Day to Night: On Assignment with Stephen Wilkes | Student Matinee
Did you miss getting the trips you wanted in the lottery? There are still several trips that have open availability. These opportunities are offered at NO COST to your school with transportation provided!
Please request a trip through the registration form below. The DC Collaborative staff will be in touch to confirm registrations as soon as possible.
Please note: If you do NOT receive a confirmation you will be automatically placed on the waiting list.
DAY TO NIGHT: ON ASSIGNMENT WITH STEPHEN WILKES
Presented By: National Geographic
Photographer Stephen Wilkes creates iconic day to night images by shooting from one
camera angle for up to 30 hours, allowing him to capture dozens of stories within a
single photograph. Students will join him on his most recent National Geographic
assignments photographing the elegant and mysterious patterns of bird migrations
across landscapes in Kenya, Scotland, the Falkland Islands, and the Platte River in
Nebraska.
THEMES: wildlife, birds, ecosystems, photography, geography
DATE: Tuesday, February 13, 2018
TIME: 10:00AM
LENGTH: The show will run about 1 hour (Please allow 1 hour and 30 minutes for
seating and dismissal, more time if your group would like to visit the museum.)
LOCATION: National Geographic, 1145 17 th St NW, Washington DC, 20009
DISCIPLINE: Humanities (Civics/Social Studies/History/Geography); Visual Arts /
Photography / Film
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS: Science, Geography, DCPS Framework for Arts
Learning
GRADES: 5-8
TICKET CAPACTIY: 200 tickets. (Please limit request to approximately 50 students per school, if possible so we can reach as many schools as possible. Smaller groups are easiest to accommodate in our transportation budget.)