VFTs in Series
VFTs in Series
Wish you could schedule more than one virtual field trip for your class(es)? You can! Each curated set of three VFT programs comes with a Post-VFT Art Kit.
Heritage & History Months Series
#1 – The Stories Art Can Tell, feat. Indigenous Artists
Students will “read” works of art from the permanent collection by Indigenous North American artists and explore how each artist tells a story of Native American past, present, and future. Students will discover how each artist uses their media and scale to elevate and point to the universality of these stories.
#2 – The Stories Art Can Tell, feat. Black Artists
Students will “read” works of art from the permanent collection by African American artists and explore how each artist tells a story of Black History through their unique use of art elements and media.
#3 – The Stories Art Can Tell, feat. Women Artists
Students will “read” works of art from the permanent collection by women artists and how each artist tells a story about their own intersecting identities through images of women.
STEAM for grades K-2
#1 – Art Scientists: Weather
Students will use all five of their senses to carefully observe three works of art from the NCMA’s permanent collection, looking for evidence of temperature, wind, and precipitation to determine the weather that each artist shows.
#2 – Art Scientists: Forces & Motion
Students will use all five of their senses to carefully observe three works of art from the NCMA’s permanent collection, looking for evidence of pushes and pulls. Students will use their observations to determine if the subjects in the works of art look like they are stable or in motion, and balanced or unbalanced.
#3 – Art Mathematicians: Ancient Art & Early Math
Students explore K-2 math standards in geometry while practicing observation, collaboration, and creative thinking around ancient Roman and Egyptian sculpture. Students will have the opportunity to discover the shapes that they carry with them every day by making a rubbing of the bottom of their shoes. Please have crayons and copy paper available for students
STEAM for grades 3-5
#1 – Art Mathematicians: Artists as Real-World Math Problem Solvers
Students will engage with objects from the museum’s collection and explore their uses of geometry, area & perimeter, ratios, and coordinate planes. Students will have the opportunity to solve the mathematical problems that artists, curators, and art handlers might deal with in their everyday jobs. Please have calculators available for students, if necessary.
#2 – Art Scientists: Weather
Students will use all five of their senses to carefully observe three works of art from the NCMA’s permanent collection, looking for evidence of temperature, wind, and precipitation to determine the weather that each artist shows and explore how each weather condition is created.
#3: Ancient Sports: Mesoamerican Ballgame
Students will examine two different objects from the Ancient Americas collection and think about the role of sports in community. Using what they learned, students will have the opportunity to work together and design their own game, continuing a tradition of community and play.
STEAM for grades 6-8
#1 – Art Mathematicians: Artists as Real-World Problem Solvers
Students will engage with objects from the museum’s collection and explore their uses of concepts from math class. Students will have the opportunity to solve the mathematical problems that artists, curators, and art handlers might deal with in their everyday jobs. Please have calculators available for students, if necessary.
#2 – Art Scientists: Weather
Students will use all five of their senses to carefully observe three works of art from the NCMA’s permanent collection, looking for evidence of temperature, wind, and precipitation to determine the weather that each artist shows and explore how each weather condition is created.
#3 – Gaining STEAM with Ancient Egyptian Amulets
Students will examine two different ancient Egyptian amulets and learn about their uses and symbolism. Using what they learned, students will have the opportunity to design their own present-day amulet, representing a power that might alleviate a problem experienced by their peers.
Ancient Egypt Series for grades 6-8
#1 – Explore Ancient Cultures: Egypt
What can we learn about ancient cultures by observing objects made by ancient people? In this VFT, students gain insight into Ancient Egyptian culture by exploring objects from the NCMA’s permanent collection as primary sources. Students will be led through a virtual archaeological site to search for museum objects and observe them using Sketchfab 3-D imagery.
#2 – Gaining STEAM with Ancient Egyptian Amulets
Students will examine two different ancient Egyptian amulets and learn about their uses and symbolism. Using what they learned, students will have the opportunity to design their own present-day amulet, representing a power that might alleviate a problem experienced by their peers.
#3 – What’s a Curator of Ancient Collections?
available starting 10/19
Hispanic Artists Series for grades 6-12
#1 – Discovering Día de los Muertos
Students will observe an ofrenda, one aspect of the Mexican celebration of Día de los Muertos and discover how the symbols used in the ofrenda celebrate and remember ancestors while connecting to indigenous Mexican cultural practices shown through museum objects.
#2 – The Stories Art Can Tell, feat. Latin American Artists
Students will “read” works of art from the permanent collection by Latin American artists and explore how each artist tells a story about their identity through images of place.
#3 – The Stories Art Can Tell, feat. Hispanic Artists
Students will explore the labels of Latin American vs. Hispanic and “read” works of art from the permanent collection by Hispanic Artists. Students will learn the word ephemeral and explore how these artists tell stories of fleeting moments in time. Please have students come to their session with two pieces of paper each, any color.
Series for Spanish Language Acquisition Class, grades 6-12
Here, a museum educator shows students 3-D prints of the amulets they have been observing in the virtual field trip.