Theatre and science are very similar in their approach to experimentation, and connecting the two can help children to learn, says Lina Pulgarin-Duque.
Walk into a science classroom and ask a group of fifth graders what comes after “Construct a Hypothesis” in the scientific method? You’ll get some blank stares and maybe a couple of reluctant hands from the usual suspects. Alternatively, walk into the auditorium at Pittsburgh Public School’s Sunnyside Elementary School on a day that Attack Theatre is teaching the music class, and you’ll hear shouts of answers. Some of them right, some of them wrong. Being correct, however, isn’t what’s important.
As theatre practitioners we go through a very intense rehearsal process. It is common knowledge that throughout that rehearsal process... Keep reading on HowlRound
Walk into a science classroom and ask a group of fifth graders what comes after “Construct a Hypothesis” in the scientific method? You’ll get some blank stares and maybe a couple of reluctant hands from the usual suspects. Alternatively, walk into the auditorium at Pittsburgh Public School’s Sunnyside Elementary School on a day that Attack Theatre is teaching the music class, and you’ll hear shouts of answers. Some of them right, some of them wrong. Being correct, however, isn’t what’s important.
As theatre practitioners we go through a very intense rehearsal process. It is common knowledge that throughout that rehearsal process... Keep reading on HowlRound