FREE Grades 7-12: Innovation, Creativity and Invention: A visit with Dr. Saul Griffith

Innovation, Creativity and Invention: A visit with Dr. Saul Griffith

Thursday, February 24

10:00-10:45 CST

Audience: 7th-12 grade students (we are accepting 10 schools for this program)

Cost: FREE

Inventor Saul Griffith has a uniquely open approach to problem solving. Whether he's devising a way to slash the cost of prescription eyeglasses or teaching science through cartoons, Griffith makes things and then shares his ideas with the world. During this Ask the Expert program, your students will learn about a new source of renewable energy that has engaged his creativity, imagination and focus-giant kite turbines.

An important component of this program involves you and your students. After program registration, we’ll send you a few websites to explore prior to the program, along with instructions on how questions will be handled.

Visit www.ted.com and do a quick search “Saul Griffith kite” and you’ll find a short 5- minute TED talk on the incredible kites Saul will discuss during the program

This program is limited to 10 middle and high school classes (group maximum: 50 students).

To register for this program, visit www.connect2texas.net

Grades 7-12: Art Monk

Heart of a Hall of Famer Series: Art Monk

Our character education series Heart of a Hall of Famer continues with a videoconference on Friday, March 4 at 10:00 AM and 11:30 AM ET. Join Hall of Fame wide receiver Art Monk as he talks about the traits that made him one of the game’s greatest. Monk retired as the second-ranked pass receiver of all time with 940 career catches. Today, Monk owns and operates several businesses that manage his personal and commercial interests.

This is an interactive program and is limited to five schools at each time slot. It is designed for grades 7th-12th and is FREE of charge. These spots will fill quickly so act fast.

For more information or if you are interested in registering, please contact our Education Department at EducationalPrograms@profootballhof.com.

Grades 3-7: Programs for Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Videoconferencing from the Lone Star State! www.Connect2Texas.net
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum adds THREE new programs! Multicultural Folktales Performed by Decee Cornish Friday, February 18 1:00-2:00 CST Grades 3-7 An Urban Aesop, Decee Cornish's multicultural folktales make history fun and invite students to record their own family stories. Cornish is a native Texan, born in east Texas and raised in Houston's Fifth Ward. During his military service, Cornish attended international colleges and universities spending time with storytellers in Alaska, Australia, and Africa. Eventually, he returned home to Texas, settling in Fort Worth. Interactive ($100) View only ($75) 1:00-2:00 PM CST 1:00-2:00 PM CST Wild Horses: Populations and Ecosystems Grades 4-7 $100 per site When most Americans think of wild horses (mustangs), we think of a beautiful, free-spirited animal running through the tall grasses of the Southwest with its long silky mane and tail blowing in the wind. Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages a population of about 69,000 mustangs. Controversy and conflict surround this American icon. Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, gives his perspective in his long-term plan, "Without natural predators, wild horse populations have grown beyond the carrying capacity of the sensitive and sparse lands on which they live, causing damage to ecosystems and putting them at risk of starvation." This video conference will discuss the history of the horse in America, the lifestyle of wild horses, and the controversy over what to do with these horses. Students will be presented with viewpoints from five different interest groups and students will decid e which interest group they would support. An additional bonus will be a short video featuring the mustang in its natural environment and BLM's mustang adoption program. February 24 March 31 April 14 May 12 May 26 10:30-11:30 CST 12:30-1:30 CST 10:30-11:30 CST 12:30-1:30 CST 10:30-11:30 CST 12:30-1:30 CST 10:30-11:30 CST 12:30-1:30 CST Discover the World of Chuck Wagon Therapy Thursday, March 10 Guest expert: Dr. Paul Katz, Curator of the Texas Tech School of Pharmacy Museum partners with Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum to bring a unique program to your students. How did cowboys receive medical care during a cattle drive? Dr. Katz will have his exhibit of the health care supplies and discuss medical practices typically used on a cattle drive. These items are packed in a chuck box, just as they were on the actual drive. "Chuck Wagon Therapy" is a permanent exhibit in the Texas Pharmacy Museum located in Amarillo,Texas, but like the old chuck wagons, it also travels to schools, heritage festivals, pharmaceutical meetings, and is now being used in a distance learning program. Interactive ($100) View only ($75) 10:30-11:15 CST 12:30-1:15 CST 10:30-11:15 CST 12:30-1:15 CST
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FREE Grades 4-8: The DisAbility Project: Honoring Abilities of All

Content Provider		HEC-TV 2007-08 Honorable Mention
Contact Information		Helen Headrick utilization@hectv.org 3655 Olive St St Louis, MO 63108 United States Phone: (314) 531-4455
Program Type		Individual Program
Program Rating		This program has not yet been evaluated.
Target Audience		Education: Grade(s): 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Maximum Number of Participants		For optimum interactivity, we reoommend no more than two classes combined.
Minimum Number of Participants		There is no minimum number required for partipation.
Primary Disciplines		Character Education, Community Interests
Secondary Disciplines		Fine Arts, Performing Arts
Program Description		In this interactive program, the DisAbility Project ensemble uses music, dance, sketches and simulation exercises to entertain and educate participants about disability culture and raise awareness of the issues that people living with disability face. This format includes ample time for guided discussion and the opportunity to ask questions about what it means to live with disability. Now in its 15th season, the DisAbility Project brings awareness and sensitivity to issues of the disability community through a combination of art and advocacy that tours to a variety of audiences. Comprised of adults with and without disabilities, this award-winning theatre ensemble is one of the few projects of its kind in the country, giving individuals of various abilities the opportunity to create material about their own lives and experiences to share with the greater public. The ensemble has performed for an estimated 85,000 people and been written about internationally. More information about the DisAbility Project can be found at www.uppityco.com/dp.html.
Program Format		1. Welcome and Introduction—Student groups and experts will be introduced and welcomed to the program. 2. Performance and Conversation—Members of the DisAbility Project will perform several skits desgined to provoke questions and discussion about what it means to live with a disability, how to interact with people with a disability, how to create environments of mutual respect for all people. Students will be able to ask members of the project questions that emerge for them from the skits and to interact in conversation with project members on issues raised in the skits. 3. Non-Dominant Hand Exercise and Discussion—Members of the project will take students through an exercise writing and drawing with their non-dominant hand. A discussion will ensue about how easy or difficult it was to perform the tasks, how it made the students feel to face the difficulties they did, and how this exercise might relate to developing insight about those living with disabilities. An explanation of the activity is included in the preparatory materials for this program. 4. Summary and Closing—The group will perform a final piece then we’ll summarize the major concepts learned today and seek final questions from students.
Objectives		1. The participant will explore issues faced by people living with a disability. 2. The participant will interact with members of the DisAbility Project to learn from the member’s life experiences and compare those experiences to their own.
National Standards to which this program aligns		This program is tied to your school’s efforts to increase respect for and acceptance of all members of your learning community and not to any specific national curriculum standards. It is designed to increase student awareness about what it is like to live with a disability as part of your school’s character education program, teaching respect for all program, creating a respectful learning environment program, etc.
State/Regional Standards to which this program aligns		This program is tied to your school’s efforts to increase respect for and acceptance of all members of your learning community and not to any specific national curriculum standards. It is designed to increase student awareness about what it is like to live with a disability as part of your school’s character education program, teaching respect for all program, creating a respectful learning environment program, etc.
Program Length		60 minutes
Dates/Times		Program Date Program Time Network Time Registration Deadline All times below are displayed in Eastern Standard Time, as specified in your profile. 3/3/2011 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM 02/23/2011 3/3/2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM 02/23/2011
Connection Type(s) Available and Program Fees		Interactive Cost: $0.00 View Only Cost: $0.00
Program Fee Notes		There is NO CHARGE for this program.
Cancellation Policy		Since there may well be a waiting list for interactive participation, we ask that you let us know of your need to cancel as soon as you know.
Is recording allowed?		No
The Provider broadcasts over		IP Internet 2
Minimum Technology Specifications for sites connecting to this provider		To participate in our programs, you will be connected through our bridging service at MOREnet. In order to facilitate your placement in the bridge for the program, we will ask for your IP address once you have enrolled in the program and send you the information necessary to complete a validation test call with MOREnet prior to the program. Test calls for this program must be completed by February 24, 2011.

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