Students embark on an embodied learning journey through their NGSS Physical Science unit. Applying a range of improvisation and choreographic techniques, students create dances about their investigations into particles of matter, separating mixtures, and chemical reactions. The project culminates with a dance performance, interspersed with spoken word, to communicate students’ scientific knowledge to an audience of parents and other students.
Standards
CCSS English Language Arts
SL 1a-d, SL 2, SL 4, SL 5
NGSS Science
5-PS1-1, 5-PS1-4
CA Arts Standards
5DA:Cr1a-b, 5.DA:Cr2a-b, 5.DA:Cr3, 5.DA:Pr4, 5.DA:Pr5c, 5.DA:Re7a, 5.DA:Re8
Grade Level
4Teaching Artist
Amanda Peñaloza-Banks
Teaching Artist