Video

Conference Program Guide

2014-2015
Wayne-Westland Community Schools
Dr. Michele Harmala, Superintendent



On the following pages is a list of video conference programs that align with the Wayne-
Westland Community Schools curriculum.

While choosing a video conference program, consider your students prior knowledge, and if
this will be an introductory lesson, a summative lesson, or somewhere in between. Prepare
your students by discussing video and audio during the connection. The presenter will be able
to see and hear them. The video may be pixelated or jerky. There will be a slight delay in the
audio, so it is important to pause before speaking. Discuss behaviors you would like to see
before, during, and after the video conference with students.

After reviewing the recommended programs, you may request up to one video conference per
marking period, for a total of 4 per school year.

To request a video conference, you must submit a response to the following survey. Click the
hyperlink or copy and paste into an internet browser: http://tinyurl.com/WWCSDvideo

You will receive email notifications when your request has been submitted and then again
when its approved.

For any additional information, please email Jillian Johnson at johnsonjr@wwcs.k12.mi.us.

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Table of Contents

Kindergarten....4

Science..4

Social Studies.4

Math...5

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5 Grade...15
Science...15

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Kindergarten: Science

What is an Animal? St. Louis Zoo $160
How do you know if something is alive or not? If it is alive, how do you know if its a plant or an animal?
Take part in activities to understand the characteristics of living things. Meet live animals to help identify
these traits.

Friends in the Sea, Are you like me? Aquarium of the Pacific $75
Bring amazing ocean animals straight to your classroom with this fun and interactive program. Our
youngest students are invited to look for shapes, listen for sounds, and follow the stories of animals in the
ocean.

About Animals Greenville Zoo $100
This class gets down to the animal basics: their needs, senses, and characteristics. We will also cover
what makes an animal an appropriate (or inappropriate) pet.

Living and Non-Living Things East Central Ohio Educational Service Center $85
Students learn about living and non-living things. This content is loaded with video, images, and
information that will help your students to better determine whether something is living or non-living. It
will include a hands-on activity, questions and answers, a poem, and story as well as high quality
interaction. Join us for the fun!

Penguins Columbus Zoo $150
Travel and learn about the cutest birds in the Southern Hemisphere. From the cold regions of Antarctica
to the warm beaches of South America, come with us to investigate the lives of the tuxedo-clad penguins.

Kindergarten: Social Studies

United States Symbols Eastern Central Ohio Educational Service Center $85
Join us as we learn about United States symbols and what that means. We will be learning about the
Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, the White House and our United States Flag.












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Kindergarten: Math

Lets Read, Count, and Shout! Having Fun with the CCSS Ink Think Tank $300
LET'S READ, COUNT, AND SHOUT! is an interactive program for preK through first grade that uses
Alexandra Siy's book ONE TRACTOR: A COUNTING BOOK to introduce children to numbers, word
opposites, and discovering content in images. In ONE TRACTOR a child uses his imagination to count
different kinds of vehicles in his sand box. But also included on each page is another main character, as
well as word opposites that children learn to anticipate as they listen to the rhythm of the text. During
this program children are encouraged to "shout" as they all read out loud, count, and explore each page.

Kindergarten: ELA

Gingerbread Boy Center for Puppetry Arts $155

Students witness the classic tale of The Gingerbread Boy come to life with brilliantly colored shadow
puppets. The story is narrated and performed during the first part of the program. Led by the program
presenter, students make their very own Gingerbread Boy Shadow Puppet during the second half of the
program. They also participate in a learning activity about gingerbread's ingredients and history. This is a
great holiday program.

Lets Read, Count, and Shout! Having Fun with the CCSS Ink Think Tank $300
LET'S READ, COUNT, AND SHOUT! is an interactive program for preK through first grade that uses
Alexandra Siy's book ONE TRACTOR: A COUNTING BOOK to introduce children to numbers, word
opposites, and discovering content in images. In ONE TRACTOR a child uses his imagination to count
different kinds of vehicles in his sand box. But also included on each page is another main character, as
well as word opposites that children learn to anticipate as they listen to the rhythm of the text. During
this program children are encouraged to "shout" as they all read out loud, count, and explore each page.

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1st Grade: Science

States of Matter: A Solid Lesson Where Liquids can be a Gas! Cleveland Museum of Natural History
$130
This lesson is an introduction to the states of matter, using your classroom as both a video conference
studio and active lab area! Students will learn about how temperature can affect the physical properties
of matter and relate this information to everyday experiences.

Wild and Wacky Weather Panhandle Plains History Museum $100
People on the Panhandle-Plains have adopted to weather for centuries. Come along with our friendly
cricket, Thomas J, and learn all about wild and wacky weather. This science-based program will help your
students understand what causes weather like blizzards, dust storms, floods, and tornadoes, how to
prepare for severe weather, and what plants and animals live in different climate zones.

Butterflies Center for Puppetry Arts $155
Each student will construct a Butterfly Marionette while participating in learning activities about the
lifecycle of the butterfly, what makes a butterfly an insect, and coloring and camouflage. Vide clips and
photographs of the different stages in the life of a butterfly are included. This is a great arts and science
lesson all in one!

Magnets LEARNnco $180
Magnetism is the force that causes a metal nail or paper clip to be attracted to a magnet. But HOW do
magnets work? Students will use hands on explorations and playing around with magnets to quickly
see magnetism in action!

Just Senseless: Five Senses & Disabilities Cleveland Museum of Natural History $155
Lets find out how our five senses help to keep us safe by imagining life without them! Use our provided
kit to try scientific demonstrations and explore how life would be different if one or more of your senses
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1st Grade: Social Studies

A School Day in 1872 Homestead National Monument of America $0
The Homestead Act changed the complexion of the United States and the world forever. The offer of free
land encouraged millions from all across the globe to collect in the United States. The Homestead Act
defines the American Dream! Under this law more than 270 million acres or 10 percent of the nation was
given away in search of that dream. With this dream came the parent's desire to give their children an
education, thus, one-room schoolhouses popped up all over the west.

Patriotism Muskingum Valley ESC $85
This distance learning event looks at different aspects of citizenship including honesty, self-assurance,
respecting the rights and responsibilities of others, persistence, patriotism, and obeying laws. In addition,
students will discuss United State symbols that represent democracy. An important social studies lesson
for elementary age students.

You Can Make History: What Shall I Do Today? The Creative Learning Factory at the Ohio Historical
Society $100
In What Shall I Do Today, students will explore daily frontier life, gender roles, chores and
responsibilities, along with leisure time activities. Students are introduced the concepts of history by
Arbuckle, a 200-year-old turtle puppet in this highly interactive and engaging program that helps
students build a foundation for an understanding of history and the effects of the passage of time and
change through comparing and contrasting their lives today with that of early American settlers.

1st Grade: Math

Squares + Spheres = Baseball! The Shape of the Game: Junior Giants Geometry AT&T Park, Home of
the San Francisco Giants $250
A unique, engaging introduction and review of basic geometric concepts and their real world applications
for primary grade students.

1st Grade: ELA

Because I Said So! An Introduction to 1st Grade Opinion Writing East Central Ohio Educational
Service Center $85
Students today are clear thinkers, and have valuable opinions and ideas about things that affect their
lives. However, teaching them to properly express those opinions is another matter entirely! Join us as
we help your students learn to share an opinion and also learn to support that opinion through reasons
and/or facts. Let this program help your young writers learn to become persuasive writers through
sound opinions! During this interactive video conference, students will see examples of persuasive
writing- both print and media, they will evaluate a sample of persuasive letter, and will begin to write a
new persuasive letter while in a collaborative setting.
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2nd Grade: Science

Ahoy! The Wonders of Water Ann Arbor Hands-on Museum $135
Land Ho! Go on a high seas adventure examining the wondrous properties of water. Take a journey into a
drop of water and examine the structure and behavior of water molecules. Come explore surface tension,
why things sink or float, and other unique properties of water with a series of hands-on experiments with
Captain Waterpants as your guide.

Plant Parts and Pumpkins Royal Botanical Gardens $130
What are the different parts of a plant and what are their functions? We'll examine a variety of plants and
compare their parts. Are all plants the same? We'll explore in more detail, the pumpkin, its parts and their
functions.

Animal Classification Columbus Zoo $150
What makes a penguin a bird? Do all animals have a backbone? We will discover the answers to these
questions and many more as we explore classification in the animal kingdom.

2nd Grade: Social Studies

Friendship and Respect Muskingum Valley ESC $85
Building student citizenship skills through respect are an important component of any classroom setting.
Students will look at gaining and giving respect to each other through interactive literature extensions.
The perfect distance learning event for building friendships in the new school year.

2nd Grade: Math

Math is Spooktacular! SOITA Learning Technologies $150
Dont let math spook you! Join us for this fun and festive program featuring Common Core Standards
aligned problems and activities. Students will Trick or Treat with instructors, telling time, working
through word and geometry problems, and even learning a little bit about Halloween. Dont miss out on
this hair-raising, mathematical Halloween celebration!

Place Value and Number Sense in Math SOITA Learning Technologies $150
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2nd Grade: ELA

Anansi the Spider: A West African Folktale Center for Puppetry Arts $155
Students witness the African folktale Anansi as it comes to life with brilliantly colored shadow puppets.
The story is narrated and performed by a Center presenter. Following the short performance, students
participate in learning activities about West African food and culture. Students complete the interactive
program by making their very own Anansi Shadow Puppet.

Idioms: Laugh Your Head Off with Idioms SOITA Learning Technologies $150
Idioms can be wonderful vocabulary-enriching tools, as students are made aware of both the figurative
and literal meanings behind them. Students will get a chuckle as they see how the literal meaning creates
a very different picture from the figurative message.

3rd Grade: Science

Plants Center for Puppetry Arts $155
Students will construct a Pop-Up Plant puppet while learning about the various parts of a plant and their
functions. Students will also discuss photosynthesis and plants as food. This is a great arts and science
lesson all in one!

Gadget Works: Force and Motion COSI $220
Students in grades 3-6 learn about forces and motion by taking apart wind-up toys. Trace the energy flow
through the toys and help solve a puzzle involving the motion of a toy car as a post-visit activity.

Light Science LEARNnco $180
The science of light will be explored with the use of hands on activities. Among the light concepts
explored are light as a form of energy, different types of light, reflection, absorption, transference and
refraction. The concepts of wave and particles also will be introduced.

Sound LEARNnco $180
Sound is the form of energy that is heard. But how is it made and how does it travel? And how do we hear
it? Students explore the Science of Sound by using hands on activities.

Amazing Adaptations Columbus Zoo $150
Plants and animals adapt to their environment in many ways. Join us as we visit with a variety of species
at the Columbus Zoo and discover the special behavioral and physical characteristics that allow these
living treasures to survive in their natural habitats.

Investigations in Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
$140
Get ready to shake it up and move mountains! Your students will experience the processes of weathering,
erosion and deposition as they use earth materials to gain a better understanding of earth science. They
will participate in engaging activities that will allow them to distinguish between each of these processes.

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ReadySetRecycle! Lee Richardson Zoo $100

Where does our trash go when we throw it away? Animals are helping us out behind-the-scenes. Join us
as we discover what happens to trash once it leaves our hands and what we can do to help make our
environment a healthier place for everyone to live!

3rd Grade: Social Studies

The People of the Three Fires Cranbrook Institute of Science $125
Talk live with a scientist/educator from the Cranbrook Institute of Science to learn what it's like to work
in the fields of geology, paleontology or anthropology. Get an inside look at how research is done and how
museums and scientists work together.

3rd Grade: Math

Mozart Math Cleveland Institute of Music $0
This session engages students in data collection, graphing and the use of timelines using the music of
Mozart. Students will also review and practice basic operationsadding, subtracting, multiplying and
dividing.

Perimeter and Area SOITA Learning Technologies $150
Join us to learn about perimeter and area! In this session, students will learn how to find the perimeter of
different shapes and calculate the area on some basic shapes like squares, rectangles, and triangles.

Learning About Fractions SOITA Learning Technologies $150
Get the facts about fractions during this interactive videoconference. Students will identify fractions
represented in a variety of ways, compare and order fractions with like denominators and recognize
equivalent fractions.

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3rd Grade: ELA

Learning to Draw Conclusions SOITA Learning Technologies $150

Drawing conclusions can be like trying to solve a mystery. Engage your students in a dynamic, interactive
videoconference to learn a new way of drawing conclusions!

Creative Writing: Traditional Genres: Tall Tales, Myths, Fables, and Legends Hank Fincken: A
National Theatre Company of One $200
What makes a tall tale a tall tale, a myth a myth? Why does writing riddles help students better
understand poetry and why does writing poetry help students write better prose? Why are drafts and
rewriting essential to the writing process? In this workshop, the teacher chooses the kind of writing
he/she wants the students to do. Hank then creates a lesson plan that will give your students the tools to
write in this genre.

Fairly Fractured Tales East Central Ohio Educational Service Center $85
Fairy tales are part of every child's early reading experience and are rich with language skills. Join us as
we use fairy tales, both familiar and fractured, to help your students better understand language skills.
This is an interactive video conference, geared toward 3rd grade students. It is also adaptable, and can be
used with 5th, 6th and 7th grade students as well, with notice upon registration.

4th Grade: Science

Food Chains, Habitats, and Us Cleveland Museum of Natural History $130
Who, and what, do YOU consume? Learn how food chains and webs illustrate energy moving through an
ecosystem and humans' role in this energy exchange. Observe specimens from our Wildlife Division and
conduct demonstrations in your classroom that identify our impact on natural environments.

Web BrowsersA Look at Food Chains and Food Webs Muskingum Valley ESC $85
This fast-paced, fully illustrated class geared toward fourth and fifth graders is an introductory approach
to food chains and webs. Vocabulary investigated includes energy, producers, consumers, carnivore,
omnivores, herbivores, and community. The transfer of energy is fully described in a class activity, and
students will interactively create their own food chains and webs. The class ends with a review game.
Additional hands-on follow-up activities for your classroom are included.

Matter Box Boonshoft Museum of Discovery $150
Matter, matter, everywhere! Students' minds will be captivated as they explore different states of matter,
and the ways these states can change. This kit includes hands-on demonstrations as well as explosive
demos conducted by a museum instructor. The Matter Box even investigates some very strange matter
that blurs the lines between solids, liquids, and gases. Can anyone say non-Newtonian?

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All About Matter Fort Worth Museum of Science and History $140
Combine bubbles, eyedroppers, air in different states and you have an incredibly interactive program all
about matter from the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. We'll use dry ice and liquid nitrogen to
focus on changes of state and your students will actively test some of water's unusual characteristics.

Slime Time and States of Matter Ann Arbor Hands On Museum $130
This lesson is an introduction to the states of matter, using your classroom as both a videoconference
studio and active lab area! E prepared for some wet and wild demonstrations as your students learn
about how temperature can affect the physical properties of matter and relate this information to
everyday experiences. Using simple materials in a kit sent to your school, you and the class explore the
physical changes of matter as they transition from solid to liquid to gas and examine the properties of
each phase of matter. Our Science Instructors will carry out the same experiments in the Museum studio,
so students can compare our results with their own. Bring a towel (or two).

Be a Transformer: Fun with Energy Transformations Challenger Learning Center $245
Energy exists in many forms, and when these forms change energy is conserved. Students should
understand that energy exists in a variety of forms. Students should observe the results of simple energy
transformations from one form to another in their physical environment.

Reasons for Seasons- Rotation and Revolution of the Earth Challenger Learning Center $245
College Graduates, Lawyers, Doctors and Engineers get the reasons for seasons wrong... Have our Master
Instructors dispel the myth, teach the science and reinforce the learning of this all-important concept.

Magnet Mania Discovery Museum of Springfield $165
Take your students on an interactive electronic field trip into the world of Magnetism. This hands-on
activity is taught by a certified science educator. The course is aligned with the National Science
Standards. A supply kit of manipulatives will be shipped to your classroom.

The Fossil Record Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum $160
Together we'll take a look at actual fossils and discuss how you can find the clues that they hide and how
to interpret their stories that unfolded millions of years ago. Invent your own prehistoric animals, follow
along in the story of fossilization and discuss fossil finds like real paleontologists

4th Grade: Social Studies

So You Know the U.S. Government The Creative Learning Factory at the Ohio Historical Society $150
Think your class understands the workings of the United States Government? Well test your students
knowledge of the origins, structure, and responsibilities of our government. This presentation serves as
an excellent means of introducing your students to the workings of government and also serves as a
means of review for those classes that have recently completed lessons in government. Classes will be
split into three teams with each team having the opportunity to select a question category of their choice
per turn. Test your classs knowledge of government by scheduling So You Know the U.S. Government.



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4th Grade: Math

Fraction Interaction Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum $160
It's the fraction game show! Students will find out how much they know about fractions as they work
together to survive three rounds while constructing, observing, and dancing to solve math problems.
Fractions can be fun!

Mozart Math Cleveland Institute of Music $0
This session engages students in data collection, graphing and the use of timelines using the music of
Mozart. Students will also review and practice basic operationsadding, subtracting, multiplying and
dividing.

Angles & Answers: Origami and Math Cleveland Museum of Art $135
Students reinforce their knowledge of the vocabulary of geometry and recognize attributes of two and
three-dimensional shapes through an examination of selected geometric themed works from the
museum. Concepts are applied as students create original origami figures in the shapes of a ladybug and a
box during the videoconference.

Musical Math Manhattan School of Music $250
Fractions are all around us, especially in music! Teaching artist Amir Khosrowpour reveals the
mathematical secrets behind music, with interactive, audio-visual activities and fun mathematical
models. Using these math exercises, students create music together on the spot. The program teaches
fraction equivalence and reinforces quantitative reasoning, in a brand new way!

Learning About Fractions SOITA Learning Technologies $150
Get the facts about fractions during this interactive videoconference. Students will identify fractions
represented in a variety of ways, compare and order fractions with like denominators and recognize
equivalent fractions.

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4th Grade: ELA

The Fine Art of Reading- Making Connections and Questioning Amon Carter Museum of American Art
$100
Use art to allow students to practice comprehension strategies in a text-free environment. Students make
art-to-self, art-to-art, and art-to-world connections, then make similar connections with text. First with
art, then with text, students also develop questioning strategies to focus attention, clarify meaning,
speculate about the unknown, and determine artist or author intent.

The Fine Art of Reading- Visualizing and Inferring Amon Carter Museum of American Art $100
Use art to allow students to practice comprehension strategies in a text-free environment. Through
viewing and sketching students practice visualizing to aid in drawing conclusions, creating
interpretations, and recalling details when reading. Participants also learn to combine what is they
already know about an artwork, then text to make analytical judgments and form inferences.

The Fine Art of Reading- Determining Importance and Synthesizing Amon Carter Museum of
American Art $100
Use art to allow students to practice comprehension strategies in a text-free environment. Students
identify areas of emphasis and supportive evidence in art. Then with text, students determine and defend
decisions about importance. Participants also experience quilts as a visual reminder of the mental
activities involved in synthesizing while reading.

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5th Grade: Science

Ancient Teeth Tell Tales: A Paleobiology Lab Experience Cleveland Museum of Natural History $130
Join us as we replicate a day of research with Dr. Darin Croft, Paleontologist with Case Western Reserve
University. Students will use real diagnostic equipment and casts of specimens found during recent South
American fieldwork to match ancient mammals to their ecosystems.

Bodyworks: Introduction to Human Anatomy Cleveland Museum of Natural History $130
Learn human structure and function, from cells to organs to organ systems. Uncover basic levels of
organization, and locations, structures and functions of major organ systems. View actual human
specimens and anatomical models to learn how organ systems work together to support human life and
how your behavior influences your body's health.

Virtual Heart Denver Museum of Nature & Science $140
Participate in activities and make observations to learn how the circulatory system works. Examine heart
anatomy as you observe a sheep heart dissection.

Virtual Lung Denver Museum of Nature & Science $140
Participate in activities and make observations to learn how the respiratory system works. Explore lung
anatomy as you observe a sheep lung dissection.

Journey Through the Solar System Space Center Houston $185
Climb aboard NASAs various space crafts and probes to experience our Solar System in a whole new
light. Live from NASAs first satellite, Explorer 1, students will explore each of the nine planets through
the eyes of NASAs space probes.

5th Grade: Social Studies

Traders and Culture: Colonial Life in America Albany Institute of History & Art $125
The lives of people who settled in the Hudson Valley in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries and the Native
Americans who lived along side them are illuminated for students through the exploration of the Albany
Institute's collection of paintings, account books, furniture, ceramics, maps, metal ware, documents, tools,
and more.

Show Me, Tell Me About When Cultures Meet: The Impact Europeans Had On American Indians
Creative Learning Factory $125
Show Me, Tell Me is a live, interactive, distance learning program through which students will explore the
pre-contact culture of Eastern Woodland Indians and how it was affected by European contact. In the
program, a host will present a variety of artifacts and question students about what we can learn through
examining them. Students will also discuss how cultures exchanged ideas and objects in the past and
continue to do so in todays society.

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Native Americans Center for Puppetry Arts $155

Learning activities about different Native American cultures will take place while students create their
very own Hopi Kachina puppet. Activities focus on three Native American cultures (Eastern Woodlands,
Plains, Southwest), the use of natural resources from the different regions, and how these resources
shaped their lives in regards to clothing, shelter and even transportation. Students also discuss Kachinas
and the Hopi culture in general. This is a great arts and social studies lesson all in one!

Opening the West: From Lewis and Clark to the Oregon Trail Colombia Gorge Discovery Center and
Museum $125
Learn how the Expedition of Lewis and Clark started the Westward Migration. What groups of people
followed Lewis and Clark and why did they brave the American West. Learn about the Great Migration
along the Oregon Trail and why they came. This electronic field trip answers these questions and more in
an interactive format.

5th Grade: Math

Ancient Egypt: Proportions, Symmetry, and Size Milwaukee Public Museum $140
Mix math, geometry and history with ancient Egyptian art and architecture! Discover how this fascinating
culture was governed by strict mathematical rules and peer deep into the heart of a mysterious Egyptian
temple!

Robot Garage Museum of Flight $350
With robot kits mailed to your location before the program this is a highly engaging hands on program in
problem solving and engineering. We will cover the history of robotics and where the field of robotics is
headed in the future. Everyone will build a robot! There is no wrong or right way to build these robots,
with hundreds of different possible designs.

Perimeter and Area SOITA Learning Technologies $150
Join us to learn about perimeter and area! In this session, students will learn how to find the perimeter of
different shapes and calculate the area on some basic shapes like squares, rectangles, and triangles.

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5th Grade: ELA

Storytelling: Empowering Children to Write and Tell Stories Valerie Marsh $150
Valerie is the author of 13 storytelling books, a teacher, and a storyteller. Tales for all ages are told in
unique ways: "Paper-Cutting" (fold and cut), "Mystery-Fold" (draw and fold), "Story Puzzles" (create
tanagram figure), Sign Language, Food Puppets, Heroes & Heroines. Workshops for students, teachers.
Stories involve audience participation.

Great BeginningsCapture Your Audience! East Central Ohio Educational Service Center $85
Are your students beginning their writing the same way each time? Do the students need to add spark
and develop "Voice" in their writing? Renew your students' interest in writing and teach them various
writing techniques to begin their writing with confidence and enthusiasm.

Sway This Way: An Adventure in Persuasive Writing East Central Ohio Educational Service Center
$85
Students today are clear thinkers, and have valuable opinions and ideas about things that affect their
lives. However, teaching them to properly express those opinions is another matter entirely! Join us as
we help your students "Sway this Way!" and learn about the most effective ways to write persuasively!

6th Grade: Science

Conduction, Convection, and Radiation: Heat Transfer Detectives Inspired Classroom $150
Students will become detectives as they learn about conduction, convection and radiation. Hands on
activities with practical applications looking at heat loss/gain in a building to help diagnose where and
how heat is lost in a cold, leaky house. See how energy specialists use thermal imaging cameras to do
building diagnostics.

Rocks and Minerals LEARNnco $180
Geology is the study of the earth, the processes that formed it, and how earth will continue to change in
the future. Students demonstrate how rocks, minerals, and plate tectonics make up the Earth and how
changes in each affect geological formation and geological events.

Geology Rocks Discovery Museum of Springfield $165
How do rocks form? This interactive program will allow the students to classify rocks, talk about the rock
cycle, and learn how rocks change over time. Learn the difference between rocks and minerals. Students
will even make a rock they can eat!

Weathering and Erosion Liberty Science Center $225
The Earth is constantly changing. Although some changes happen quickly, others occur over long periods
of time. Well use The Forces of Change animation located in the Our Hudson Home exhibition to explore
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6th Grade: Social Studies

GIANTS GEOGRAPHY: Americas Pastime Goes Globall AT&T Park, Home of the San Francisco Giants
$250
This interactive multidisciplinary program takes students on a road trip around the globe to learn about
countries and regions represented n the 2013 World Baseball Classic. They will identify geographic
features, compare and contrast cultures and discover how Americas pastime became an international
sport.

Around the World The Paley Center for Media $125
Explore the many different ways people live, work, and play in countries around the world like Brazil,
Malaysia, and the Philippines. By viewing programs from our celebrated International Childrens
Television Festival and discussing them, students will compare their own lives to those of children
elsewhere and consider how the natural environment and local customs shape and influence people's
lives. All classes are interactive, with guided discussion designed to encourage active observation and
critical thinking.

6th Grade: Math

Economics: The Business of Baseball National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum $150
In today's game, the business of baseball is readily apparent. Player salaries, ticket prices, league
structure, team ownership, and the players' union all figure into the game's "corporate structure." Yet,
baseball has been a business in its organization, inner-workings, and capitalist goals since the 19th
century. The game evolved during a period of big business, great industrial growth, and technological
change in this country. In this unit, students will explore economic laws and concepts associated with the
national pastime.

Probability and Chance LEARNnco $180
Take part in a fun video conference helping your students to understand the basic concepts of
probability. This highly interactive session will engage participants in practicing the probability of a
series of activities.

Circling the Bases: Baseball & Geometry National Baseball Hall of Fame $150
One of the great features of baseball stadiums and fields is that no two are alike - anymore. Maybe there's
a big hill in centerfield, as in Houston's Minute Maid Park, or maybe there's a 37-foot tall "Green Monster"
forming Boston's left field wall. Outfielders need to know the dimensions and special characteristics of
the fields in which they play to help them decide how to field the ball - do they play the fly ball off the wall
or try to jump and catch it for an out? Make an informed decision in a dugout full of shapes, area,
perimeter, diameter, Pythagorean theorems and other aspects of geometry while learning about some of
the "angles" of playing baseball. Will you hit a single, double, triple or home run? It depends on the
hitter's math skills in this interactive game where circling the bases means more than just hitting a home
run.


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6th Grade: ELA

FICTION and NONFICTION (Learning to Write Well and Read Better) Hank Fincken: A National
Theatre Company of One $200
In this discussion/performance workshop, students discuss the differences between writing fiction and
non fiction. The program will be customized depending on the specific needs of the student audience.
Hank will give a dramatic reading of his work pointing out specific word choices and imagery that helps
the listener experience the story or essay. Students are encouraged to debate the author's goals and how
issues or conflict were or were not resolved.

How Did That Happen? Understanding Cause and Effect SOITA Learning Technologies $150
Following the chain of events in a story can make readers feel like they are on a rollercoaster each
incident has the potential to lead to a smooth turn or a sudden drop. Students will be amazed by the way
a single event can cause a chain reaction that will lead to a conclusion they never expected. Join us as we
learn to identify cause and effect relationships, explain how incidents influence future actions and
develop our own cause and effect statements.

Writing Creatively About the Real World INK Think Tank $300
Want your students to learn how to read for knowledge and write powerfully about the real world? Why
not learn from authors who do this for a living? The award-winning childrens nonfiction authors of INK
Think Tank unpack their researching and writing processes as they interact with you and your students.

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