Workshop Description: Integrating Drama with Math and Science may seem the unlikeliest of endeavors, but there are key alignments between the art form and the two core disciplines. The characters in a story have unique characteristics and interrelationships; in a similar vein, numbers, shapes, operations, properties, elements, landforms, simple machines, and other mathematical and scientific concepts can be seen as groups of unique and interrelated characters, a ‘cast’ that can be brought to life through Drama. In this workshop we will go beyond specific problem-solving to think about how a series of interconnected, very easy-to-implement Drama strategies –Sociometrics, Characterization, Hot Seat, and Improvisation – can strengthen visualization, awareness of multiple pathways, and appreciation of underlying structures and patterns that are the building blocks of Mathematical and Scientific thinking.
Focus: K-6
Location: Online
Workshop Presenters: Barry Mann
*USBE relicensure hours available for licensed educators.
Presenter Biography: Barry Stewart Mann, MFA, is a professional Actor, Storyteller, Educator, and Writer based in Atlanta, GA. He has been delighting audiences and inspiring students for nearly four decades, and brings a vibrant clarity and caring playfulness to his performances, workshops, and scripts. A graduate of Harvard University with a Master’s Degree in Theatre from the University of San Diego, Barry has performed on dozens of stages across the country; told tales to thousands in festivals, libraries, schools, camps, and beyond; created scripts for myriad classroom, workshop and professional performances; and led classes, workshops and residencies with groups of all ages and backgrounds, from Pre-K to Post-Grad students, from storytelling conferences to the state penitentiary, from nursery schools to nursing homes, and everywhere in between. He teaches on the faculty of Lesley University’s Creative Arts in Learning M.Ed. program, tours internationally with Dream On Productions, based in Buenos Aires, and is on the roster of the U.S. State Department’s Fulbright Specialist Program as a master storyteller and arts educator.
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