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Content Standards
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Teaching Artist + Website/Contact Info
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Hey! What’s That Sound?
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S4P2a,b; ESGM4.CN.1 ESGM4.CN.2c
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What happens when something starts to vibrate? How does sound travel? In this high energy performance, your students will find out the answers to these and other questions about the FUNdamentals of sound & science.
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Dave Holland
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F.I.G. Newton: Science Through Juggling
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S4P3; PE4.1; PE4.2; PE4.5
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Explore Newton’s Three Laws of Motion through juggling. The program also gets students up and moving, tapping into their concentration and balance. Students explore physical science concepts by juggling scarves, spinning and tossing plates, Chinese yo-yos, and playing Kendama
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Ron Anglin
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Pioneer Girl from Nebraska
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SS4H3, SS4G2b, SS4E1a, TA4.RE.1
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Follow the story of Grace McCance, who grew up on the Nebraska prairies during the late 1800’s because her father took advantage of the Homestead Act of 1862 to claim land. Every man over the age of 18 could claim 640 acres and women and children 16 acres each if they worked the land and improved it for 5 years. Learn about soddies, Nebraska weather, hardships on the prairie, and the corn husking and quilting bees!
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Cathy Kaemmerlen
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The Light of Leonardo
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S4P1; S4P3.c; S4L1; TA4.RE.1; S4L1; VA4.CR.4; TA4.PR.1
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Discover the Da Vinci in YOU in this innovative puppet show featuring shadow puppet theater and live music. Join Niccolo the knight and Incendio the dragon as they investigate the relationship between force and motion and the nature of light.
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Damon Young
damonpuppet@gmail.com
(678) 575-0993
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Paul Revere
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SS4H1a-c; TA4.RE.1
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Paul Revere made more than one ride and was not the only rider on the night of April 18, 1775. See all the events he participated in come to life in this production using songs, costumes, props, audience participation, and a Power Point of primary source images as a backdrop.
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Alex Oakley with Tattlingtales Productions
alexoak96@outlook.com
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A Revolutionary Spy for General Washington
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SS4H1b,c; TA4.RE.1
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An intriguing spy story of messages hidden inside covered buttons by a Quaker family, The Darraghs, during the Revolutionary War. Learn about spying and about the "times that tried men's souls" as the colonists tried to decide to fight for independence or stay under British rule.
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Cathy Kaemmerlen
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Harriet Tubman: Journey through
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SS4H4a; TA4.RE.1
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Born into slavery in Maryland, Harriett Tubman escaped to Philadelphia in 1845 by travelling at night to “safe houses” on the Underground Railroad and hiding in potato holes by day. After securing her own freedom, she became a conductor on the Underground Railroad and made some 19 trips, bringing 300 slaves to freedom. She never lost a “passenger.”
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Deborah Strahorn with Tattlingtales Productions
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Turn Homeward Hannalee
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SS4H5e; TA4.RE.1
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A dramatic presentation of the historical fiction novel by Patricia Beatty, this performance portrays the plight of Georgia mill workers arrested under orders of General William Tecumseh Sherman in July of 1864, charged with treason for making cloth for the CSA, and shipped to Louisville, KY to live as prisoners of war.
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Cathy Kaemmerlen
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World of Water
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S4E3
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It’s important for each of us to understand where our water comes from, how it travels around the Earth, and what we can do to help protect and conserve it. During this program, students will rotate through three different hands-on activities to learn about watersheds, the water cycle, and the infrastructure that provides us with clean drinking water each day.
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Fulton County Water Works
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Susan B. Anthony
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SS4H4a; TA4.RE.1
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Learn about the struggles for American women to gain the right to vote led by Susan B. Anthony, who spent her life devoted to this cause. Among her many struggles and achievements was her arrest in 1872 for voting in the Presidential election and challenging the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution
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Cathy Kaemmerlen
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Starlab ll
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S4E1b,c,d; S4E2a,c
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Students will see the position of the stars in the sky that evening, discover the differences between various stars and how stars and planets differ. A model of our solar system will have students exploring Earth’s position in the solar system.
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Chattahoochee Nature Center
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The Fabulous Food Web
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S4L1 a-c
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Students learn about the living and non-living components of an ecosystem, energy flow, and recycling of nutrients. Students investigate fungus, lichen, mosses, and macroinvertebrates in decomposing logs. Vocabulary words, digital microscopes, and real specimens enhance the learning experience.
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Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
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Listening and Speaking through Poems & Stories
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4.T.T.1 a-d; 4T.T.4a; TAK.RE.4
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tudents spin a wheel to find out if they will be performing a poem or story with Mama Koku, who helps guide the activity. After each performance, students quickly talk about the poem or story to figure out the main idea.
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Mama Koku
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