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In-School Program: Fish, Play, and Camp at the Bass Capital - Persuasive Writing Skills

Using photographs and an authentic 1930s travel brochure, students discover what the area was like and why people vacationed in Florida before theme parks. Referring to the brochure, the speaker presents a short history of the 1920s economic boom and technological inventions that made it possible for middle-class Americans to purchase automobiles and take vacations. Students discuss the reasons travelers of that time considered Florida a tropical paradise and the ways in which cities lured tourists to come. Students may also be asked to design a travel brochure promoting one of Florida’s attractions, to be sent to the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation at a later date.

In-School Program: Journey Through Jazz (Grades K–12)

In-School Performance ; In-School Workshops & Classes

Daniel Jordan teaches students about the development and history of America’s truly original musical art form: Jazz. Using a variety of woodwind instruments, he demonstrates Blues, Ragtime, Dixieland, Swing, Be-bop, Bossa Nova, Samba, Calypso, AfroCuban, Modal, Free, and Fusion styles of Jazz. This presentation is highly inventive, entertaining, and interactive. Students can participate by “jamming” with the trio on orf instruments (mallet instruments) at the conclusion of the program.

In-School Program: Moonlight Stories (Grades K–12)

In-School Performance ; In-School Workshops & Classes

Moonlight Stories is a child-centered recreation of the African storytelling tradition performed by Orisirisi African Folklore, inclusive of mesmerizing African drumming and dance, spirited call and response songs, and fun-filled audience participation. Though child-centered this engaging theatrical production appeals to the child’s-heart in everyone and fortifies key elements of character development. The audience will meet, Babaluaye, the Father of the Drum, Dog and Turtle along with many other unforgettable characters, as Orisirisi spends yarns and shares learning exercises that none will soon forget!

In-School Program: Myths, Legends and Fables (Grades 3–5)

In-School Performance ; In-School Workshops & Classes

Follow artist Donna Wissinger and her magic flute to a wondrous place of fantastic tales! The flute becomes the voice and storyteller of great myths, legends, and fables. Students see the connection between storytelling, music, and the human story.

In-School Program: Native Americans and the Voices of Nature (Grades 3–8)

In-School Performance ; In-School Workshops & Classes

With deer-claw rattles, clay flutes, pine-cone ratchets, and communion drums, students learn to hear and appreciate the world around them as Native American cultures once did. Led by artist Donna Wissinger, the program is a hands-on experience that fosters an appreciation for other cultures and teaches respect for nature’s voices.

In-School Program: Performances (MOVE - Movement Opportunities for a Visionary Education)

In-School Performance ; In-School Workshops & Classes ; Student Showcase Opportunities

Performance offerings include “Fairy Frolic” in which students meet magical fairies, “Color Dance” in which dancers go on a color mixing journey and “STRETCH,” in which children follow animals and dancers on a stretching adventure. All performances begin with a lecture demonstration of various dance styles, so that students can compare and contrast to understand modern dance more clearly. Students are invited to engage in basic movements from their seats. A full performance based on a story follows the lecture demonstration portion of the program and a question and answer period wraps up the program. Site-specific performances geared to the school environment (playgrounds, classrooms, gardens, unique spaces) are also available upon request. Two grade levels per performance. “Voci is amazing! We hope they can join us again next year and share their beautiful performances with our students.” “Voci’s performance was captivating and the students were talking about it for weeks after the event. Thank you so much for making this wonderful performance available to our students!” Jennine Faubel, Conway Elementary “A wonderful Art/ Dance/ Music experience!“ “This lesson went beyond student expectations.” Mary Beth Perkins, Fern Creek Elementary

In-School Program: Printmaking for all!

In-School Workshops & Classes

This program is designed for one class period, so that students can participate fully and complete a project to take home. We provide special equipment, materials and tools. Students learn examples of well-known printmakers of the past and gain opportunities to create their own piece of artwork using a relief printing technique. What is Printmaking? Artists have used printmaking to create some of their most profound and compelling works of art, but the basic printmaking techniques remain unfamiliar to most people. A print is a work of art made up of ink on paper and can be easily reproduced. It is created not by drawing directly on paper, but through an indirect transfer process. The artist begins by creating a composition on another surface and the transfer occurs when a sheet of paper, or other absorbent surface, is placed in contact with this surface with pressure, typically of a printing press. Each transfer is considered an original artwork.

In-School Program: The Pied Piper and other Fantastic Tales (Grades K–2)

In-School Performance ; In-School Workshops & Classes

Magic happens in the hearts and minds of teachers and students when learning is joyful, attention rapt and everyone is eager for more. Florida-based storyteller and flutist Donna Wissinger opens her magical bag of instruments to mesmerize and enthrall young students. Listen as Donna tells the stories of, and plays tunes from, The Pied Piper, Pocahontas, Pan and Syrinx, and The Lone Ranger. Children will learn about different styles of flutes, the type of sounds they create, and how music can enhance the joys of storytelling.

In-School Program: The World Turned Upside Down (Grades 3–11)

In-School Performance ; In-School Workshops & Classes

Yankee Doodle comes to town with this exciting, hands-on program from artist Donna Wissinger. Students experience a day in the life of a patriot soldier, learning drum beats and what they meant, marching to the beat of the drum, and singing songs popular during the war. Older students discover insights into the causes and attitudes of the American Revolutionary War. Through the music of the fife (piccolo) and drum, students begin to understand the role that music and musicians played in this conflict.

In-school Program: Then & Now - Comparing the Past with the Present

In-School Workshops & Classes

Using actual photographs of downtown Winter Garden taken throughout the 20th century, students observe how buildings, people, and transportation change over time. Observational skills come into play in this up-close exercise.

In-school Program: Timucua, Trains, and Trees

In-School Workshops & Classes

In this interactive presentation, students walk through the late 19th and 20th century decade by decade, using photos from the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation archives to discuss national and international events and how those events impacted Central Florida. Some of the topics discussed are: the effect of the building of railroads in Florida; the Boom years of 1910-1929; early Florida tourism; the stock market crash of 1929; the Great Depression; President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal; Florida’s role in World War II; and the Federal Highway Act. Topics of local interest include: the tremendous growth in Central Florida as a result of the Space Race and Walt Disney World; the pollution of Lake Apopka and its effect on farm workers and local tourism; and the demise of the citrus industry in Orange County due to freezing temperatures and population growth.

In-school Program: Where's the Orange in Orange County?

In-School Workshops & Classes

At one time, Central Florida was mostly rural farmland. Using a graph that charts the number of acres of citrus groves located in Orange County in each decade of the 20th century, this in-class presentation explains how transportation advances, historic events, technological advances, product development, weather, and population growth affected the citrus industry and eventually transformed Central Florida into an urban center.

Intro to Ballet

Field Trip

For ALL 2nd Graders: Orlando Ballet has presented educational story ballet to every Orange County Public School second grade student for more than 20 years through Intro to Ballet. Public school educators are provided with lesson plans to prepare the students for both their first formal theatre and performance experience. Ballets are 30 – 40 minutes and are preceded by a 10 – 15 minute interactive lecture demonstration

Jazz in Seven Minutes a Day

In-School Workshops & Classes ; Online & Streaming ; Residency (including Camps); Student Showcase Opportunities

Designed for classroom or individual study, Jazz in Seven Minutes a Day is a comprehensive and methodical approach towards building facility, phrasing and vocabulary in the jazz idiom. The course is designed as a daily practice routine of scales, arpeggios, phrases, and a unique approach to sight reading that will prepare you for life on the bandstand. Clinics available with Benoit Glazer, composer, trumpeter, and former music director of Cirque du Solei’s La Nouba (over 8000 performances). There are 36 weekly lessons, each with 6 daily practice sessions for every lesson. They vary from 5 minutes to 8 minutes or so. A few lessons have a theory concept, but most lessons contain four parts: The scale page should be played slowly at first, and sped up every day that you practice the lesson. I would not try to swing these. Subtle accents and a fluid sound will make them buoyant and interesting to listen to. Here we concentrate on one tonal center for the whole lesson, going down the circle of fifths each week. The II-V-I page can swing, and should also be started slowly and sped up as the week progresses. Here we visit all 12 keys every week with a different pattern. The dots page is meant to be used as a reading as well as a phrasing exercise. Use the included video or audio files or make up your own, and make sure there are rests built in. A new figure with a different number of notes should be used every day. By changing the pattern often, one also insures that the dots experience will be different every time you repeat the same page. The chorale is also meant to be played with a rhythm as a call and response exercise.

Kat Test Education Program

In-School Workshops & Classes ; Student Showcase Opportunities

Kat Test Education Program

Kids Fringe on the Go!

In-School Workshops & Classes

Kids Fringe on the Go! Kids Fringe is the kid-friendly part of the Orlando Fringe festival that shares performances, workshops, meet and greets, and interactive art experiences with the community. Even though the festival is in May, you can bring the fun of Kids Fringe to your classroom. Learn about Kids Fringe and make art with us! Our Fringe teaching artists will bring hands on theater games, movement, storytelling, crafts and more to your classroom. We offer several different workshop options and can tailor our programs to the interest and abilities of your students. This program is a great fit for theater classes and regular classrooms. We bring this workshop directly to you! Appropriate for grades K-5. Class length is up to 45 minutes depending on class period length, max number of students per class is 25. Space requirements: An indoor space that would allow for movement such as a classroom with desks pushed back, a stage in an auditorium, a stage in a cafetorium, a drama or music classroom.

Living History Pioneer Village Tour

Field Trip

Tour multiple structures from the late 1800’s, including a cracker house, blacksmith shop, school house, train depot, Seminole village, cow camp and more! Each building is packed with artifacts to showcase the lifestyle of early Florida pioneers. – Pioneer Activities – Throughout your tour of the Pioneer Village at Shingle Creek, your students will learn how Central Florida’s early settlers survived and lived in the area. Activites that could be presented on your tour include butter-making, pioneer laundry day, sack races, and other fun activities from the era. * Minimum 10 students

Offsite Programs

In-School Workshops & Classes

We bring the Science Center to you! Offsite programs are touring interactive hands-on STEM activities, aligned with the Florida State Standards in each subject area. Orlando Science Center staff members lead all activities and bring age-appropriate materials and supplies. Only Orange County Public Schools can apply for funding for this program; Lake, Osceola and Seminole schools can purchase a program if desired.

Online and Streaming: The Upstander League/DIGITAL

Online & Streaming

The Upstander League/DIGITAL (Social Emotional Learning – Bully Prevention for grades 3-5) Empower your students to become Upstanders! Witness a bullying situation? Join the Upstander League! Fielding calls from bystanders in distress, audiences transform into The Upstander League’s latest recruits, practicing the tactics to go from bystanders to Upstanders. Are you ready to laugh, learn, and empower the Upstander within? The Upstander League program helps schools meet bully prevention mandates by defining bullying and its different types: physical, verbal, social and cyber. Audiences learn to apply six different bully prevention tactics, appropriate to these types of bullying. Your school will gain a framework and resources to create both your own Upstander League and a learning environment where bullying is NOT “cool.” DIGITAL Show Length is 45 minutes A GREAT VALUE at $500 Digital Teacher Activity Guide with Standards is included

Onsite Field Trips (various themes K-12)

Field Trip

We offer a variety of field trip themes to best fit your curriculum needs! All field trips include: 5 rotating stops of exhibits or activities Hands-on workshop based on selected tour theme Courtroom mock trial experience STEM challenge activities, hands-on replicas and primary sources* Standard-based lesson plans emailed to teacher *Activities and exhibits are subject to change Select from the following tour themes: Highlights of the Museum (all grade levels) – A comprehensive overview of 12,000 years of Florida history, spanning a variety of content areas First Floridians (grades 2 and up) – A look at the lifeways of Florida’s indigenous people, with a focus on the Timucua and the Seminoles Breaking Barriers (grades 2 and up) – An exploration of Black history in Florida, through the stories of those who broke through barriers and inspired change Pioneer Hustle (grades 1 and up) – An overview of life as a pioneer, with a look at what it took to survive on the Florida frontier

Orisirisi Drum Sermons Virtual

Online & Streaming

Orisirisi Drum Sermons Virtual are joyous distant learning presentations provided by Orisirisi African Folklore that include stories from the far corners of Africa; spirited drumming, dance and song; drumming instruction; an introduction to some of Africa’s most popular instruments, and a healthy dose of unifying community participation in keeping with thousands upon thousands of years of African social tradition.

Outreach Program: History on the Go Workshop

In-School Workshops & Classes

History on the Go Workshops send museum staff to your classroom for a live lesson and accompanying activities. Workshop highlights include the integration of hands-on STEM challenges and the use of museum replicas, games, and art as mediums for teaching history. Available workshop themes: Florida’s Indigenous People: Learn about the culture and traditions of the Timucua and the Seminoles, as well as the affect of European colonization on Florida’s native peoples. Students will conduct a STEM challenge using a variety of building materials and have the opportunity to touch replicas and primary sources including conquistador armor, Seminole patchwork, animal furs and more! (Recommended for grades 2-4) Expedition Florida: Learn about the European explorers’ motives for gaining control of Florida and the hardships the pioneers later faced as they fought to survive on the Florida frontier. Students will play modified versions of Sorry Sliders, do a STEM challenge using Lincoln Logs and various building materials, and explore pioneer replicas. It’s a history lesson they’ll never forget! (Recommended for grades 4-5) Florida’s Fight for Freedom: Learn about Black leaders in Florida who played an important role in paving the road towards equality, as well as the history of Black communities in Florida from Fort Mose to Eatonville. Students will work as a team to complete a town-building STEM challenge, and create their own take-home Florida landscape artwork! (Recommended for grades 3 and up)

Piano Adventure

In-School Performance

Inspired by the venerable Van Cliburn Foundation model, the Piano Adventure Program is designed to introduce young audiences to the excitement of live piano performances, and to reinforce the basic elements of music through fun, interactive activities within the context of the classical, jazz, and popular piano repertoire. The goal is to foster knowledge and appreciation of music and culture. Through the experience of a live performance, students will make connections with composers and music from different periods in history, explore the science of sound, and investigate the inner workings of the piano. Creative thinking and imagination will be encouraged as students discover the power of music and the ability to tell a story without words. Each 45-minute interactive concert features a program facilitator and two guest pianists. A Steinway concert grand piano is used during the performances. Following each concert, an after-school “Piano Exploration” gives students ample opportunity to view the piano close-up, and play it as well (the piano will remain at the school for at least 24 hours). If feasible, student and/or faculty recitals are arranged.

Rhyme Time: Reading Readiness Program/LIVE

In-School Performance

Rhyme Time: Reading Readiness Program/LIVE (Pre-literacy for grades PreK – 1st) Rhyme Time: Reading Readiness Program/LIVE is centered on pre-literacy for your youngest scholars. Rhyme, rhythm, and repetition are critically important in preparing young children to read. Using whimsical paper puppets and a delightful over-sized pop-up book as a background, this enchanting puppet show will have young children laughing and learning essential pre-reading skills. This LIVE show length is 30 minutes Up to 4 LIVE back-to-back performances, each for 40 students A GREAT VALUE at $400 for up to 4 back-to-back performances Digital Teacher Activity Guide with Standards is included Parent Activity Sheet in English and Spanish is included

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