Bridging the virtual gap between distance learning and hands-on experience with high quality STEAM activities, instruction and professional development!
At Garner Holt Education through Education we are committed to supporting the distance learning needs of students and educators with exceptional curriculum, experiences and professional development that promote creativity, imagination and applied learning across all areas of STEAM education!
VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP OPTIONS NOW AVAILABLE!
Out of an abundance of caution, and at the same time remaining committed to providing students with an engaging and inspiring experience, Garner Holt Productions is now offering Virtual Field Trip options for schools, youth groups and other educational organizations. In light of a changing world and the ultimate importance of keeping students, teachers and chaperones safe, we have developed virtual experiences that bring students inside the world’s greatest makerspace to show them how careers in creative design, engineering, advanced manufacturing, animation, and the visual and performing arts converge to create the illusion of life through animatronics in theme parks everywhere! Don’t let this pandemic affect your commitment to bringing high-quality STEAM learning and career exploration experiences to the students you serve! Contact us to learn more about bringing a virtual tour of GHP and hands-on learning opportunities to your students in the new school year!
All Virtual Field Trips Include GHP History Video, GHP Virtual Tour, All Required Materials & Live Virtual Instruction.
Choose one hands-on STEAM learning activity from the list below. Each activity emulates unique aspects of the animatronic production process and fosters 21st Century Skills.
Duration: 2 hours
Minimum Number of Participants: 20
Maximum Number of Participants: 200
Robotics & Engineering, Pneumatic Machines, Electrical Circuits, Lifecasting, Sculpting the Human Head, Cranks & Cams, Costuming & Figure Finishing
Keep the inspiration going after the field trip ends!
Schedule follow-up distance learning sessions days, weeks or months later to continue the magic with additional activity kit choices.
$8.00* per student
*taxes and shipping charges apply
**All workshops require student access to a personal device with internet capability.
We work with schools to ensure students receive all requires materials in advance of their field trip.
Garner Holt Education through Imagination is excited to introduce the Creative Learning Lab, a one-of-a-kind learning experience designed to enrich and enhance the virtual school day for students in our community. Housed in our state-of-the-art educational facility of over 16,000 square feet, we are fully equipped to provide transformational learning experiences for students. Students will have access to exceptional opportunities and resources to discover their passions, embrace curiosity, explore careers, and develop hands-on skills that will propel them into the future. The Creative Learning Lab will be fully staffed with credentialed educators and experienced instructors to not only support students with remote learning, but to offer students opportunities to engage in unique learning activities such as programming animatronics, 3d modeling, or even solving problems of the future in the fields of robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence!
Contact us to schedule a virtual workshop for your students!
Contact us to schedule a virtual workshop for your students!
Contact us to schedule a virtual workshop for your students!
Supporting educators of all levels and experience to make significant impacts on the lives of the students they serve is at the heart of our professional development program. In support of distance learning, we are proud to offer virtual professional development and professional learning experiences in a wide array of STEAM learning and maker education programs.
Whether you are just beginning to explore opportunities to incorporate elements of science, technology, engineering, arts and math across the curriculum, or are ready to take your practice to the next level, we are ready to meet your needs with a distance learning platform.
In leveraging this world of technical wizardry and storytelling magic, our Animatronic Fundamentals Kits provide students with hands-on, engineering, design and art-based experiences. We provide the kits, curriculum and technical support so these lessons become exercises in experiential, hands-on learning.
- STEAM Learning
Our kits capitalize on animatronics’ seamless integration of each element in the STEAM learning model. Help your students understand the interdependent potential of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math through hands-on experiences that promote design thinking, creativity and imagination!
- Career Exploration
Each Animatronic Fundamentals Kit emulates an aspect of animatronic production allowing students to experience and explore the vast array of career fields required to create the illusion of life! Each of our kits promote the design thinking, prototyping and iteration, which employers agree is critical for the success of the 21st century workforce.
- Economical Experiences
Work within your budget while still providing students with inspiring, hands-on experiences that tap into their sense of wonder and amazement! At around $5.50 each, our kits are priced for classroom use so that students may discover interests, talents and passions, and to do it through a lens of career exploration and personal discovery.
- Convenience
Our kits are stocked with pre-sorted and pre-measured materials, packed individually for each student and boxed by classroom. Our kits are differentiated by age group to ensure that every student has an engaging and challenging experience. We have kits that teach the fundamentals of hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical circuits, fabrication, costuming, figure finishing, special effects, life casting and more.
