Arts & Learning Packs
What are Arts & Learning Packs?
Arts & Learning Packs are small kits of hands-on arts activities designed for students to create at home. They include a set of written and visual instructions, providing rich, arts-education experiences that connect with curricular content without requiring access to technology. Packs can be distributed to students and families by Teaching Artists, or through pre-determined special arrangement.
For more information, please contact Program Facilitation Director Brenda Butler at [email protected].
Each Pack Includes:
- Activity Materials.
- Printed step-by-step instructions to complete the project without internet access.
- Fine arts standards and, at times, other academic applicable standards addressed with each Pack.
- Additional supports if internet access is available, including online video links.
The goal of Arts & Learning Packs:
- Students will receive rich, arts-integrated experiences that connect with curricular content and don’t require access to technology.
- Families will be provided with resources to supplement at-home learning.
- Teachers will learn valuable teaching strategies for engaging learners through the arts.
Art Machines
Create a compound machine creature that moves and can grab with its mouth.
Flying Machines
Invent a wind-up flying machine that explores the transfer of potential to kinetic energy.
Monster Claws
Use pneumatic pistons, cylinders & rebuildable components to make a claw that grabs!
Peek Through Your Window
Use your creativity, perspective & imagination to create photos that tell stories about your world.
Origami Finger Puppets
Use your imagination to enhance literacy skills through pretend play and creative storytelling.
Play + Pinch
Explore clay strategies through play, and invent your own artmaking techniques and approaches.
Strawbots
Explore balanced and unbalanced forces by creating a motorized wiggling machine.
Straw Structures
Explore lines, shapes and forms to build and rebuild structures by yourself or with partners.
Three Little What-zits & The Big Bad Who-zit
Fracture a favorite fairytale, create props, and perform your new story for family and friends.