Architecture and the Tempe Center for the Arts provides activities that teachers or parents of elementary children can use

• to prepare children for a visit to the Tempe Center for the Arts (TCA),
• to focus their attention during a visit and
• to plan a building after their visit.

Teacher/Parent introduction
Lesson one: Questor’s Tale
Lesson two: Tempe Center for the Arts visit
Lesson three: Building with shapes

Resources
Exploring with Questor
Tempe Center for the Arts exploration
Questor’s questions
Architect label
Building on a River: Questor’s Tale (video)
Under construction
Designing the Tempe Center for the Arts
Building with shapes
Sample plan for a surf shop