Great Big Planet

Celebrate Diversity Around the World

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:58:51 +0000

This Cultural Diversity program is also available throughout the country this Summer for ages 2 1/2 through 12.

This is a show that I did for over 300 daycare centers in the Summer of 2009. It is a show on Cultural Diversity in which a boy has to “find 4 children that are completely different but exactly the same.” The focus is on European, Asian, African, Latino, & Native American. The children are played by audience members. There is extensive use of percussion instruments and film. All of our shows are appropriate for children ages 2 1/2 through 12.

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Gross and Gooey Science

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:55:30 +0000

Yuck, corn-starch, borax, and glue mixtures will be prepared in solutions and then presented to your campers. Students will have a chance to dip their hands to experience the unusual sensations: their hands will be frozen into the mixture or their hands will experience a quicksand-like pull. The tricks will be interspersed with science demonstrations and magic acts. This will be followed by a science film featuring special effects and simple physics principles.

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Wild Wild West

admin — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:56:14 +0000

A boy travels the Oregon Trail with his carrot-munching dog in search of coyotes. The dog runs off ahead and the boy meets a variety of Western pioneers (these will be played by volunteers from the audience) They will depict a gold prospector, a Native American, a fur hunter, and a pioneer farmer. In each encounter, the boy learns about the life style, foods, skills, and clothing of the people he meets.
Finally he hears his dog in the distance among the call of coyotes. When he reaches him, he finds that his dog has joined up with a pack of coyotes. He lures his dog away with a carrot.
The program ends with a film about the settlers and culture of our Old West. I will include footage from my yearly trips to Durango, Colorado.

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Dig Ancient Egypt

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:58:08 +0000

A family that lives in Alexandria, Egypt suffers with a dog that buries everything in the yard. One day the family is leaving on vacation, but can’t find the car keys. They begin looking into the holes that the dog has dug in the yard. Volunteers from the audience will play the children of the family, each discovering something new in each hole.
As they look deeper, they begin to discover historical artifacts from all over Ancient Egypt. Students will learn about the Pharoahs, the Pyramids, Cleopatra, Egyptian numerals, Egyptian foods and food preparation, as well as information about the desert and the Nile River habitat. A film will be included to support the topic.
We will also show the children how to find out what their names would look like in hieroglyphics

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Animal Antics

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:56:50 +0000

This program is a skit about a boy who is required by a Genie to learn about animals that have become endangered. He travels to many habitats, and at each stop, he meets a volunteer from the audience dressed up as an endangered species. He learns how the animal has become endangered and things he can do to protect the animal and its habitat. The skit involves puppets and costumes. This is followed by film footage of exotic animals from my 8 trips to Tropical Rainforests and many other habitats. (more about these shows at mindyourplanet.com» ).

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