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Welcome to The Center for the Art's 5th year of "Arts
on the Go," created by the Center's staff
, along with designer, Thomas Hannon, and academic
support from James Amaral at Bennett Elementary School.
We are pleased to be able to reach out to many more
school children than ever this year. There will be 2 modules which will circulate among
20 schools
throughout the 2009-2010 school year. Each school will
have a module for approximately 2 weeks. Interested
schools should contact
Marci
Settle at the Center to schedule one or both of the
modules this school year.
Each module is a self-contained interactive exhibit,
which enables the Center for the Arts and the
program's sponsor,
Potomac Science Center
(formerly SCIENCEPORT) to take the art
room directly into the school, while reflecting and
supporting specific 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade science,
math and
art Standards of Learning. Our goal is to enrich the
curriculum by adding an artistic element and giving
students creative hands-on activities to complement
science and math lessons they are learning in the classroom.
Each module measures about
6.5' high by 12' wide and comprises three
bookcase type walls which stand alone.
The theme of the Habitats module is environments
that support a diversity of plants and animals who share a wide range of resources. There are 6 activities
included with this module, which can be covered by a class
in about an hour. The activities are:
- Flower Drawing Activity – adaptable to younger
or older students
- Butterfly Habitat & Metamorphosis Book
- Flower Floor Puzzle (shown below to the right)
- Strawberry Field Mural (shown above)
- Dioramas (shown
to the right)
- Tropical Rain Forest puzzle (below left)
Instructions and materials for each activity are in
the trunk along with activity pieces.
Click here
for teachers instructions.
The emphasis of the Weather module includes
discussing, examining and measuring the exciting
environmental elements that make this world such a
wonderful place in which to live! There are seven
activities included.

Activities
- Weather Word Finder
- Create a Weather Character & Tale
- Design & Fly a Paper Airplane
- Graph the Conditions
- Weather Map Activity
- Trees and the Seasons
- The Water Cycle
Instructions for each activity are included along
with activity pieces. If you would like to view the
Teacher's Instructions,
click here.
| Nokesville Elementary School |
10/5-10/16 |
| Coles Elementary School |
10/16-10/30 |
| Mary G. Porter Traditional
School |
10/30-11/18 |
| Dumfries Elementary School |
11/18-12/7 |
| Occoquan Elementary School |
12/7-12/22 |
| Bel Air Elementary School |
12/22-1/19 |
| Marumsco Hills Elementary School |
1/19-2/3 |
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2/3-2/18 |
| Manassas Park Elementary School |
2/18-3/3 |
| Cougar Elementary School |
3/3-3/17 |
| Nokesville Elementary School |
3/17-4/6 |
| McAuliffe Elementary School |
4/6-4/20 |
| Neabsco Elementary School |
4/20-5/3 |
| Bristow Run Elementary School |
10/5-10/16 |
| West Gate Elementary School |
10/16-10/30 |
| Cedar Point Elementary School |
10/30-11/18 |
| Sinclair Elementary School |
11/18-12/7 |
| Mountain View Elementary School |
12/7-12/22 |
| Tyler Elementary School |
12/22-1/19 |
| Triangle Elementary School |
1/19-2/3 |
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2/3-2/18 |
| Cougar Elementary School |
2/18-3/3 |
| Manassas Park Elementary School |
3/3-3/17 |
| Sinclair Elementary School |
3/17-4/6 |
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4/6-4/20 |
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4/20-5/3 |
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