Thursday, February 25, 2010

Grades 5-12: GREAT EXPLORERS series in March and April from Vanderbilt Virtual School

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