential Standards in Science, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts, and Dance.
Workshops are FREE!
Coffee, snacks, and lunch provided.
A Certificate of Completion, that teachers can submit to their district for CEU credit, will be provided.
Why and how do we use movement and theatre in the classroom? What connections can we make between visual art and science? How can students learn science through dance and drama? I’m not a dancer—how would I lead a science-and-dance lesson? What connections can we find between State Standards in Dance, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts, and Science? Join us for a fun, interactive, and experiential day of professional development that answers these questions.
Participants will:
With Billy Love, Deputy Executive Director, Mission and Programs
Discover the gem that is The Bascom Center for the Visual Arts. Find out about resources for educators. See how many connections you can make between the art and NC Standards in Science and Math.
With Sheila Kerrigan, Mime and Teaching Artist
Physical science is full of abstract ideas and invisible forces, yet young people are concrete thinkers. This workshop will transform abstract concepts like inertia into physical experiences your students won’t forget. You will discover connections between art in the Bascom to science. You will explore ways to get students curious, engaged, and excited while they embody and learn physical science concepts, vocabulary, and meaning.
With Susan Woodham, Dance Educator and Teaching Artist
Participants will explore the building blocks of dance (body, energy, space, time, relationships) as they experience the differences among ecosystems and explore plant, animal and aquatic life within an ecosystem. Inspired by the artworks on exhibit, participants will take science essentials and develop movement sequences based on the vocabulary. You will share and discuss movement sequences using dance and science vocabulary. Come prepared to move and have fun while learning.
The Dogwood Health Trust Foundation
Event Date | March 4, 2023 10:00 am |
Event End Date | March 4, 2023 5:00 pm |
Capacity | 35 |
Available place | 8 |
Individual Price | FREE |
Categories | Lectures & Seminars, Classes & Workshops |