Gr 3-5 Muskingum Valley ESC January Spotlight Student Sessions

Hi Everyone!

Happy New Year!  The Muskingum Valley ESC is spotlighting the following student sessions for the month of January…

“Snow” Much Fun!

Winter can be a dreary time when students are wishing to be outside and productivity in the classroom seems to dwindle.  Pump up your students with a little bit of winter fun while they learn about the seasonal changes in weather and explore snowflakes at the same time! An introduction to “Snowflake Bentley and his snowflake theories and photography, will help students connect geometry and math to the weather. 

Grades K-3

Follow your Dreams! (Martin Luther King)

This special event takes an up close look at an American hero, Martin Luther King Jr.  His background information will be explored along with the heroic actions he endeavored throughout his life.  Students will learn the significance of Martin LutherKing Day and discuss how this hero has impacted their lives

Grades 3-5

Who Needs Me? ...symbiotic relationships

This session identifies the three major symbiotic relationships: mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism. Topics discussed in this session include: predator, prey, host, symbiosis, commensalism, parasitism, and mutualism.

Grades 4-6

Web Browsers…A Look at Food Chains and Webs

This fast-paced, fully illustrated class geared toward fourth and fifth graders is an introductory approach to food chains and webs.  Vocabulary investigated includes energy, producers, consumers, carnivore, omnivores, herbivores, community.  The transfer of energy is fully described in a class activity, and students will interactively create their own food chains and webs. The class ends with a review game.

Grades 4-5 

If you have a class interested in any of the above lessons, please register online, or contact me for questions.  All connections are $85.00 per site/30 student maximum.  Spots are filling very quickly!  If you are interested in participating, please register as soon as possible!

Leslie

     Leslie Charles

      Distance Learning Coordinator

      Muskingum Valley ESC

      205 N 7^th Street

      Zanesville, Ohio 43701

     lcharles@mvesc.k12.oh.us

     740-452-4518 x 133

      www.mvesc.k12.oh.us

Connect2Texas would like to introduce our newest provider Museum of Nature & Science

Let the Museum of Nature & Science come to you with hands-on education programs that support the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and the National Science Education Standards. Check out their first four programs! Dates and times are available for registration on the Connect2Texas calendar. Scholarship money is also available from the museum if you register for two of their sessions on the same day. Please contact Scott Patterson at sciencecast@natureandscience.org for requesting specific dates/times and for scholarship information.

ABC's of Chemistry
Grades 2-8
$125 interactive/$30 view only
Chemistry can be fun! This class will introduce children to the basics of chemistry, states of matter, and mass of everyday objects. Through hands-on experiments and demonstrations students will determine whether a chemical or physical reaction is taking place using fun, non-threatening materials.

Sounds Abound
Grades 4-8
$125 interactive/$30 view only

We experience many sounds everyday...from birds singing to police sirens. But what is sound? What is the difference between music and noise? Discover the physics of sound with this hands-on interactive program that explores such topics as vibration, amplitude, frequency, pitch, musical notes, noise, and the Doppler Effect.

Adapt to Survive
Grades K-7
$125 interactive/$30 view only

Students will learn about physical and behavioral adaptations that enable animals to live in many diverse Texas ecosystems. Students will explore which animals live in their neighborhood and understand the adaptations that allow these animals to survive in their urban backyard! Various taxidermy specimens, skulls, shells, and other objects will be used to engage students in a lively discussion for this program.

CSI: Mystery Dot
Grades 4-6
$125 interactive/$30 view only

Mrs. Parker, the 6th grade English teacher, knows someone looked at her grade book while she was out of the room. There was a small black smudge that she knew wasn't there before and she needs to know who left it there! Students will learn about matter and mixtures while using paper chromatography to solve the mystery and determine exactly who looked in Mrs. Parker's book. Was it Laura, Stacey, Derek, or Paul? Only you will know!

Lori Hamm
3001 North Freeway
Fort Worth, TX 76106
(817) 740-7516
lhamm@esc11.net

www.Connect2Texas.net

Gr K-5 Lunar New Year

Celebrate the Year of the Dragon! Learn about how Lunar New Year celebrations began in China while seeing artwork and artifacts from China and other Asian countries. Hear the story of Nian, the mythical dragon-creature that plagued Chinese villages, and create a simple dragon rod-puppet. Learn how many New Years traditions started and how they are used today.

28 sessions are available on the January calendar so go to www.Connect2Texas.net and register!

The Old Jail Art Center offers one of their most popular programs from last year.

Lunar New Year
Grades K-5
$75 per site (includes materials)

Connect2Texas is a service offered by 
Education Service Center Region XI
and the
Region Eleven Telecommunications Network

Lori Hamm
3001 North Freeway
Fort Worth, TX 76106
(817) 740-7516
lhamm@esc11.net

www.Connect2Texas.net

Gr 5-8 Sunup to Sundown: The Slave Life of Slammin' Joe

Students learn about the life of one of Washington's enslaved workers, Slammin' Joe, who dug ditches and only had time to visit his wife and children -- who worked in the fields -- during his one day off on Sunday. Slammin' Joe engages students in a dialog about the practice of slavery in early America.


Program Format:
1) Slammin' Joe introduces himself and gives an approximately 15-minute monolog about his life.
2) Students spend approximately 15 minutes asking Slammin' Joe questions about his life and slavery


Interactive Cost: $100.00


Program Length: 30 minutes


Request this Program Now

George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate

Becca Milfeld
bmilfeld@mountvernon.org
Po Box 110
Mount Vernon, VA  22121
United States
Phone: (703) 799-8627


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