Videoconference - RUS grant partners

ALBANY INSTITUTE, Albany, NY
www.albanyinstitute.org/resources/index.htm
Distance learning lessons that use videoconferencing to conduct "virtual field trips" to the Albany Institute; content is adaptable to grades K through 12; topics include: Colonial America, Ancient Egypt, Portraits, and the Hudson River School. The Institute is offering two free programs per year to students with special needs. In addition, field trips will be $100 a program, with up to 2 sites connected and no more than 30 students participating.

BASEBALL HALL OF FAME, Cooperstown, NY
www.baseballhalloffame.org/education/units/default.htm
Using baseball as the foundation, the Baseball Hall of Fame presents wonderful standards-based programs for all grade levels. Programs include: To the Best of Their Ability, Science of the Sandlot, A Stitch In Time, Lou Gehrig, Going Going Gone!, Before You Could Say "Jackie Robinson", The Business of Baseball, Painting the Corners, Baseball Coast To Coast, Hardball and Handshakes, Batter Up!, Baseball Grows Up and Dirt on Their Skirts. The BHOF is offering RUS grant schools videoconference programs for half-price, or $50 instead of the usual $100.

Join us for an innovative learning adventure as we present our Distance Learning school programs to your school. Programs are scheduled as to the particular scheduling needs of your students and include guided program activities for every program. Pre and Post Activity Packets that incorporate important learning objectives are included to prepare for and enhance the learning experience for your students. Also, for all programs you will be mailed an activity box a week before the program to use in the pre or post visit activities as well as during the program. Programs include: Growing up in Ancient Egypt, grades 3-8; Fascinating Fossils, grades 1-6; and It's Right There Under Your Feet!, grades 3-6. Some programs can be adapted for higher or lower grade levels. Buffalo Museum is offering RUS grant schools a third program free after the purchase of two programs.

CARNEGIE MUSEUM, Pittsburg, PA
www.carnegiemnh.org/doe/IDEA/index.htm
Exciting educational moments occur when close-up cameras are used to visually explore structures as familiar as a robin's nest or as unusual as a tiger beetle's compound eye. The Museum offers three videoconference options: single session programs on a wide variety of topics, meet the scientist programs at specified dates and times, and IDEA (Integrated Distance Education Activities) programs in which a videoconference is part of a multi-lesson unit. Single session programs include: Bats, Owls, Groundhog Day, Birds as Builders, Insects & Us, Dino-Mite Dinosaurs, Dinosaur Diversity, Dinosaur Extinction, Ancient Egypt, Canadian Artic, People of the Longhouse, and Rocks & Minerals. The Museum is offering two sites to connect for the cost of one during a scheduled videoconference program.

CHILDREN'S HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER, Milwaukee, WI
www.bluekidsonline.org/video_conferencing.asp
The Children's Health Education Center provides videoconferencing programs in the areas of Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug Abuse education and in Surviving Adolescence, both for grades 6-8. The Health Center is offering 10 programs for $75 each instead of the usual $125.

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, Cleveland, OH
www.clevelandart.org/educef/distance/HTML/4312127.html
Distance Learning at The Cleveland Museum of Art allows classes to connect with the CMA and enrich their studies of history, language arts, science, math and the visual arts through our collection of art and artifacts from around the world. Programs include: A is for Apple, African Art, L'Art de L'Afrique, African Masks, America's Story through Art Series, Ancient American Art, Arms Armor & Simple Machines, the Art * Science of natural Dyes, Art + Science, the Art of Adornment, Aztec Maya and More!, The Chemistry of Art Series, Contemporary Art, Diversity/Neighborhood & Urban Issues, Egyptomania Series, Eye on the Moon, Form/Function & Faith, Gods & Heroes from Greece & Rome, Gods & Heroes of India, Gods & Heroes of the Maya, The Harlem Renaissance, Impressionism, Italian Art, Japanese Art, Knights/Castles & Kings, Math Connections in Art, Medieval Masterpieces, Modernism, Museum Careers, Native Americans & Settlers, "Race" is the Four Letter Word, Renaissance Painting, Scary Art, Spanish ARt and Tessellation Exploration! The Museum is offering a discount when two sites connect for the same videoconference.

COSI, Columbus, Ohio
www.cosi.org/programs/ee.htm
Bring COSI into your classroom. Program offerings include shows via video conferencing, featuring simple machines, live surgery, and science experts. Gadget works programs are discounted to $180 and multiple sites can connect. The Experts programs are discounted to $115, with some free programs available as well.

COLD SPRING VILLAGE, Cape May, NJ
www.hcsv.org On the left column menu, select education, then distance learning
Historic Cold Spring Village is a non-profit open-air living history museum dedicated to preserving the rich heritage of southern New Jersey and America. Programs include history of the region, American and World History. Programs are offered for all grade levels and can be adapted for appropriate grade levels. Videoconference programs that are available include: A Child's School Day in the 1800's, A Father's Day in the 1800's, A Mother's Day in the 1800's, Hearth & Home, Show and Tell, From Horses to Horsepower, The Red Badge of Courage, and The Story of Old Glory. For the purposes of the grant, Cold Spring Village is offering one free program for each program purchased.

DISCOVERY CENTER, Springfield, MO
http://www.discoverycenter.org/distancelearning.php
Video conferencing can take your class around the world in a day. Learn how you can bring science to your classroom by visiting top educational facilities worldwide. Programs include Bon Appetit, Bridging Forces, Chemistry Capers, Chopstick China, Ecology Exploration, The Gene Scene, Initial Incision, Jump into Japan, Magnet Mania, Magnifico Mexico, To the Moon and Beyond, Simply Marvelous Machines, Native American Use of the bison, Animal Awareness, Exploring Owls, Exploring Raptors, Snakes of the Ozarks. Grade levels vary, see website for details. For the grant, the Discovery Center will allow, for any program scheduled, a second site to connect for no additional fee.

NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER, FORT DISCOVERY, Augusta, GA
http://www.nscdiscovery.org/eo/outreachprograms/distancelearning/livevideo.html
Fort Discovery is offering 12 programs for cost of 10. Programs include: Amazing Sound, Colors of Chemistry, I'm All Charged Up, Kitchen Cabinet Science, Magic of Air, Magnetism: A Strong Attraction, Nitrogen: Earth's Most Abundant Gas, Physics Balancing Act, The Simpler the Better, Vision Light & Color. Grade levels 3-12. See the website for details on each program.

HEALTH SPACE CLEVELAND, Cleveland, Ohio
www.healthspacecleveland.org/education/classlistings.asp?mode=2
As the country’s number one provider of health and life science education, HealthSpace Cleveland brings real-life learning experiences into your classroom. Programs include: Just Senseless, You Are What You Eat, Keep on Smiling, Bodyworks, Bug off Bugs!, Body Blueprints, Wonder of New Life, Growing Up and Liking It, Inner Factory, Guard Your Smile, Girls2Women, Picture Perfect, Genetic Revolution, Sports Nutrition, Disease Detectives, Caught in the Web, Drugs 301, and HIV/AIDS. HealthSpace will allow up to three sites and 30 students to connect for one program. There are bundles of programs as well, at discounted prices. See the website for more information.

MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM, Milwaukee, WI
education.mpm.edu/distance/programs.php
The Milwaukee Public Museum is a museum of human and natural history that provides a dynamic and stimulating environment for learning. Through its Passport Distance Learning series, the Museum delivers standards-based videoconference programming. Programs include: Ancient Egypt, North American Indians, Dinosaurs, Egyptian Mummies, Endangered Species, Operation Lepidoptera, and the Tropical Rainforest. These are also many special offerings programs. For the purpose of the grant, the Museum will offer 10 programs discounted to $50 instead of the normal $100.

MUSEUM OF TV AND RADIO, Los Angeles, CA
www.mtr.org/edu/distance_la_classes.htm
The Museum of Radio and TV will offer programs to the RUS grant schools at the discounted cost of $100 per program instead of $125. Programs are available for all grade levels and a large variety of topics. Programs include: Muppets & Puppets, Fractured Fairy Tales, Around the World, Tuned in Animation, The California Gold Rush, Space on Television, Television & Advertising, The Civil Rights Movement, Hitchcock on the Box, The Art of Television Documentary, Animation and Raising the Curtain on the Cold War.

PANHANDLE PLAINS MUSEUM, Canyon, TX
This program will introduce the student to the Exhibits Department at Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum and take them through an overview of the process of planning, fabricating and installing a typical museum exhibition. The student will learn about the staff involved and their roles. The materials and equipment utilized in the process. The student will also learn what kinds of training and skills are needed to work in the field including examples of the mathematical calculations and formulas used in the planning and fabrication process.

PUPPETRY ART CENTER, Atlanta, GA
www.puppet.org/edu/dis_programs.shtml
The Center for Puppetry Arts offers Distance Learning programs for PreK-12. Students are briefly introduced to different styles of puppets from around the world (1st grade and up). Students participate in learning activities about a topic and create a working puppet of their very own to use in the classroom. A comprehensive study guide and materials list is provided for each program. All puppet materials are easy to find and of little, if any, cost. Middle and High School programs are designed to encourage dialogue between the presenter and participating students. Programs include: Dinosaurs, Butterflies, Gingerbread Boy, Exploring Africa, spiders, Plants, Rainforest, Native Americans, Africa, Discovering Puppetry in Other Cultures, The Legacy of Anne Frank, Puppet Manipulation, Edgar Allan Poe, Don Quixote/Faust/A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Stage Design. The Center will allow two schools to participate during any scheduled program.