GlassRoots One-of-a-Kind Field Trips
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GlassRoots Field Trips are hands-on learning experiences in glass-art making which align with the New Jersey State Learning Standards in Visual and Performing Arts and Science, for students in grades 3 through 12. Students create while learning art, science and technology, history and culture.
Our programs and classes offer students multiple opportunities to practice and improve their focus and attention. Our Teaching Artists deliver programs with care and compassion. We value the creation of meaningful connections with our students, and consider culturally responsive curriculum essential to effective, equity-based education. To book your trip email Lisandra Wieters |
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Creative Experiences
The Glass Art Adventure: our signature field trip Centered on the beauty and magic of glass art, our signature Field Trip offers students the opportunity to create glass beads over a 2,000-degree torch in our Flame Shop, individual glass-mosaics in our Flat Shop, and witness an exciting demonstration of glassblowing in our Hot Shop. Unique in the field of visual arts, especially in its use of fire and glass, this multi-dimensional learning experience activates students' responsiveness, curiosity, investigation, discovery, anticipation, persistence, and initiation. All projects include an introduction to and practice with glass tools, as well as lessons in basic color and design theory. You can build a unique experience for your students by choosing any combination or all of the following projects: Craft and Fashion in the Flame Shop: Bead Making Glass Mosaic Art in the Flat Shop History and Craft of Glass Blowing in the Hot Shop |
Science Labs
Choose from one of the following:
Glass Detectives: Forensics in the Glass Lab
Glass and the Physical World: Perspectives in Chemistry and Physics
STEAM: Glass, Technology and Engineering
Volcanoes, Glass and the Dynamic Earth
Choose from one of the following:
Glass Detectives: Forensics in the Glass Lab
Glass and the Physical World: Perspectives in Chemistry and Physics
STEAM: Glass, Technology and Engineering
Volcanoes, Glass and the Dynamic Earth
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Glass Detectives: Forensics in the Glass Lab
Glass has a great memory. It can tell a story throughout time. The way it breaks, the way light is captured, reflected, or refracted, and the way images are distorted. In this forensic field trip, students will explore the chemistry and properties of glass as a building material and its use in technology. Through hands-on exploration such as shaping molten glass or manually manipulating/breaking hand-made glass, manufactured glass, and more, the after-mentioned principles will be explored to gain a better understanding of the memory of glass and the predictable lineage this wonderful material has in recalling its creations and its demise. |
Volcanoes, Glass and the Dynamic Earth
The Glass Volcano Experience is a special STEAM-based workshop which uses molten glass to study, observe and discuss the activity of molten lava, which molten glass mimics. The program was developed in collaboration with Alexander Gates, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University Newark, and intended as an experiential lesson in the science and behavior of volcanoes for his graduate students. In this workshop, GlassRoots teaching-artists lead students through 7-10 experiments, including using ambient heat to destroy a (paper) village, and watching what happens when molten glass meets water (it's explosive!) Students will also create their own Pele's Tear pendant, to take home. (Also known as Prince Rupert's Drop; watch our students demonstrate the creation of one here!) This is an interactive lesson which prizes questions and engagement by students throughout the process. |
Field Trip FAQs
Experiences for grades 3-12.
Programs take 1-4 hours, depending on selected workshops.
For Newark Public School Cost: $15/student and up, depending on workshops selected. Limited full scholarships available for Newark schools.
Capacity: 40 students.
Easily accessible to buses and nearby parking for cars.
Thanks to the generosity of our funders and individual donors, we are able to offer a substantial subsidy to Newark students and residents, and discounts to New Jersey Abbott schools located outside of Newark.
There is no charge for non-participating chaperones:
Experiences for grades 3-12.
Programs take 1-4 hours, depending on selected workshops.
For Newark Public School Cost: $15/student and up, depending on workshops selected. Limited full scholarships available for Newark schools.
Capacity: 40 students.
Easily accessible to buses and nearby parking for cars.
Thanks to the generosity of our funders and individual donors, we are able to offer a substantial subsidy to Newark students and residents, and discounts to New Jersey Abbott schools located outside of Newark.
There is no charge for non-participating chaperones:
- GlassRoots requires completed and signed Participant Release Forms for all participants.
- Payment is due on or before the day of the Field Trip.
All participants under the age of 18 must turn in a consent form signed by a parent/guardian and have a guardian/teacher present.
