Explorations

 “Local broadcast TV, in this digital world, is still a staple used by consumers to access local news.” TV still works as a business; it works for advertisers; and it works for [...]

Follow!  Follow Artists in Schools Teaching Artist Donna Wissinger to a wondrous place of fantastic tales!  In Myths Legends and Fables students receive a lively musical and dramatic introduction [...]

The students will hear and/or read a folktale than engage in creative activities: these activities can be drama (role play/replay), storytelling oral, written, artistic, or pictorial narrative, [...]

Fluttering Butterflies and Crawling Caterpillars at Selby Gardens In this exploration, children will listen to Eric Carle’s story The Very Hungry Caterpillar and will recount, through the story, [...]

A professional violinist will perform a piece of music for the students and then will discuss the various sounds and rhythms that were heard. Performing brief measures of music, she demonstrates [...]

In this musical adventure, performed by Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, Herbert the alligator only wants alligators to swim in Lodi Swamp. Terrell the flamingo knows that isn’t fair. Come [...]

Looking at the Past and  Learning from the emerging future. A transformative learning experience promoting social justice and civic responsibility The learning experience looks at the past [...]

Everything you can imagine is real. -Pablo Picasso This exploration for K-2 students introduces The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art as a place of imagination and wonder. Students will learn [...]

Come and join the circus! This exciting exploration for second grade students exposes students to life on the road with a great American circus. Students will learn about the history, the [...]

We’re used to seeing superheroes light up movie screens with their daring deeds. But, did you know that we’re surrounded by the legacy of “super-humans” right here in [...]