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Science and the Cinema (Grades 9-12)
Multiple Topics, Dates and Times
Science and the Cinema brings scientific experts right into your classroom! Students view a selected film and then interact with an expert who discusses the science depicted in the film and takes questions from the audience. These interactions challenge the students by engaging them in discussions on the ethical and moral issues that the advancement of science and technology places on the world community. Projects are being developed that will include experts in the fields of medicine, genetics, anthropology, cellular biology, and toxicology. Find out more about the project and view upcoming topics...
Inner World Discvoery (Grades 9-12; Higher Ed)
Multiple Days/Times
Designed by St. Joseph's Medical Center 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 wonder, intricacies and elegance of the human body’s immune system. This interactive videoconference presentation will make the complexities of understanding the immune system accessible to students and will make real the devastating effects of HIV. This program is scaled for high school and community college classes. Find out more.
It’s Electric! THE LORAX (Grades 9-12)
Coming late May 2008
Students from Methacton High School will share their 'secrets of success' during this highly engaging and interactive event! Learn about their Electric Car Club and why it's important to look into alternative energy sources. This program will show how battery electric vehicles work, how solar cells produce electricity and the practicality of using renewable energy to charge an electric vehicle.
Live from Gemini! (Grades 6-8)
Coming during International Space Week!
Celebrate International Space Week with a special interactive videoconference event with scientists at the Gemini Observatory in Mauna Kea, Hawaii! During this inquiry-based program, students are introduced to the operation of a modern astronomical observatory, the technology that makes observations possible and a sampling of the exciting science explored by one of the world's largest astronomical observatories. More information coming soon.
The Robotic Arm (K20 Community)
Sponsored By Montgomery County Community College
An advanced technology initiative at Montgomery County Community College resulted in the creation of a unique remote instrumentation application! Schools can use free web-based software to manipulate MCCC's robotic arm. Find out more.
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab (K20 Community)
Princeton Plasma Physics laboratory offers a diverse range of virtual science education, including live videoconference programs and online learning objects. Find out more.
Past Programs
An Inconvenient Truth (Grades 9-12; Higher Education)
October 30, 2007 * 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. EST
Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb. If the vast majority of the world's scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever experienced. With nationally-renowned environmental defender Dick Whiteford as your guide, explore the science and urgency behind the messages in last year's blockbuster documentary, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH. Dick will take you and your students through the traveling global warming show developed and made famous by former Vice President, Al Gore. Find out more...
The Science of International Polar Year (IPY) (Grades 6-12)
October 18, 2007 * 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. EST
Middle and High School students and their teachers are invited to participate in a live, interactive videoconference hosted by local science centers. Dr. Rhian Salmon (IPY Program Office) and Dr. Waleed Abdalati (NASA’s Cryospheric Sciences Branch) will take participants on a guided virtual tour of Earth’s polar regions and explore some of the key questions scientists today are trying to answer about how the poles are changing. There will be ample time for question and answers with the featured scientists!Look for more IPY-related events throughout the 2007-2008 academic year!
Global Warming: Race for the Tipping Point (Grades 5-6)
This is a collaborative pilot project between MAGPI, the Future Earth Institute Inc. of Spring City , PA. (FEI), and several fifth and sixth grade classes in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Working collaboratively with FEI and their peers through ongoing videoconferencing and other collaborative technologies, students involved in this project will conduct real research to assist FEI in assessing public attitude of global warming/climate change and educational outreach needs. Students will also collaboratively design a Global Warming Videoconference Symposium for Earth Day. Learn More...
Space Weather Action Center (Grades 7-8)
Imagine being able to monitor the progress of an entire solar storm from the time it erupts from our sun until it sweeps past our small planet effecting enormous changes in our magnetic field. Now imagine being able to do all of this from your classroom-based Space Weather Action Center (S.W.A.C.)! Join us for this exciting new program - brought to you by the NASA Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum and MAGPI. Find out more.
