Gr 2-5 Virtual Victory Garden

Community, school, and home gardening and the recent local and slow food initiatives all have roots in the Victory Garden movement of WWII. Students will play a fun and exciting game where they will discover how to grow a successful garden. During the game, students will complete activities related to the WWII Home Front, nutrition, healthy food choices, and community building. The program reinforces the values and skills that won the war, including teamwork, optimism, social action, and hard work.


Program Format
1. Introduction to the Museum (5 minutes)
2. Overview of Victory Gardening during WWII (10 minutes)
3. Play game identifying the steps to grow a successful garden (30 minutes total)


Objectives
1. Introduce the Victory Garden movement and its significance during the war and now.

2. Present a fun game that reinforces the steps to grow a successful garden.

3. Present important values and lessons from the war such as teamwork, optimism, and service.

4. Explore how to make healthy choices and establish good eating habits.

5. Encounter WWII artifacts including propaganda posters and photographs, gaining insight into history through object-based learning.


By Request Cost: $100.00


The National WWII Museum

Chrissy Gregg
virtualclassroom@nationalww2museum.org
The National WWII Museum
945 Magazine St.
New Orleans, LA  70130
United States
Phone: (504) 528-1944 ext. 351
Fax: (504) 527-6088

K -2 Hardtack’s TITANIC Adventure!

Hear the adventurous tale of Hardtack-the-Mouse as he sets sail for America aboard the R.M.S. Titanic! We’ll retrace his trip as he meets the friendly (and not-so-mouse-loving) people in first, second, and third class, all while experiencing the sights and sounds aboard the “unsinkable” ship. Then we’ll join Hardtack as he survives the ship’s sinking aboard a lifeboat and eventually makes it safely to New York City!


Program Format
1. Students will hear the story of TITANIC’S maiden voyage as experienced by Hardtack-the-Mouse.
2. Students will track the voyage from Europe to the United States in Hardtack’s photo journal.
3. Students will listen and dance to music from the period.
4. Story ends with an explanation of how Hardtack’s tale compares to the real story of TITANIC’S maiden voyage.
5. Program concludes as students make their own TITANIC postcard.


Objectives
1. The student will be able to identify the American Flag and Statue of Liberty as symbols of the United States.
2. The student will be able to locate the seven continents, Atlantic Ocean, the United States, and England, as well as the general location of New York City and Egypt.
3. The student will be able to explain that coal was used to fuel ships in the early 20th century.
4. The student will be able to describe how coal scarcity affected ships traveling in the early 20th century.
5. The student will understand that different types of people traveled aboard the R.M.S. TITANIC with different accommodations.
6. The student will understand that the TITANIC set sail in 1912 from England on its way to New York City, but ran into an iceberg and sank.
7. The student will learn that many passengers were unable to get into a lifeboat.


Interactive Cost: $125.00


The Mariners' Museum

Anne Marie Millar
distancelearning@marinersmuseum.org
100 Museum Drive
Newport News, VA  23606
United States
Phone: (757) 591-7748

Gr 2-6 Colours in Nature

We’ll start with animals and determine exactly what they are trying to ‘say’ with the colour of their feathers, fur, skin or scales. We’ll use live (seasonally dependent) and preserved specimens as well as images and videos to demonstrate some of these adaptations while discussing what they mean and how they are interpreted. We’ll also explore the connection between flower colours and animals that are attracted to them. Finally, depending on the time of year we’ll take a few minutes to talk about changing leaf colour.


Program Format
1. Discuss the children's observations while outside exploring the rainbow.
2. Discuss what we see compared to how animals see.
3. Discover different ways animals use colour to warn, trick or advertise.
4. Participants will pretend they are certain animals and share what their message is.
5. Time is allowed for questions and answers


30-45 minutes depending on grade level
Interactive Cost: $125.00


Royal Botanical Gardens (Canada) 


Karin Davidson-Taylor
kdavidsontaylor@rbg.ca
Royal Botanical Gardens
680 Plains Road West
Burlington, Ontario, Canada  L7T 4H4
Canada
Phone: 905-527-1158 x249
Fax: 905-577-0375


Taken from the CILC Content Provider Updates at www.cilc.org

Gr 6-11 Become an Ambassador for the United States

The Ambassador Program offers two semester-long projects for elementary, middle school and high school students.
The Research Project
Students on both sides of the ocean will meet regularly to compare research conducted on selected topics. The final re-sults will be presented to each other in an innovative and creative format at the end of the first semester.
The Community Service Project
Students from both sides will combine their efforts, skills and access to form a service group. Throughout the course, students can discover interests and talents as well as build skills and confidence in both themselves and their class-mates.
The Akoma Ntoso Cultural Center, along with the generously donated Telepresence equipment from Polycom Corpora-tion, enable students on both sides of the ocean to connect on a very real level, face to face, culture to culture, and dis-cover for themselves their commonality. Our cultural exchange programs have inspired students and teachers on both continents to see new and unique ways of learning and sharing. The Ambassador Program develops cultural awareness, relationships and practical experience in putting knowledge to work in the service of one’s peers abroad. Our hope is that this program will be a first step towards the students becoming lifelong global citizens.

Please see the following link for details: http://www.oiadaintl.org/pdf_files/Ambassador_Program.pdf

Interactive Cost: $150.00

Oiada International

Darryl Batts
darrylbatts@oiadaintl.org
191 Central Avenue
Newark, NJ  07103
United States
Phone: (973) 732-3188


Taken from CILC Content Provider updates at www.cilc.org

Other programs from Oiada International

Create African Arts and Crafts live from Africa - by Oiada International  2010-11 Honorable Mention
 View short video by clicking on title.
Oiada International would like to give an interactive educational session on dying cloths with Adinkra symbols that have been part of the Ghanaian culture for centuries. The first part of the session will be to teach the history and significance of the symbols...Availability: By Request ONLY
Audience: Education: Grade(s): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Parent, Adult Learners, Public Library: Library Patrons, Content Providers: Content Providers

Learn African Music Live from Ghana - by Oiada International  2010-11 Honorable Mention
 View short video by clicking on title.
Oiada International would like to take a trip through time to experience the history of music via theatrical performance, skits and live interaction with students. Music is an international form of communication that can be understood and expressed beyond the ...Availability: By Request ONLY
Audience: Education: Grade(s): 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Parent, Adult Learners, Public Library: Library Patrons, Content Providers: Content Providers

Learn to cook African dishes from students - by Oiada International  2010-11 Honorable Mention
 View short video by clicking on title.
Oiada International would like to give a demonstration on preparation of foods indigenous to Ghana. The interactive session will include a demonstration of traditional techniques with common foods such as Cassava, Plantain, FuFu and Banku.Availability: By Request ONLY
Audience: Education: Grade(s): 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Parent, Adult Learners, Public Library: Library Patrons, Content Providers: Content Providers

Gr 3 Spooktacular Math and Mammals

Students will learn about mammals by focusing on bats. They will also be creating a craft by way of solving math problems and they will also use problem solving skills in this 40-45 minute session.

Program Format
This is completely interactive and will involve question and answer, problem solving and craft actvities. As the presenter works through the content, these steps will be directed.

Interactive Cost: $75.00

  East Central Ohio Educational Service Center

  Michele Carlisle or Marilyn Roder
video@ecoesc.org
834 East High Avenue
New Philadelphia, OH  44663
United States
Phone: (330) 308-9939 ext. 8251
Fax: (330) 308-0964