This 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.
FIVE VIDEOCONFERENCE TOPICS:
1)Thursday, March 4, 2010
Dr. Molly Miller
"Adventures in Antarctica"
2)Thursday, March 18, 2010
Dr. Rick Chappell
"Mission To Mars"
3)Thursday, April 1, 2010
Dr. Bob Schweikert
"What Time is It?: Sundial history, contemporary dials and Earth orbital dynamics"
4)Thursday, April 22, 2010
Dr. James Crowe
"Nanotechnology, Nanomedicine & Nanobiotechnology"
5) Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - (YES! Next Fall semester!)
Dr. Tiffiny Tung
(Mummy Autopsy)
"Reading the Bones: Skeletons and Mummies of the Past"
Register quickly! These fill up fast!
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
Patsy Partin, M.Ed
Director, Virtual School
Vanderbilt University
2007 Terrace Place
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 322-6384
www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool