Owls are an amazing of bird consisting of over 200 species. Our hope is to be able to engage our Southwark students with art and information surrounding these birds. These birds are nocturnal, meaning that they are awake during the night. This is when they can hunt the most efficiently …
The Penn Treaty Special Services District (PTSSD) is a nonprofit, private foundation formed by volunteers from four different neighborhoods. This foundation serves to grant and sponsor non-profit organizations around the Philadelphia area. We would not be able to reach as many students or provide as many services without their generous …
At Southwark today, we decided to celebrate the recent Earth Day by doing a science experiment, homemade volcanoes. With the older class, we split them into four groups and handed each group a bottle and construction paper to create their volcano. After this, we poured baking soda, dish soap, and …
This past week, volunteers from Drexel University came out to help us prep projects for future crafts. Without these awesome volunteers, we would not have as much time to prepare and plan the classes. They helped cut, fold, and glue so that students will have have more time to focus …
Materials: 10ml dish soap 10ml cold water 400ml white wine vinegar food coloring baking soda (as needed) empty 2L soda bottle tape large box construction paper Instructions: Tape the bottle into the box to secure it Students can decorate construction paper with houses or people Tape the paper around the …
Grit is defined as courage and resolve or strength of character, and our students definitely have plenty of it. Grit, however, is a lesser known word, so we taught this concept with a more well-known figure: Gritty. Gritty is the mascot for the Philadelphia flyers and serves as an actual …
Translation by volunteer Gloria Nivel: Escuela Intermedia Duración: Dos periodos de clases de 45 minutos Panorama histórico: Expresionismo alemán y Emil Nolde (1867-1956) Metas y objetivos: Presentar usos del expresionismo en la pintura Vocabulario: Expresionismo alemán, acrílicos, empaste Materiales: Pinturas acrílicas, brochas, contenedores plásticos Procedimiento: Día 1 Introducción al tema: …
Translation by volunteer Gloria of a lesson by volunteer Candice Carroll Nivel: Escuela secundaria Tiempo: Cinco periodos de clases de 45 minutos Trasfondo histórico: Mary Cassat (1844-1926), impresionismo americano y retratos Metas y objetivos: Presentar el uso de colores pastel Enseñar proporciones adecuadas para retratos de perfil, frontales y en …
