AIE
Summer Institute for Educators
Have
fun with hands-on activities and special tours, learn useful lesson
plan ideas and earn graduate credits all at the same time.
2003 dates to be announced......
Location:
AIA Philadelphia Chapter
117 S. 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Class
size is limited and fills up quickly.
Reserve your place now by
e-mailing AIEphiladelphia@aol.com
The Institute will include presentations, studio activities, bus and
walking tours to demonstrate how architecture can be used as a rich,
thematic focus for active student learning in language arts, math,
social studies and art.
Participating educators will be eligible to receive three graduate
credits upon completion of the course.
AIE Summer Institute Sample Schedule:
Day
One: Architecture and City Planning
- Introduction
to Cities slide presentation
- Agrarian
and Industrial City Planning activity
- Bus
and Walking Tour with Walk Philadelphia
- City
Hall and Tower Tour with Greta Greenberger
Day
Two: Buildings, Streetscapes, Open Spaces
& Communities
- Slides:
Visual Elements & Principles of Design & Architecture
- Group
Streetscape Collage Murals
- Architecture
Visual Dictionary
- Bus
Tour of North Philadelphia
Day
Three: Architectural Conventions, The Client
& The Design Process
- Slides:
House Form, Culture, Climate, Geography, Materials and Technology
- Architectural
Conventions -- Exercises
- Client
Profile Interview Activity
- Bubble
Diagram to Floor Plan
- Rowhouse
Renovation Model Project
Day
Four: Architecture from Other Lands and Other Times (Day spent at
Philadelphia Museum of Art)
- Slides:
The Architecture of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Building
- Architectural
Installations at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
- European
and American Period Rooms
Day
Five: Putting It All Together
- Curriculum
Planning and AIE Resource Center
- Group
meetings with architects and experienced teachers
- Individual
Lesson/Unit Planning and Research in Resource Center
- Share
Plans and Wrap-up
