Monday, August 12, 2013

Session Two

Session two of Artology brought wonderful experiences! Not only did we have our new 4th & 5th grade students, but we were also joined by many 6th-8th grade Artologists from the first session who returned to enjoy more arts, science, and field trips, plus culinary and language arts lessons.

New second session students make friends from  our worm compost
New second session students make friends from our worm compost

Second session student making paper for the first time
Second session student making paper for the first time

Making masks at Artology Headquarters
Making masks at Artology Headquarters

Learning to cook classic dishes in a culinary arts class
Learning to cook classic dishes in a culinary arts class

Weeks Three & Four: Forest Ecology & Interconnection

Check out a few of the amazing things our Artologists did in the last two weeks of our first session!

Doing our part to help feed Philadelphia at the SHAREfood program

Enjoying the view at Morris Arboretum's tree canopy

Artologists watch their peers perform skits on the final day of Session 1

We explored tree canopies at Morris Arboretum, got our hands dirty learning about urban farming in a Greenhouse at the SHAREfood program, and fearlessly tried new foods at Reading Terminal Market. We scavenged for answers at the Wagner Free Institute, and investigated clues at the La Salle University Art Museum. Back at Artology headquarters we made compositions with owl-pellet bones, played water cycle games, and wrote skits about our new ecological knowledge.