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Beverly Hills, California and New York City. Videoconferencing with the Museum allows teachers and students access to the archive of over 100,000 television and radio programs. These act as a window to the past and present, illuminating significant events in our nation's history and culture. A Museum Educator focuses on a particular subject, using clips from the Museum’s collection as a basis for discussion. Classes are sixty to ninety-minutes long. Ninety minute classes can be adapted into two forty-five minute sessions. $125 per session
Programs include:
Muppets and Puppets, Fractured Fairy Tales, Tooned in to Animation, The Fine Art
of Persuasion: Television & Advertising, The Civil Rights Movement, The Master
of Suspense: Hitchcock, Animation: Not Just for Saturday Morning, Presidential
Campaign Ads, Raising the Curtain on the Cold War, From Rockets to the Red
Planet: Space on Television, Portrayals of Women on Television, The
Thirty-Second Candidate: Political Advertising on Television, The Living Room
War: Television & Vietnam. |
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| The next best thing to visiting the Hall of Fame is participating in a videoconference. The EBBETS Field Trip Series (Electronically Bringing Baseball Education To Students) transports the wonders of Cooperstown to your very own classroom. Choose any of our 10 thematic units and participate in a live, interactive lesson with a Museum educator. Learning objectives and artifacts abound in this hour long visit to one of America's premier education destinations. Programs include:
American History: A Stitch in Time, Fine Arts: Painting the Corners,
Communication Arts: Going, Going, Gone!, Geography: Baseball Coast to Coast,
Cultural Diversity: Before You Could Say "Jackie Robinson", Mathematics: Batter
Up!, Economics: The Business of Baseball, Technology: Baseball Grows Up, Women's
History: Dirt on their Skirts, Character Education: The Iron Horse. |
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| A hands-on puppet
building activity is tied into interactive learning activities for
K-middle school audience. For high school, interaction with the artists
themselves on programs written and adapted for this age group is offered. Study
guides are available to download from the website. Programs include:
Dinosaurs, Butterflies, Gingerbread Boy, Exploring Africa, Spiders, Plants,
Rainforest, Native Americans, Africa, Discovering Puppetry in other Cultures,
The Legacy of Anne Frank, Introduction to Puppet Manipulation, Edgar Allan Poe,
Don Quixote- Faust or a Midsummer Night's Dream, Stage Design for Puppet
Theater. Click here
for their 2006-07 brochure. |
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| Home to astronaut
training and the International Space Station Program, it is located outside
Houston, Texas. Visit them via a live interactive videoconference. Suggested
topics to consider meeting various standards include microgravity, aerospace
careers, space tools and food, astronomy, and of course the virtual visit
through the International Space Station. Each event may have at least four
schools participating via a bridge. No Charge. Programs include: A Place in
Space, Bodies in Orbit Expedition, Caution: Falling Everything!, Earth According
to WORF Expedition, Our Solar Neighborhood Expedition, Space Basics 101, Space
Farming Expedition, Space Food, SpaceBots Expedition, X-Flight Expedition. |
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| One, two and three-hour workshops for teachers on using the Library of Congress’s site and resources. Open scheduling. Contact Judy Graves (202) 707-2562 or office 707-4158 need local facilitator, some workshops need extra time for participants to work after conference is over. Training sessions are free other than the cost of dialing to them. Programs are designed for teacher training, but can be adapted for student presentations by request. Programs include:
Library of Congress ONLINE!, Treasure Hunting, Working with Primary Sources,
make It and Take It!, Gathering Your Community's Stories, The Spy Map and
General Washington, Congress Present & Past.
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Live, interactive programs right in your classroom! Join COSI's fantastic team in a videoconference that involves students in hands-on activities and demonstrations. Each program includes hands-on materials for 30 students that will be used during the 45-60 minute show and materials for many additional hours of in-class activities.
Programs include: Gadget Works, Ecology, Surgical Suite, Open Heart Surgery,
Knee Replacement Surgery and Autopsy. |
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| Carnegie Museum of Natural History is proud to offer the Integrated Distance Education Activities (IDEA) program, a groundbreaking Distance Learning initiative that combines our scientific and educational expertise with modern technology to deliver an unrivaled educational experience.
Programs include: Bats!, Owls!, Groundhog Day, Birds as Builders, Insects and
Us, Dino-mite Dinosaurs, Dinosaur Diversity, Dinosaur Extinction, Ancient Egypt,
Survival in the Canadian Arctic, The People of the Longhouse, Rocks and
Minerals, Meet the Scientists Series, and Integrated Distance Learning
Activities (IDEA). |
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A leader in marine science
education is housed in Sarasota, Florida. The distance learning program,
which is known as "SeaTrek" offers a variety of videoconference
programs. Favorites include "Sharks: Devouring the Myths" where students
examine facts about sharks and "Sea Turtles: Amazing Reptiles of the
Sea" focusing on the conservation of sea turtles. $145 for 45-60 minute
sessions, open scheduling.
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Cranbrook Institute of Science
Science on the Screen! programs address national standards and
align with Michigan Curriculum Frameworks. Each 45-minute program is completely
interactive and includes complete support materials. All programs except the
teacher workshop are $120 per session plus any line charges that may apply.
Programs includes: Ice Ages, Great Lakes of American Indians, Bats of the
World!, Watershed Ecology, and the Expert Series. Most programs are for
grades 3-12. |
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| update by
JMcDaniel
on 12/6/07 |
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