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Life is all around us. When teaching ecology, it might be nice for students to see that there is much variation within small areas. I live in a small city, have a farm outside of town, and live near a lake- lots of variation among those places that are around me.

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Career Readiness/College and Career Readiness

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Career Readiness/College and Career Readiness

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There are many great options for using Virtual field trips in my college and career classes. Students could tour different campuses and training programs to help them decide where they might want to go after high school. I can also set up virtual field trips to let them see different careers and professions to try to help them decide what career they might want to pursue.

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NWA has some tech giants (Tyson, Wal-Mart, JB Hunt) with the most innovative spaces. It would be cool to be able to show students these local career opportunities and the technology they work with daily.

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Part of physical science is chemistry and there is a timber mill nearby that treats their milled lumber for outdoor fences. That would be a practical application, not always easy to find. We also discuss human impacts on the environment, so looking at before and after of logging would certainly fit in there.

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A muralist from Mexico City painted murals all over northwest Arkansas. He also collaborated with Crystal Bridges and other local galleries and museums before moving to NYC. I would love to take Spanish students on a virtual field trip to see his work.

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Athena / Staff photo

A new mural on the Fayetteville square is complete, and a celebration to commemorate the occasion is happening this weekend.

Fenix Gallery will host the celebration, set for 4-8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2.

The event is a celebration of a new mural created through a collaboration by local artists Octavio Logo and Eugene Sargent. The mural, located in the narrow alley west of the Arvest Bank building on the north side of the square, features a warrior named Athena whose sword and shield are traded for a paint brush and palette to signify the power of art.

The artists used an artistic technique called anamorphosis in which an object is depicted in a distorted perspective requiring the viewer to take special action - such as looking at it from a specific angle - to see the intended image. The artists believe it may be the first Anamorphic mural in the state.

The project was funded in part by a $10,000 grant from the Fayetteville Advertising and Promotion Commission, and is part of the Fenix art gallery's "Our Universe" series. Hayden McIlroy, who owns the building where the mural is being painted, also pledged $10,000 for the project.

The celebration on Saturday will include music by the UA World Music Ensemble, Prana - The Sound Wizard, food by Yeyo's Mexican Food and Zuppa Zuppa, local brews, juggling, and more.

The event is free to attend and open to the public.

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Fenix Fayetteville to celebrate 'Athena' mural Nov. 2

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Athena / Staff photo A new mural on the Fayetteville square is complete, and a celebration to commemorate the occasion is happening this weekend. Fenix Gallery will host the celebration, set for 4-8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2. The event is a celebration of a new mural created through a collaboration by local artists Octavio Logo and Eugene Sargent.

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Three Northwest Arkansas art field trip opportunities include:

Crystal Bridges - Bentonville

Eureka Springs art galleries and shops

The Art Collective Gallery - Rogers

Doing a recording of any of these locations would be interesting even to the student who thinks are is boring. There would be at least a few artworks with subject matter or aesthetic appeal for every student. I think have a scavenger hunt approach would engage the highest number of students. For example: Find an artwork created in the 1950's, Find an artwork created by a prison inmate. Find artworks depicting the entertainment industry, the agriculture industry, and an Arkansas education facility. Students fill these in as the field trip reveals them. And finally, ask the student to rank the artworks from favorite to least favorite.

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This would allow students to see medical procedures and disease processes first hand. Any type of medical facility could be a possibility from a hospital, health department or doctor's office. Obviously there would be some HIPAA considerations.

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Foundations of Sports Medicine - Josie Gordon

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Foundations of Sports Medicine - Josie Gordon

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I live in Tyler, TX, so my list will pertain to there. Tyler has a variety of settings pertinent to sports medicine. There is a community college, a private 4-year university, a public 4-year university, two high schools, and a number of clinics. I know the athletic trainers at Tyler Junior College, so I'm confident I could have a virtual field trip there!

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We could give a tour of campus or talk to different instructors or students on campus.
-Galvez

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One of the biggest resources in my region is Crystal Bridges. I can also use Pea Ridge and the Peel Mansion Museum.

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This would be a great way to introduce students to different jobs. Many local and state wide business and employees would be a jumping off point.

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I think it would be great idea to do a virtual field trip to the Henderson Aviation Department. I could go record the flight training area along with the airplanes there. Also, I could go to the Caplinger Aerospace building and show the students what being an aviation major would look like in the classroom.

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Intro to Criminal Justice - Tiffany Cottrell

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Intro to Criminal Justice - Tiffany Cottrell

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there are several jails and one prison close to me. I have taken a few schools to tour the Washington County Detention Center yearly up until last year. The students were able to see the inner workings of how a large jail works and the many jobs that are offered. It is not possible to take every school on a field trip, so a virtual one would be great! The issue is getting one of the facilities to be okay with the recording of the inside of their unit, which may be an issue due to safety and security issues.

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Thanks to Arkansas' computer science education initiative, some relationships with corporate and non-profit partners have already begun. Metova is a company that is located in Conway. We also have the Cyber Range at UCA and the Cyber Gym at UALR. There are a number of partnerships mentioned and linked on the ADE DESE Computer Science webpage.

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There are several historic sites that apply to industry and the civil was in my area. For example, the Fort Smith Historic Site, covers United States expansion, Native American policy, Civil War, and more. There are additional local sites such as the Clayton House in Fort Smith that could be great for exploring local lifestyles and how rising industry applied.

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Hispanic Flamenco Ballet-

In the past, I've gone with students to an in-person field trip when they would come to Little Rock; however, I see they have several videos for students to see online as a virtual option!

Heidi Freeman

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The Hemingway-Pfeiffer musem in Piggott, Arkansas! I'm not sure if I'll ever get a chance to discuss modernist literature with 8th-graders, but you never know.

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Fort Smith National Historic Site
Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park
Pea Ridge National Military Park