ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES
Projects in this section were created by the Ciullas under their own auspices, using the methodologies learned in years of educational design.
The projects are created for children, schools, families, and communities; and reflect our interests and passion in areas we feel especially need to be brought to focus the world.

STAR STUFF TM
“We are star stuff contemplating star stuff.”
—Carl Sagan

IT’S ALL CONNECTED. There is a deep, direct and basic connection among the Cosmos, our Earth, and human beings who inhabit them both. WE’RE ALL CONNECTED.
There is an equally deep, direct and basic connection among all life on this planet, including plants, animals and every person. All life is rare and precious and, as its development on earth testifies, consists of an unending series of choices of necessity as to what it can become. WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Since we humans possess this free choice we can also create positive impact in our world, and on the yet-to-be-determined future.

FEEL GOOD,
DO BETTER TM
Learning experiences on the development of EQ as a complement to IQ

THE LEARNING CENTERS are designed to be installed in storefronts and malls.
THE MUSEUM EXHIBITION is designed to travel to museums and schools.
PRE- AND POST-VISIT LEARNING KITS can be used with the exhibition.
TAKE HOME FAMILY ACTIVITIES are for children, their friends and families.
TRAINING WORKBOOKS integrate concepts into class work.
WEBSITE AND NEWSLINE are links to developments in the SEL field.

GET CLOSER
TO ART TM
Art Learning Kit
for Families

Get Closer to Art is intended for first time encounters with art,
and for deeper understanding in and engagement with art throughout our lives.
Get Closer to Art is intended, for artists, children, families, and for school and other groups. It is designed for individual and group learning with a guide or without.
Get Closer to Art includes the following components: Guided Activities, Self-Guided Brochures, Pre- and Post-Visit Kits, Take Home Kits, Web Downloads, Computer Stations, Flip Books and Role Play Activities.

TAKE IT WITH YOU,
LEAVE IT BEHIND TM
Oral Histories about
Immigration, Personal Growth and Change in a Free Society

Most of our forefathers came to America from cultures that were more tradition-based than ours. People there were not free to choose their way of life; rather they were taught the kind of life they were expected to live. When deciding to leave their homeland, they were forced to make their first choice: what to take with them, and what to leave behind. They passed down these ways to their children, who let go of some of the old ways, and held on to others, and passed what was left to their children and so on and so on. It is both the blessing and the curse of living in a Free Society. The theme of holding on, letting go uses personal stories narrated by the subjects, that put personal life choices in the overall context of the ongoing history of our country.

ENERGY LAB
(schools) TM
Activities Designed for
K through 12
Science Students

A series of science- and humanities-based learning experiences that use web and computer technology, group and individual learning approaches, and in-school and extended learning activities to ground students, teachers, and families in the climate issues of their region and of the planet. It also develops overall confidence and leadership skills to encourage involvement in real life projects, to inspire participants to make a difference, to engage them in positive locally-based action, and to apply experiences to their own lives.