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Synchronous Resources
Live two-way interactive video conferencing and live or delayed web based conferences can provide curriculum enrichment opportunities for your classroom.
Video conferencing resources include:
Two-way video conferencing:
- SNDLC Programs - The Southeast Nebraska Distance Learning Consortium has partnered with the following national park systems to provide virtual field trip experiences. At each national park, an education coordinator will share about K-12 programs they have created. The link that is attached to the site provides contact and program information.
- Henry Doorley Zoo - The zoo can bring live programs and engaging activites diretly to your students through video conferencing. Visit the Lied Jungle, Desert Dome, Scott Aquarium, Hubbard Gorilla Valley, and Genetics. Discover the importance of desert adaptations, rainforest life, oceans, penguins, genetics, conservation research and more. Programs are 30-60 minutes in length and are offered on Tuesday through Frirday between 1 and 4 pm. Contact 402-738-6903 or email to outreach@omahazoo.com
- Homestead National Monument - Homestead will tailor a conference to support your curriculum interests. Enrichment areas include tall grass prairie which representa a living laboratory for science activitiess, a visit to Freeman School which is a one-room school built in 1872, the history of the homestead act, and a visit to the museum with over 50,000 artifacts. Contact information 402-223-3514. Education director is Tina Miller tina_miller@nps.org
- Badlands - Over
240,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires make up
South Dakota's Badlands National Park. Rangers can use a special
spotting scope to give your students a view of this unique landscape.
Enrichment sessions can focus on fossils and sedimentary rock
formations, extinct ancient animals and even one of today's endangered
species.
- Brown vs Board of Education - Monroe Elementary School in Topeka, Kansas, is not the only site where the story of Brown v. Board of Education
can be told. There were many segregated schools throughout the
country, and countless parents who disliked the segregated system and
wanted something better for their children. (785-354-4273 x247)
- Little
Rock Central H.S. -
The site of the first important test for the implementation of the U.S.
Supreme Court's historic Brown v. Board of Education, your students can
explore topics of segregation, integration and civil rights. (501-396-3000)
- Minuteman Missle Site - One
of the nation's newest national park areas, this site illustrates the
history and significance of the Cold War, the arms race, and
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) development.
The facilities represent the only remaining intact components of a
nuclear missile field that consisted of 150 Minuteman II missiles, 15
launch control centers, and covered over 13,500 square miles of
southwestern South Dakota.
- Mount Rushmore - http://www.nps.gov/moru/index.htm - The
sheer size of the mountain carving on Mount Rushmore evokes a sense of
awe. Add depth to your classroom discussions of these four presidents,
or explore the math necessary to create these large-scale carvings. Art
students may be interested in watching repairs in progress.
- Nicodemus
National Historic Site - http://www.nps.gov/nico/index.htm - This
site in Kansas preserves and protects the only remaining western town
established by African Americans during the Reconstruction Period
following the Civil War. Explore the role that African-Americans played
in America's story of westward expansion! (785-839-4233)
- Stones River National Park - Rangers from Stones River National Battlefield present two distance learning presentations in cooperation with the Instructional Technology Support Center and Middle Tennessee State University. Next live session is October 7 - 9 to 10 am CST.
- George Washington Carver - George
Washington Carver National Monument is the first National Park site
dedicated to an African American. The park preserves the birthplace and
childhood home of George Washington Carver, the inspirational educator,
scientist and humanitarian. Educational programs focus on Carvers
determination to overcome racial obstacles and pursue a life of service
to his fellow man.
- Hovenweep - Located in Utah, this park protects
six prehistoric, Puebloan-era villages. Your students can learn about
dryland farming practices from 750 years ago; a spotting scope allows
your students to view multi-storied towers perched on canyon rims and
balanced on boulders.
- Biscayne National Park - Join Ranger Maria on an underwater ecosystem adventure! Tour the
mangrove shoreline, the shallow bay and the northern portion of the
third largest coral reef tract in the world. This program focuses on
the Park's four ecosystems and how they are integral to each other and
to us!
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison - The shows featured Park Rangers from the Park and 10 Gunnison Middle
School students exploring the ecosystem, geology and history of the
area. The program also featured comparisons from around the world like
Petra canyon in Jordan, the Three Gorges in China and even a canyon on
Mars.
- Everglades National Park - Teachers are invited to have their students explore all things scaley
and slithery in our online e-field trip. Students will have the
opportunity to view an interactive slide presentation showcasing some
of our most intriguing residents. They'll even have the chance to
e-mail questions to our rangers!
- Grand Canyon National Park - "Geology of Grand Canyon" and "Life on the Edge" ecology programs are
designed to mesh with state standards of learning and are appropriate
for 4-7th grade levels. The programs are free and are a great way of
introducing your students to this amazing national park and to a
variety of scientific studies.
- NASA - Listing of all Distance Learning Network Video Conferencing Events
Live One-way video stream events over the web:
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This page was originally posted: 6/26/06; 3:31:45 PM.
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