Grades Pre-K-3: I Spy.. Outdoor Safety

February - May

Do you like to play I Spy? This fun interactive program will teach your students important outdoor safety tips while playing I Spy using pictures and video clips. They will learn how to have fun and stay safe while pursuing outdoor activities. Health care professionals will discuss and demonstrate many important safety issues including: bike safety, the correct way to wear helmets and other protective gear when riding wheeled equipment, the importance of seatbelts and booster seats, playground safety tips, water safety and the best type of personal flotation devices. Students can ask questions and participate in fun quiz questions throughout the program.

Students will get to play a game of interactive "I Spy" utilizing pictures and video clips. A recap at the end will help them retain what they have learned.

-learn safety rules for riding bicycles and scooters
-learn safety rules for playing on the playground
-learn safety rules for using seatbelts in a car
-learn safety rules around water and swimming pools

Barry Boardman
barryb@cookchildrens.org
801 7th Ave.
Fort Worth, TX 76104
United States
Phone: (682) 885-4172
Fax: (682) 885-6140

Program Length: 45 Minutes
Cost: $95 per site.

Refer to http://www.cilc.org/program_detail_new.aspx?id=1799 for dates and times.

Grades K-6: Adaptation Exploration: Owls

Grades vary per time offering. Cost: $140 per site. January 29 (10:30 - 11:20), February 15 (multiple times) and February 29 (multiple times)

Owls are remarkable birds and serve as an incredible model for your students learn about form, function, and adaptations! Leishawn Spotted Bear will make these concepts come alive using interactive activities and the Museum's outstanding bird collection. Young students (K-2nd) will focus on the function of different body parts and bird characteristics, while older students (3rd-5th) will use body parts and systems to discuss adaptations and to compare/contrast birds with other types of animals. Both programs integrate language arts techniques (so have your students bring a journal or pencil and paper) and feature live animals. Owl pellets are incredible tools to understanding food webs. Our staff will begin an owl pellet dissection with your class that can continue even after the program is concluded.

To register go to www.Connect2Texas.net .

Connect2Texas is a service offered by Education Service Center Region XI
3001 North Freeway
Fort Worth, TX 76106
(817) 740-3607

Grades 6-8: All About Matter

January 24
1:45 - 2:35

Combine bubbles, eyedroppers, air in different states and you have an incredibly interactive program with Anne Herndon, from the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. We will focus on the unusual characteristics of water, use process skills to observe and ask questions using bubbles, and play with components of air in solid, liquid and gaseous states. Your students actively participate with staff throughout the program as they learn more about the interaction between different states of matter.

Cost: $140 per site

To register go to www.Connect2Texas.net .

Connect2Texas is a service offered by Education Service Center Region XI
3001 North Freeway
Fort Worth, TX 76106
(817) 740-3607

Grades K-2: The Animals of the Mitten

January 24 & February 1 Multiple Times

The Mitten by Jan Brett is a delightful book based on a Ukrainian folktale. A child's lost mitten plays host to a wide variety of wild animals. In this program, learn the true natural history of the fascinating creatures from the story with Lucy Hale, Museum science staff. Your students will act out portions of the tale, meet the Museum's hedgehogs while learning about animal parts (adaptations), animal needs, and predator/prey relationships. Other specimens from our collection will be used to help deepen your class' understanding of these fundamental life science concepts. You will receive a copy of The Mitten with your registration for this program.

Cost is $140 per site.

To register go to www.Connect2Texas.net .

Connect2Texas is a service offered by Education Service Center Region XI
3001 North Freeway
Fort Worth, TX 76106
(817) 740-3607

Grades 3-5: Animal Skull Investigation!

January 24 & February 5 (multiple times)


This interactive presentation allows students the opportunity to investigate skulls of native Texas animals. Unique adaptive traits will be discussed and students will ge asked to look for clues to determinwre the identity and feeding habits of our mystery specimens.

Cost: $55 per site.

To register go to www.Connect2Texas.net .

Connect2Texas is a service offered by Education Service Center Region XI
3001 North Freeway
Fort Worth, TX 76106
(817) 740-3607

Grades 5-12: Witnesses and Voices of the Holocaust

WITNESSES AND VOICES of the HOLOCAUST" are videoconferences presented by aging, eye-witness Holocaust survivors. Eleven million people were killed in the Nazi Holocaust including 6 million Jews, and these presenters survived to live on and tell the stories. Old photographs shared by these Holocaust survivors suggest distant memories that bring the reality of the Holocaust into sharp focus. Subtle yet powerful, historical and personal, these videoconferences will employ emotional and powerful words and images strung together to weave stories of triumph over adversity.

These six presenters will challenge students NOT to forget the lessons from the Holocaust. The stated goal is never to forget, but the question remains of how to remember the Holocaust for students who may have little or no knowledge of World War II. The Virtual School’s answer is to focus on the survival of refugees from the Holocaust.

“Witnesses and Voices of the Holocaust” offers firsthand accounts from survivors of all kinds. . . . those who lived through the war in hiding, in ghettos, in camps, by escaping, or in active resistance to Nazi rule. This videoconference shows how many Holocaust survivors found their way through unimaginable hardship and suffering to find new lives of purpose and dignity.
These videoconferences will celebrate the courage of the survivors and spotlight the Holocaust as the pre-eminent modern example of the fruits of hatred, intolerance, ignorance and mass manipulation. "WITNESSES AND VOICES of the HOLOCAUST" will have a lasting impact on everyone who participates.

All video conferences are available at 9 AM and 10 AM CENTRAL TIME
Cost: $75.00
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Thursday, March 6
Paul Fleming
"Prelude to the Holocaust: A Historical Overview"

Wednesday, March 12
Frances Cutler
“Angels Among Us. . . . in my Hiding Place”

Thursday, March 27
Eric Rosenfeld
“Sanctuary via Kindertransport”

Thursday, April 3
Eva Rosenfeld
“Journey to America: Haven Project”

Wednesday, April 9
Esther Loeb
“Life and Death in the Camps”

Thursday, April 24
Jimmy Gentry
“Liberator of Dachau Concentration Camp”

Register online at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/registration.htm
Questions: Chandra Allison, at (615) 322-6511 or email Chandra at chandra.allison@vanderbilt.edu

Grades K-8: In the News: Rodeos and Range Riders by Amon Carter Museum

Cowtown is in the news! The Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo —the oldest continually running livestock show in the nation and the world’s original indoor rodeo—opened January 11 and runs through February 3rd. Do you want to know more about the life of an American cowboy? Gather 'round the camp fire and experience the story through the eyes and words of an historical re enactor. See and hear from cowboys around an authentic chuck wagon and learn about the cowboy lifestyle as depicted through works of art in the Amon Carter’s museum’s collection. Most sites will be view only. This program is a variation of the Carter program entitled Cowboy Close-Up.

February 1, 2008 9:00 - 9:30 AM (10:00-10:30 Eastern) Grades: K - 8th

Click here to register .

Most sites will be "view only" !
Texas Schools: Offered FREE for all districts connected to an Education Service Center's videoconferencing network.

Outside of Texas: Offered FREE .

Gerri Maglia gmaglia@esc11.net or Lori Hamm lhamm@esc11.net
Education Service Center
Region XI
3001 North Freeway
Fort Worth, TX 76106
(817) 740-3607

Grade 4-12: Student writing and learning workshops with Adora Svitak

10 year old inspiring teacher Adora Svitak

Internationally published author and speaker Adora Svitak ( 10 years old ) offers many writing and learning workshop through CILC.ORG website
http://www.cilc.org/search/content-provider.aspx?id=218

For more info about Adora Svitak, please visit her website at http://www.adorasvitak.com/

With her down-to-earth charm and audacious wit, writer and literacy expert Adora Svitak embodies the benefits of creative learning. Adora has been teaching writing workshops since she published her first book at age seven.

She has been featured on Oprah, CNN's Young People Who Rock, NBC Nightly News, and countless other programs. Adora's presentations feature live writing demonstrations, interactive activities, and storytelling. Her social studies workshops teach kids (and teachers) how to use writing as a creative learning tool across disciplines. Adora provides kids with a tangible and exciting example of where writing can take them.

She has received many rave reviews from participating schools and classes.To reserve and request your spot, please visit http://www.cilc.org/search.aspx?q=&restrict=cilc_programs&requiredfields=CILC_ID_SECONDARY%3a218

You can also write an e-mail to Joyce@adorasvitak.com to get more info about Adora's program.

To watch her CNN interview, please click here CNN http://www.cnn.com/exchange/blogs/ypwr/2007/07/adora-svitak.html

Adora's TV
http://www.adora.tv/
Adora's website
http://www.adorasvitak.com/
425-882-1603