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BEING is seeing. DOING is knowing. Create a residency uniquely designed for your students. Teachers may select any science unit or topic for student exploration. Collaboration wi... Read more

BEING is seeing. DOING is knowing.

Create a residency uniquely designed for your students. Teachers may select any science unit or topic for student exploration. Collaboration with the Teaching Artist assures alignment of specific theatre exercises with curricular information. (See Additional Notes for examples)

The residency typically consists of 5 sessions with the possibility of related teacher directed classwork in between. Each meeting incorporates a warm-up, a brief review, 1-2 drama activities, moments of self-reflection, a summary, and a preview.

Session 1 introduces students to drama and builds comfort and confidence, physically working simultaneously in their own personal space and verbally sharing their knowledge of the topic.

Sessions 2 and 3 engage students working in small groups to analyze and translate difficult ideas into physical shapes and movement, becoming a living model of intangible or unobservable structures, elements, forces, or organisms. Close reading of text, examination of photos/diagrams, and viewing of videos inform their work.

Session 4 encourages critical thinking, creativity, and teamwork as students compile ideas, test theories, and revise interpretations of a scientific process or system.

Session 5 empowers each class to share its living models or original scenes and individually observe/reflect/offer feedback. Follow-up classroom discussions and/or written assignments may be completed to solidify the learning.

Students demonstrate challenging scientific concepts through improvisation, movement, and scene study, thus making the abstract, concrete. Participants experience a balance of ease and challenge, choice and structure, movement and table work, individual exploration and group collaboration throughout the creative process.

60-90 minute sessions with a culminating grade-level ShareNumber of visits is flexible and are typically held once or twice a week to best integrate with selected Science unit. Sch... Read more

60-90 minute sessions with a culminating grade-level Share
Number of visits is flexible and are typically held once or twice a week to best integrate with selected Science unit.
Schedule determined during the pre-planning meeting and based on the needs of the school.

Open space in classroom or multi-purpose space large enough for entire class to participate on their feet simultaneously or spread out to work in small groupsAccess to tables/desks/chairs ... Read more

Open space in classroom or multi-purpose space large enough for entire class to participate on their feet simultaneously or spread out to work in small groups
Access to tables/desks/chairs for writing or drawing activities
A large space or auditorium reserved for Session 4 and Session 5, if sharing with the whole grade level