FREE Grade 7-12 Earth Day: Building Green

Celebrate Earth Day by learning what it means to “build green.” Tour the headquarters of Alberici Constructors, the world’s only LEED® Platinum and 4 Green Globes certified building. Interact with corporate personnel to find out how the building was constructed and how its “green” systems operate.

Our 10:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time program will focus on the external aspects of the building. Find out how the headquarters was constructed utilizing recycled and re-used materials. See how the building’s site orientation and window choices utilize the position of the sun to enhance natural light inside the building and energy efficiency as well. View the natural prairie restoration project that forms the grounds of the headquarters site. Learn how the site collects rainwater and utilizes it for the building’s water systems and how the company produces some of the energy needed to run the building through their on-site wind turbine.

Our 1:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time program will delve into the internal aspects of the building. Find out how the building’s ventilation systems utilize natural air flow, reduce energy costs, and enhance indoor air quality. See how the use of natural daylight and air ventilation and the building’s “white noise” system affects worker productivity. Ask questions about the unique “flushing” equipment utilized in the building as part of its water systems. View the variety of easily renewable materials such as cork and bamboo that are used in the building’s interior and learn how “green practices” also extend to the company’s cafeteria operation and employee lifestyle choices during their workday.

We look forward to “building green” with you on Earth Day, 2010.
Program Format:
The program will focus on the process and materials used to “build green” at Alberici Constructors world headquarters in Overland, Missouri. Throughout the program students will be able to ask questions of Alberici personnel as we cover the topics outlined.

10:00 a.m. CDT Program Order—The 10:00 a.m. CDT program will cover the following:

1. Welcome and Introduction—Student groups and experts will be introduced and welcomed to the program.
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2. Construction Process—Students will see images of the site prior to construction of the new building as well and during the construction process and learn how elements already on the site were utilized in the new construction.

3. Site Orientation—Students will explore how the building’s “sawtooth” element enhances the use of natural light for the building and tour the grounds of the site restored to a natural prairie environment.

4. Water and Energy Operations—Find out how the site utilizes natural rainwater runoff for its water systems, how the company’s on-site wind turbine contributes to energy cost reductions, and how the building’s window design also affect energy costs and worker productivity.

5. Summary and Closing—We’ll summarize the major concepts learned today, seek final questions from students.

1:00 p.m. CDT Program Order—The 1:00 p.m. CDT program will cover the following:

1. Welcome and Introduction—Student groups and experts will be introduced and welcomed to the program.
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2. Ventilation and Water Systems—Find out how the building utilizes natural airflow patterns in its ventilation systems and how it operates in an enhanced cost-effective manner. View examples of the building’s low flush and no flush toilet system and other methods used to reduce water consumption on site.

3. Use of Interior Materials—See how easily renewable resources such as cork and bamboo are used throughout the building along with other “greener” decorative and architectural materials.

4. Lifestyle Operations—Find out how the building’s various systems (white noise, ventilation, climate control, etc.) enhance worker productivity and view the company’s cafeteria operation and other practices that enhance “green” living in the building.

5. Summary and Closing—We’ll summarize the major concepts learned today, seek final questions from students.

Program Date	Program Time	Network Time	Registration Deadline
All times below are displayed in Eastern Daylight Time, as specified in your profile.
4/22/2010	11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	04/19/2010
4/22/2010	2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	04/19/2010

Schedule this program through CILC: http://is.gd/bfvlX

Contact Information

Helen Headrick utilization@hectv.org 3655 Olive St St Louis, MO 63108 United States Phone: (314) 531-4455

Grades 5-12: Nanotechnology: The next BIG wave of innovation

“NANOTECHNOLOGY: The next BIG wave of innovation”

REGISTER online for all videoconferences: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/registration.htm

Target audience: students in grades 5 - 12
Times: 9:00 - 9:45AM and 10:00 - 10:45AM (CENTRAL time zone)
Format: 45-minutes formatted into 30-minute presentation, and then
15-20 minute Q & A
Cost: $75 per site
Questions: Chandra Allison, at (615) 322-6511 or email chandra.allison@vanderbilt.edu

THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010 –
“NANOTECHNOLOGY: The next BIG wave of innovation”
Presenter: Dr. James Crowe
Think small, really, really small. Imagine the smallest thing that you can see and then imagine that we can make things that are 1/1000 that size. Nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter at a scale of 1 to 100 nanometers. Using nanotechnology scientists can control molecules at an atomic level and create materials with unique properties. Nanotechnology is being used to make every day things like clothing, sports equipment and medical devices better. For example, carbon nanotubes, thin tubes made of carbon that are 1/50,000 the width of a hair, are being used to make tennis rackets that are very strong.
Why does nanotechnology generate worldwide excitement?
Working at the nanoscale, scientists are creating new tools, products, and technologies to address some of the world’s biggest challenges, to improve lives, and to contribute to worldwide economic growth.
These include:
? clean, affordable energy
? stronger, lighter, more durable materials
? low-cost filters to provide clean drinking water
? medical devices and drugs to detect and treat diseases more effectively with fewer side effects
? lighting that uses only a fraction of energy
? sensors to detect and identify harmful chemical and biological agents
? techniques to clean up hazardous chemicals in the environment
We should expect significant changes in specific fields where nanotech products can make a big difference.
Come join Dr. James Crowe in this videoconference and learn about emerging nanotechnologies. The smaller the technology gets, the more "invisible magic" will surround us in our daily life.

Don’t miss this one!
Patsy

Patsy Partin, M.Ed
Director, Virtual School
Vanderbilt University
2007 Terrace Place

Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 322-6384
www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool

Grades K-12: Programs for the Puppetry Center

We have some great PreK-12 IVC programs to tie into your springtime curriculum needs! We are proud recipients of the CILC Pinnacle Award for two consecutive years. All programs meet national curriculum standards. for more We book on demand, so you let us know what date and time works for you.


For Earth Day (April 22nd):

• Butterflies (PreK-2nd) Build a Butterfly Marionette and learn about the lifecycle, camouflage, and insect characteristics of butterflies! TEACHER FAVORITE*
PRE-K VERSION AVAILABLE!!!!

• Plants (1st-3rd) Build a Pop-Up Plant puppet and learn about parts of plants, photosynthesis, and plants and food! GREAT for EARTH DAY

• Tropical Rainforest (3rd-5th) Build a Tropical Bird Rod Puppet and learn about the diverse life of a Tropical Rainforest! GREAT for EARTH DAY

• Spiders (1st-6th-tailored to grade level) - Create a Spider Marionette and learn about web builders, hunters, the lifecycle of a spider, and the differences between spiders and insects! PRESENTER FAVORITE*

For Puppetry Day (April 29th)

All of our programs tie into this day!!


The Distance Learning Team
Center for Puppetry Arts
Patty Petrey Dees, DL Program Director
Sara Burmenko, DL Program Operations Coordinator
Iyabo Shabazz, DL Program Presentation Specialist
Eve Krueger, DL Program Presenter/Assistant

Direct studio line: 404-881-5117
1404 Spring Street, NW at 18th
Atlanta, GA 30309-2820 USA
Facsimile: 404.873.9907
www.puppet.org/edu/distance.shtml
Headquarters of UNIMA-USA
Member of Theatre Communications Group & Atlanta Coalition of Performing Arts

Grades K-3: Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center

Down On the Farm

K-3
Students will finally get the answers to those brain burning questions like…”Why do pigs roll in the mud?”, and “Why are some eggs white, and others are brown?”. Experiments and farm artifacts will take kids on a virtual field trip to the farm! Don’t miss the opportunity for your students to find the answers to these questions and more! It is definitely a connection that they will not soon forget!

Egg-Citing Animals and Egg-Speriments

K-3
No “yolk’s” about it folks, this video conference will keep your students engaged for an entire 60 minutes! This lesson is packed full of “dozens” of egg facts, fun, experiments, and literature.
Topics explored include:
·Dr. Seuss (author discussion, and shared reading of “Green Eggs and Ham”)
·Rhyming Words
·Reader’s Theater (Shared student reading of poetry selection)
·Identification of main ideas, characters, and supporting details
·Science Link: Oviparous Animals
·Math Link: Group Graphing, prediction, and observation

This lesson is perfect for celebrating Dr. Seuss’s March birthday or incorporating it into Spring or Easter classroom activities.

From Egg to Butterfly

K-3
This distance learning This distance learning event looks at the life cycle of the magical butterfly. The life cycle stages and butterfly development will be explored in this interactive lesson. Topics discussed include: habitat, metamorphosis, migration, adaptation. The kids will wrap up this lesson with an interactive game titled: “Who Wants to be a Butterfly”

On Request/By Demand
$75

Leslie Charles
lcharles@mvesc.k12.oh.us
205 North 7th Street
Zanesville, OH 43701
United States
Phone: ext. 133
Fax: (740) 455-6702

Grades 3-12: Japanese Dance Traditions: Old and New

Program Description

The island culture of Japan has many strong traditions in its history, some of them old and some relatively new. This program will explore dance traditions that include: •Bon Odori, a traditional folkdance done as part of a festival honoring and welcoming ancestors for an annual visit •Nihon Buyo a dance form derived from Kabuki and Noh Theatre during the 19th Century •Aikido, a martial art form that is like a partner dance and has been adapted into a form known as “Contact Improvisation” outside of Japan •Yosakoi, a contemporary recreational dance form done to traditional folk songs in Japan and elsewhere today. Participants learn about the use of the fan as a dance prop, the symbol of the Pine Tree, fishing folklore, and the life of regular citizens as they come to appreciate traditions that make Japan a distinctive and unique world culture.They will also portray the Geisha and the Samurai. Students also learn about and practice writing a bit of Japanese kanji – and how, similar to the many movements in Japanese Dance, Japanese pictograms (kanji) are self-contained units. Throughout the program, an emphasis will be placed on the theme of tradition & how it evolves with time/societal change. About the presenter: Marc Kotz is a life-long performing artist and teacher who delights in venturing to other cultures and times through the means of dance, theatre, music and educational exploration. His career has taken him around the world (literally and figuratively), delving into diverse cultures and artistic disciplines .He has performed in numerous dance and theatre forms, collaborated on two dozen play/musicals/operas, and has directed/choreographed ten concert-length productions, half of which have original scripts written by him .Marc received a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Iowa as an Iowa Arts Fellow, has taught all ages from pre-school to the aged (including 12 years at the university level), and directs his own arts-integration company Born 2 Move Movement Adventures. LLC. (http://www.Born2Move.org).

Theresa Neuser
efieldtrips@ils.k12.wi.us
UWGB IS 1040
2420 Nicolet Dr
Green Bay, WI 54311
United States
Phone:
Fax: (920) 465-2723

$150
By Request

Grades 5-12: Don't You Know There's A Way On?: The American Home Front in WWII

The Home Front program begins with a brief background describing how the U.S. entered the war. Students ask questions and learn about the challenges of the Home Front: making all the materials we need to win, dealing with food shortages, and keeping America optimistic and “war-minded.” Through photos, posters, editorial cartoons, songs, and speeches, students learn about the triumphs and mistakes that were made at home during the war.

The National WWII Museum [Content Provider Pinnacle Award 2007-08 Honorable Mention, 2008-09] 2007-08 Honorable Mention, 2008-09

Lauren Tilton
virtualclassroom@nationalww2museum.org
The National WWII Museum
945 Magazine St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
United States
Phone: ext. 351
Fax: (504) 527-6088

$100 On-Demand

Grades K-12: On-Demand Programs from Minnesota Shubert Performing Arts & Education Center

Dance Hall Days
Grades 3-12

Dances and the Roaring Twenties
Grades 4-12

Folk Dance Traditions
Grades 1-12

Mad Hot Minnesota
Grades 5-12

Rock 'n Roll Dance Party
Grades 3-12

What a Difference a Century Makes
Grades 6-12

Your Ticket to the World
Grades K-5

The Minnesota Shubert Center will be a new flagship center for dance in Downtown Minneapolis dedicated to providing a performance, rehearsal and administrative home to more than 15 Minnesota arts organizations and educational resources statewide when it opens in early 2011. This new three-building performing arts complex on Hennepin Avenue will also be the Minneapolis venue for the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Integral to the Center’s mission is providing high-quality arts education to students throughout the State of Minnesota.

$175 Each

Jessi Kolodziej
education@mnshubert.org
528 Hennepin Ave S
Suite 303
Minneapolis, MN 55403
United States
Phone:
Fax: (612) 436-4074

Grades 5-12: The Great Explorers series targets Higher Order Thinking Skills!

The Great Explorers series targets Higher Order Thinking Skills! Curriculum emphasizing higher order thinking skills has been found to increase math and reading comprehension scores and to better prepare students for the challenges of adult work and daily life and advanced academic work.

GREAT EXPLORERS

What kinds of people choose a life of exploration, adventure, and even danger, and where would we be without them? Your students will answer those questions as they meet these modern day discoverers and explorers (who have traveled to the far parts of the Earth and even out into Space) and determine their impact on our world.

The Great Explorers videoconference series will provide a window with special emphasis on not just what is known about our world and the Universe but how it has come to be known. This approach reveals the very personal means by which researchers ask questions of the world and empower themselves to create a pathway to an answer.

REGISTER Online for all Videoconferences: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/registration.htm

Target audience: students in grades 5-12
Times: 9:00 - 9:45 and 10:00 - 10:45 AM (CENTRAL time zone)
Format: 45-minutes formatted into 30-minute presentation, and then
15-20 minute Q & A
Cost: $75 per site
Questions: Chandra Allison, at (615) 322-6511 or email chandra.allison@vanderbilt.edu

ONLY 3 remain this semester, but we have already posted one for next October!

1)Thursday, March 18, 2010
Dr. Rick Chappell
"Mission To Mars"

Come and be part of this exciting videoconference as we discuss the challenges and realities of a manned mission to Mars with former NASA astronaut, Dr. Rick Chappell.

A manned mission to Mars will take 9 months to get to Mars, and there is only one launch window every 26 months. All in all, a trip to Mars would take about 21 months: 9 months to get there, 3 months on Mars, and 9 months to get back.


2)Thursday, April 1, 2010
Dr. Bob Schweikert
"What Time is It?: Sundial history, contemporary dials and Earth orbital dynamics"

This lesson and videoconference will help students understand the relationship between the Earth and the sun and how this relationship affects observable phenomena on Earth, such as the seasons and time. Students will reinforce their understanding by diagramming the Earth and sun during different seasons.

Have you ever wondered how people worked out their ideas of telling the time? They used the position of the Sun in the sky. They used sundials to tell the time by looking at the shadow cast by the Sun as it shines on the pointer of a sundial.

3)Thursday, April 22, 2010
Dr. James Crowe
"Nanotechnology, Nanomedicine & Nanobiotechnology"

Join this cutting-edge videoconference so your students can learn how “nano” applies to the real world and the scientific field of NANOTECHNOLOGY.
Students will learn to compare relative sizes to gain a tangible understanding of the size of a nanometer. They can think about the world on the scale of the nanometer using movies such as “Honey I Shrunk the Kids” or “Incredible Voyage” as a springboard for discussion.
With the presenter, students will explore current applications of nanotechnology in various industries, including medicine, space development, environmental protection, and defense.
4) Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - (YES! Next Fall semester!)
Dr. Tiffiny Tung
(Mummy Autopsy)
"Reading the Bones: Skeletons and Mummies of the Past"

Thanks to technology, history, and deductive reasoning, experts are able to access important scientific and cultural information about mummies. In turn, this information usually reveals much about the culture, religion, and daily lives of the members of a civilization. Come and join this videoconference and learn how scientists find out a mummy’s sex, age, diet, social standing, cause of death, or original appearance.

Using a skeletal model (loaned to participating schools), students will be challenged to explore and to learn the procedures, tools, and background knowledge necessary to understand mummies. Students will learn the different ways mummies are preserved, what can be learned from studying mummies, and some of the challenges faced by scientists who study mummies.





Register quickly! These videoconferences will fill up fast!
Patsy

Patsy Partin, M.Ed
Director, Virtual School
Vanderbilt University
2007 Terrace Place
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 322-6384
www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool

Grades 5-12: Mission to Mars

MISSION TO MARS videoconference !!!

REGISTER online for all Videoconferences: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/registration.htm

Target audience: students in grades 5 - 12
Times: 9:00 - 9:45 and 10:00 - 10:45 AM (CENTRAL time zone)
Format: 45-minutes formatted into 30-minute presentation, and then
15-20 minute Q & A
Cost: $75 per site
Questions: Chandra Allison, at (615) 322-6511 or email chandra.allison@vanderbilt.edu

THURSDAY, March 18, 2010 - Mission to Mars
Presenter: Rick Chappell

Ignite and renew an interest in your students becoming astronauts!

Come and be part of this exciting videoconference as we discuss the challenges and realities of a manned mission to Mars with former NASA astronaut and Vanderbilt professor, Dr. Rick Chappell.

A manned mission to Mars will take 9 months to get to Mars, and there is only one launch window every 26 months. All in all, a trip to Mars would take about 21 months: 9 months to get there, 3 months on Mars, and 9 months to get back.

NASA has a long road ahead to develop feasible and affordable approaches for human missions to Mars and beyond. The greatest challenge for a Mars missions is getting there and back because of the huge masses of propellants needed for both legs of the space mission. Food, water, oxygen, and radiation protection are other essential life-support considerations.


Patsy

Patsy Partin, M.Ed
Director, Virtual School
Vanderbilt University
2007 Terrace Place
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 322-6384
www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool

Grades 5-12: WINDOWS ON THE WORLD series in April from Vanderbilt Virtual School

WINDOWS ON THE WORLD series in April from Vanderbilt Virtual School !!
Today's students are heirs to a world that grows smaller and more interconnected with each day. This semester our "Windows on the World" series gives students opportunities to learn about some lesser known countries and people groups to broaden students' views of the world and to increase their international literacy.

Each presenter will discuss his/her particular country and share the geographic location, the landmarks, government, culture, homes, food, and transportation of that country. The worldview of your students will expand as they learn more about different cultures.
Lesson plans and/or descriptions are available online for each topic!

REGISTER Online for all Videoconferences: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/registration.htm

Target audience: students in grades 5 -12
Times: 9:00 - 9:45 and 10:00 - 10:45 AM (CENTRAL time zone)
Format: 45-minutes formatted into 30-minute presentation, and then
15-20 minute Q & A
Cost: $75 per site
Questions: Chandra Allison, at (615) 322-6511 or email chandra.allison@vanderbilt.edu

FOUR videoconference topics:

1) TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2010 - "EGYPT"
Presenter: Sherif Barsoum

EGYPT has captured the imagination as words such as the Nile, pyramids,
King Tut, and mummies evoke images of mystery and grandeur in our minds. Egypt
is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia.


Egypt is one of the most populous countries in Africa and the Middle East. The large areas of the Sahara Desert are sparsely inhabited. About half of Egypt's residents live in urban areas, with the majority spread across the densely-populated centers of greater Cairo, Alexandria and other major cities in the Nile Delta.



2)WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2010 – “UYGHURS (Ethnic Group in Western CHINA)”
Presenter: Stacey Irvin

The Uyghurs are a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia. Today Uyghurs live primarily in the Xinjiang province (Uyghurstan) in the People’s Republic of China. Most Uyghurs are Sunni Muslim Turks. In modern usage, Uyghur refers to settled Turkic urban dwellers and farmers of Kashgaria or Uyghurstan who follow traditional Central Asian sedentary practices, as distinguished from nomadic Turkic populations in Central Asia. The Bolsheviks reintroduced the term Uyghur to replace the previously used "Turk". Uyghurs are recognized as a separate ethnic group by the Chinese government.

Large diasporic communities of Uyghurs exist in the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. Smaller communities are found in Mongolia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey, Russia and Taoyuan County of Hunan province in south-central Mainland China. Uyghur neighborhoods can be found in major cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Sydney, Washington D.C, Munich, Tokyo, Toronto, Istanbul.


3)THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010 – “KURDISTAN, the other Iraq”
Presenter: Charmaine Jamieson

The people of Iraqi-Kurdistan invite you to discover their peaceful region, a place that has practiced democracy for over a decade, a place where the universities, markets, cafes and fair grounds buzz with progress and prosperity, and where the people are sowing the seeds of a brighter future. With a population of nearly 5 million, the three governorates of Duhok, Erbil and Suleimani cover four times the area of Lebanon and larger than that of The Netherlands.

Nashville, TN boasts a huge immigrant population, and many of these are political refugees. One particularly significant group, especially considering the current Iraq War, is the local Kurdish population. Many Kurds come to Nashville to escape persecution in the Middle East. The best-known example of this dates to 1988, when Saddam Hussein waged genocide against Iraqi Kurds. Thousands of Kurds were killed by chemical warfare and mass destruction, and even more simply disappeared. This, however, was only the culmination of past persecution and violence against the Kurds in Iraq and elsewhere.


4) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010 - “HAITI”
Presenters: Colin Dayan and Jane Landers
Presenter Jane Landers will discuss how French Saint Domingue (HAITI) became the richest sugar colony in the world and how its oppressed slaves accomplished the revolt that led to Haitian independence.

Presenter Colin Dayan will discuss current events in Haiti and discuss what is needed to provide real help to Haiti. On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti and devastated the capital city, Port-au-Prince. Colin says the best aid for the earthquake-ravaged nation of HAITI is to empower the Haitian people.

Haiti, in the West Indies, occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. About the size of Maryland, Haiti is two-thirds mountainous, with the rest of the country marked by great valleys, extensive plateaus, and small plains.

Haiti was the first independent nation in Latin America and the first independent black-led republic in the world when it gained independence as part of a successful slave rebellion in 1804. Despite having common cultural links with its Hispano-Caribbean neighbors, Haiti is the only predominantly French-speaking independent nation in the Americas. Haiti is the poorest country in the Americas.

Register quickly! These will fill up fast!
Patsy

Patsy Partin, M.Ed
Director, Virtual School
Vanderbilt University
2007 Terrace Place
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 322-6384
www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool

Grades 5-12: STAGE DOOR CANTEEN! Saluting Pioneer Toni Frissell

 

This is an interactive musical performances in a lively canteen setting during WW II, highlighting her fascinating life. Frissell volunteered her photographic services to the American Red Cross, Women's Army Corps and Eighth Army Air Force during WWII. She was the first woman war photographer and the first woman on the staff of Sports Illustrated. She flew for two weeks with the Tuskegee Airmen and her photographs are possibly the only ones taken of those brave men.

Content Provider		The Ward Melville Heritage Organization  2007-08
Contact Information		Deborah Boudreau educationmanager@wmho.org 111 Main Street Stony Brook, NY  11790 United States Phone: (631) 751-2244 Fax: (631) 751-2024

$125

On Demand

Grades 1-2: It's More than Shapes: It's Geometry!

Shapes can be seen everywhere you look! Join us as we identify, compare, and sort two and three-dimensional shapes and objects. Can you predict what will happen if you cut apart those shapes or combine more than one? We'll also look at whether shapes are congruent or similar.



Subject area: Mathematics

Grade levels: 1-2




1. Questions? Contact Bob Stricker at bob@soita.org or 937-746-6333.

2. Cost: $150

3. On Demand / By Request Only