K12 students and teachers are creating unprecedented opportunities for inquiry-based learning by expanding the geographic boundaries of their classrooms - - virtually and cost effectively.

Animal Quest
Grades 3-4
Animal Quest

Based on the ever-popular MysteryQuest developed by Berrien County RESA in Michigan, this project is designed for 3rd and 4th grade students studying animals. Through video conference technology, students are able to meet other students in from MAGPI member schools while learning about the habitats, habits and structure of various animals. Prior to the video conference each classroom will...

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Inner World Discovery
Grades 10-12
Inner World Discovery

Have your high school students explore the Immune System through this interactive multimedia videoconference presentation!

Designed by Riddle Memorial Hospital's emergency room doctor Phillip Silverstein, the “Inner World Discovery” program is a multimedia journey through the human body. With Dr. Silverstein as their guide, students participating in this session will experience the...

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International Math Challenge – Grades 3-5
Grades 3-5

Learn about math and other cultures by taking on MAGPI’s Math Game Challenge! Have your students take on the role of educator and have them teach their peers about a math game from another country. Each participating school will be tasked with demonstrating a math game or numerical challenge from another country to other schools on the videoconference. Students will be charged with...

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International Math Challenge – Grades K-2
Grades K-2

Learn about math and other cultures by taking on MAGPI’s Math Game Challenge! Have your students take on the role of educator and have them teach their peers about a math game from another country. Each participating school will be tasked with demonstrating a math game or numerical challenge from another country to other schools on the videoconference. Students will be charged with putting...

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Megaconference Jr.
K12 Students

Megaconference Jr., now in its 7th year, is a project designed to give students in elementary through secondary schools around the world the opportunity to communicate, collaborate and contribute to each other's learning in real time, using advanced multi-point video conferencing technology. Vj teams and their interactive partners will develop and share activities focused on both academic and...

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Wetting in Nature
Students in Grades 11-12

Wetting refers to the study of how a liquid deposited on a solid surface spreads out.  The phenomenon is relevant to numerous industrial areas and plays an important role in nature.  Join Dr. Daeyeon Lee for a discussion of the fundamental aspects of wetting. Dr. Lee will introduce the concept of contact angle (the angle at which the liquid-vapor interface (boundary) meets the solid surface),...

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