Educator

Whether you are 8 or 80 Carol Cohen is eager to take you on an educational journey.  
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In-School Field Trips 

Over the past 24 years students all over New England and beyond, have been introduced to hands on learning via creative  In-School Field Trips with Carol's Educational Consulting company: Now Voyager Education. ​​
What is an In-School field Trip?
Definition :  A hands-on ,  interdisciplinary , informative  presentation without the hassle of long bus rides and long lines and crowds.   Now Voyager  meets students in an  intimate setting, presenting to one class at a time. All  In-School field trips are aligned with curriculum standards.

Hands on History 

Colonial School Days : Living History Program -

Prudence Gray – owner of a dame school in Colonial America invites students in for lessons and recess. ( Individual classes – 1 hour ). 

Digging up Colonial America: 

Participants are invited into the home  of Thomas and Prudence Grey, a colonial home dating back to mid  1700’s Virginia.  Here they are introduced to their daily life of the times through storytelling and objects found in the home. 
   Participants will then be invited to join the team of “archeologists” in the backyard of the home where a simulated dig has been set up. This program is designed to provide participants with an introduction to the science of archeology and explores how artifacts serve as valuable clues in studying about the past. 

​Explore the In-School Field Trips:

Hands On Geography 

Hands on Geography

Students  learn about maps and globes in this "hands on"  introduction  to the world and it's physical features.

The first segment for all grades is an exploration of the world. 
The second segment is geared towards a particular grade level.
This is done with the use of  an over sized world map measuring approximately 15 x 20  feet with the help of 3-D objects, books, and visuals. 
​ Grade K, 1 & 2 -Focus-   Reading Maps and Globes and Habitats

Topics covered:

• Map reading
• Literature/geography connection 
• Habitat -  Interactive presentation in the form of a habitat puppet show.    

Grade 3 - Focus -  Massachusetts Geography
 Topics covered :  

• Massachusetts geography including physical features, products and places to visit.

 Grade 4 & 5 - Focus -  United States Regions  

• Geography Terminology
• Map Reading ,
• North America and the U.S. Regions
• United States National Parks 

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Professional Development for Educators

Professional development workshops and courses for teachers  and teachers in train​ing

• Begin with a Box

Participants work on a resource kit for a social studies instruction.  Workshop can vary according to length and participants.  Workshop participants will finish with a completed teacher resource.   It will include three dimensional objects, primary source documents, book   reviews, website reviews , museums reviews and lessons.  

• Biography a Window into History   

Individual lives make compelling stories, but they are not, by themselves, history.   The individual experience of a crisis in history-war, revolution, economic boom-might tell us nothing about that crisis, just as one person’s life might be almost entirely unaffected by one or another historical current.  But history and biography both trace subjects through time using the objects the subject left behind.  Can we capitalize on our students’ natural interest in individual lives to get them to grasp history?   This hands-on colloquium will help you produce teaching materials that will help bridge the gap between a single life and the world it occupies.