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on skeleton above for more detailed descriptions of programs
To
order specimens, go to www.carolina.com
or call 1-800-334-5551. Cost varies.
If
you have never ordered from them before, your school must set up an account
first. Allow 10 days for delivery. (Longer if you need to set up an account.
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SCIENCE
Adventures
in Medicine and Science - Practical Anatomy, St. Louis University (K-12)
AIMS was created so that
students could enrich their scientific learning. School year programs introduce
students to human anatomy, stimulate awareness of good health practices,
provide information about injury prevention and lead students to a better
understanding of career choices in medicine.
Doctors
and other experts guide students in the following topics over interactive
videoconference on these dates:
October 5 The
Skin You Are In (MS, HS)
October 26 You Are What You Eat: Teen Nutrition (MS, HS)
October 27 Mr. Bones (Elementary)
November 2
Anatomy of the Human Heart (MS, HS)
November 9 Anatomy of the Human Brain (MS, HS)
November 30 The Straight Story on Methamphetamines (MS, HS)
December 7 A
Visit to the Pediatrician (Elementary)
December 14 Organ Transplant (MS, HS)
December 21 You Are What You Eat: Teen Nutrition (MS, HS)
January 18 Mr.
Bones (Elementary)
January 25 The Skin You Are In (MS, HS)
February 1
Anatomy of the Human Heart (MS, HS)
February 8 Anatomy of the Eye/ Pig Eye Dissection (MS, HS)
February 22 You Are What You Eat: Teen Nutrition (MS, HS)
March 15 Anatomy
of the Human Brain (MS, HS)
March 22 Taking Care of Your Teeth (Elementary)
March 29 The Straight Story on Methamphetamine (MS, HS)
April 5 You
Are What You Eat: Teen Nutrition (MS, HS)
April 19 A Visit To the Pediatrician (Elementary)
April 26 Organ Transplants (MS, HS)
The following programs
can be scheduled upon request. Preferred days are Thursdays and Fridays:
- General Cadaver
Demo - Students will participate in an interactive cadaver demo
via videoconferencing.
- Forensic Autopsy
Demonstration (Pre-requisite: General Cadaver Demo) - Students will
participate in an interactive cadaver demo via videoconferencing. The
demo will discuss the basic procedure of a cadaver demo, during which
the principles of objectivity, scientific method and evidence gathering
will be outlined.
- General Sports
Medicine Demonstration (Pre-requisite: General Cadaver Demo) - Students
will participate in an interactive cadaver demo via videoconferencing
that will outline most of the common sports injuries of the shoulder,
elbow, knee and ankle. Basic principles of injury management will also
be discussed.
- Dissections:
Pig Heart, Sheep Brain
Select from two starting
times, 9:00am OR 10:15am; elementary programs are 45 minutes, middle and
high school programs are an hour; $100 for New Links members; $150 for
non-members
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Robots
Alive!
The Greater Kansas City FIRST Robotics Regional Competition
Join RoundTrips live
Friday, March 16 from Hale Arena in Kansas City, Missouri and be part
of the action as teams from across the Midwest compete in the Greater
Kansas City FIRST Robotics Regional Competition. Founded in 1989, FIRST
Robotics Competition (FRC) is a unique varsity sport of the mind designed
to help high-school-aged young people discover how interesting and rewarding
the life of engineers and researchers can be. FRC stages short games played
by remote-controlled robots. The robots are designed and built in 6 weeks
(out of a common set of basic parts) by a team of 10 to 20 high-school-aged
young people and a handful of engineers-mentors. The students pilot the
robots on the field as they participate in a series of challenges designed
by Dean Kamen, Dr. Woodie Flowers, and a committee of engineers and other
professionals.
RoundTrips invites
you and your students to be part of the excitement on March 16 by joining
us live for any of the 6 interactive programs that will be offered throughout
the day. Ask questions of the teams in competition. See live events from
the field of play. Catch up on competition events and results throughout
the day. Interact with engineers and robot designers. Learn more about
the FIRST Robotics Competitions that are held for high school and middle
school students. Times for the six programs are:
Show 1: 9:00 to
10:00 a.m.—See the Opening Ceremonies and features described
above.
Show 2: 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.—See live qualifying matches from
the competition and features described above.
Show 3: 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.—It’s more qualifying
matches live as well as features described above.
Show 4: 1:00 to 1:45--The qualifying matches continue along with
features described above.
Show 5: 2:15 to 3:00 p.m. –It’s the final qualifying
matches of the day as well as features described above.
Show 6: 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.—This program will include features
described above as well as the live Friday Awards Ceremony.
Programs
will be offered live via videoconferences, Internet web streaming, and
broadcast programming.
1. To enroll as
a videoconference school for the Robots Alive! videoconferences, contact
MOREnet at video@more.net or 573-884-6986
and register.
2. To watch the
program live via the web or to watch archived programs via the web,
surf your computer to http://www.more.net/services/videostreaming/events.html.
The site will be constantly updated as new information becomes available.
In addition to using this web address to connect to the live web stream
on March 16, you will also find information about connecting to the interactive
videoconferences.
3. Shows 1, 2,
3, 4 and 5 will be broadcast in the St. Louis metro region on Charter
Cable. To view any of these five programs via television in St. Louis
County and St. Louis City, tune in to Cooperating School Districts cable
channel 22 at the program time on March 16.
4. Those joining via
web stream, broadcast TV, and videoconference can e-mail their questions
during the programs to roundtrips@clayton.k12.mo.us.
To help prepare your
students for any program, you’ll find more information about FIRST
Robotics at http://www.usfirst.org/.
The website for the Kansas City competition is http://www.kcfirst.org/.
If you have additional questions about program content, student participation
or any other areas related to the events, please contact video@more.net
or call 537-884-6986.
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Click
here for McKissack website
programs
sponsored by United Fruit and Produce Co.
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Author
Visit with Patricia McKissack (K-12)
St. Louis
author, Patricia McKissack, teaches students how to write. During hands-on
and highly interactive sessions, students discuss plot, themes, character
development and more. In a series of three videoconferences, Ms.McKissack
customizes for any grade level and any part of the writing process. In
the first videoconference, the author meets with the teachers to discuss
the goals of the author visit and what books they would like her to present.
In the second, the author dialogs with students, and in the third videoconference
she gives feedback to students about the writing and illustrations the
students have done. Cost for the series of three videoconferences is
$400 for New Links members; non-members $500. The first videoconference
is always at 4:00pm, and the last two are at 9:30 or 11:00 am. Student
videoconferences last for an hour and fifteen minutes. Dates and topics
for this school year are as follows:
Upon
Request (call with your preferred dates/times):
Creative
Writing
Historical Fiction/Biography Writing
Scheduled
Presentations:
Nov.
20, Nov. 30, Dec. 20 - Winter Holidays around the World
Jan.
3, Jan. 8, Feb. 1- Nonfiction Writing: Fact vs. Opinion--with Arlene Zarembka,
co-author of To Establish Justice with Pat McKissack
Ms. Zarembka has been an attorney in private practice
in St. Louis since 1981. She has also represented lower-income residents
who were fighting displacement from their neighborhoods by urban redevelopment
corporations. She is the author of The Urban Housing Crisis: Social,
Economic, and Legal Issues and Proposals and has written numerous
commentaries on civil rights and social and economic justice.
This important
book examines the role that the Supreme Court has played in shaping the
civil rights for various people of all ages, races and nationalities.
Using concise and accessible language, McKissack and Zarembka examine
the evolution of civil rights and the struggle of various groups to obtain
them. Educators can use this book to provide their students with an easy
way to understand how the court system operates and how as American society
has changed, so have interpretations of justice and equality. The authors
have written a compelling and provocative text that urges readers to ask:
"What is the meaning of JUSTICE?"
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Author Visit with Carolyn Lesser (K-adult)
You
may choose one of these student programs, or both:
Program
#1: Exploring to Write: Using a Journalistic Approach to Writing Nonfiction
Program
#2: Nonfiction Poetry
Nonfiction does indeed
matter! Hop aboard Carolyn’s magic carpet and see how she uses the
research tools of travel, exploration of the outdoors, the library, the
Internet, and the personal interview. Take non-fiction from boring to
fascinating. Kids and teachers will be amazed by the possibilities for
writing the incredible truth of nature.
Your students will
become explorers of the world with author Carolyn Lesser and learn how
to "see" through the lens of scientific/artistic observation.
In Program #1, students will be taken through a process of close
examination of an object, learn the journalistic techniques of reporting,
and employ the steps of the writing process to create their own nonfiction
prose.
In Program #2,
students will be taken through the same process of close examination of
an object, but this time, they will be guided through the writing process
to create their own free verse poems. They will learn poetic form, metaphorical
writing techniques, and how to observe the world as a poet does. Either
program can be tied in with a unit on the Lewis and Clark Expedition easily,
if you choose.
In the first of three
videoconferences, the author meets with the teachers to discuss the objectives
of the program and activities to prepare students for the upcoming sessions.
In the second session, students travel on an expedition with the author
and journal with her using the writing process. They are then given an
assignment to write either a nonfiction piece or a poem, depending on
which program you choose. The third session provides an opportunity for
students to present their writing to the author and solicit feedback from
her. The cost for the series of three videoconferences for New
Links members is $700; non-members, $825. These programs are offered
upon request. Call with your date/time preferences.
Customized videoconference
packages available:
- Add additional
videoconference meetings with students for deeper revision
- Have the author
critique individual hard copies of student work
- Customize writing
assignments to different areas/units of study across disciplines
- Other customization
as requested
Call for pricing.
Professional
Development with Carolyn Lesser
Inspiring
Teachers, Creating Confident Writers Of Non-Fiction
This workshop
is about writing; opening ourselves to becoming writers, exercising our
writing skills, writing for the sheer joy of lining up words on the page,
and enriching and enhancing our professional lives. Each meeting will
be spent talking "writers' talk," innovating our processes,
organizing our work, writing our writing, reading our writing, discussing
our writing and the writing of others, writing as a class, and inventing
classroom applications of our writing processes. Questions are celebrated.
The informal workshop
format will create an opportunity for teachers to explore their own writing
and experience the nonfiction writing process with a published nonfiction
author in a lighthearted spirit of exploration and discovery. As teachers
become confident writers, they will model new attitudes toward writing,
inspiring confidence and support toward their developing students' writing.
Teachers will experience inspiration and writing from passion and research
to ignite students' narrative and expository compositions. This is a "hands-on"
workshop with methods and activities that can be applied at all elementary
and secondary levels, K-12.
Time, Dates, Duration:
Because the author will be delighted to collaborate with your planners
to make the time and content of this valuable professional development
opportunity unique to your circumstances and district visions, she will
consider your requests individually and will plan with you concerning
on-going in-service for your teachers in nonfiction writing techniques
for personal and classroom use. This professional development can be tailored
to your district's needs with regard to time allotted. It can be planned
within the range of a once a month, 2 hour, after school writing program
throughout the school year, to a single after school workshop of three
hours duration. Cost will vary accordingly. Contact the author directly
to negotiate at CLesserAuthor@aol.com
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Reading,
Writing and Computer Graphics Fun with Author/Computer Illustrator Bill
Dallas Lewis (2-adult)
A Dartmouth College graduate and trained in Silicon Valley, multitalented
and good-natured Bill Dallas Lewis shares with students the importance and
fun of reading, and the joy of writing! From his home in Puerta Vallarta,
Mexico, he shares the exhilaration of taking your creation to the public,
be it friends and family or the world, via computer graphics. You can see
his works at www.sillybilly.com.
Bill offers three presentation options. Dates and times are upon request
and set to meet your needs.
Program #1 FOR
STUDENTS (2-12) In this single, one hour presentation, Bill shares
with students that he went to school where Dr. Seuss went to school. He
shares how he read all he could about Dr. Seuss, learning about writing.
Bill then graphically takes students through the writing process and the
rewriting process. Finally, Bill demonstrates how he uses state of the
art, computer graphics applications that can make any thing look real,
from image manipulation, to animation, to sound. He lets students know
that he has all of this fun, because he reads lots of books.
Cost: $200
Program #2 FOR
STUDENTS (4-12) This is a three session presentation, running 1 hour
and fifteen minutes each. In the first session, Bill interacts with teachers
to discuss their interests and questions about the sessions. He then tailors
his presentations to meet their interests. Many schools have worked with
him to create 30 minute animated cartoons, real children's hardback books,
or even interactive CD's. In the second session, Bill takes the students
through the writing process. He takes the students through the process
of story boarding the project. He uses his beyond PowerPoint presentation
methods to make the process descriptive and lots of fun. Towards the end
of the session, Bill goes in depth into image manipulation and basic animation
techniques. In the third session, Bill picks up on more in-depth animation
techniques, goes into the world of interactivity, logic and basic fun
coding. He then explores the fun of non-linier video editing, and the
new world of working with sound.
Cost: $600 for all three sessions
Program #3 FOR
TEACHERS Learn Flash, a fun in-service! This is four, two hour classes.
Flash is really fun, but it's really complex. Bill has taught Flash to
5th and 6th Graders, the Senior Graphics Designers in New York, the Graphics
Specialists of the United States Coast Guard in Petaluma, CA as well as
designers at The Gap in the Bay area.
Bill not only teaches
Flash, he shares with you how you can integrate it into your classroom,
school or school district. Flash makes any curriculum come to life. Times
and dates are set to meet your needs. Contact the author directly to negotiate
the cost at sillbill@well.com
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Reading
Big with Fahrenheit 451
Originally published
in 1953, and more relevant today than ever, Ray Bradbury's masterpiece
Fahrenheit 451 is now the centerpiece of St. Louis' participation
in The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts
designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. In the
novel, Bradbury creates a sobering outlook of the future, in which firemen
actually start fires in order to burn books. Bradbury's society holds
up the appearance of happiness as the highest goal---a place where trivial
information is good and knowledge and ideas are bad. By contrast, during
the Big Read, sponsored in St. Louis by Washington
University, the public will have the opportunity to explore Fahrenheit
451's provocative and important themes in depth through a wide variety
of February events. These events include community-wide lectures, readings,
art exhibits, theater productions, book discussion groups, film festivals,
and a unique series of interactive videoconferences. Short descriptions
of these videoconferences are provided below. Additional preparatory materials,
including a detailed agenda, are also available for each program and will
be sent to you once you have enrolled.
Student Program
1: Politics, Government and Fahrenheit 451
Date: February 20, 2007
Time: 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. CST
Grade Level: High School
Cost: Free
In Ray Bradbury's landmark novel, the people who populate its futurist
society have ceded their individual autonomy to the government. Books
are censored, free speech restricted and governmental power absolute.
Now, just over fifty years after the book's original publication, we ask
the question: how do those political issues resonate in our society today?
How close are we to the people and government of Fahrenheit 451?
We invite you to ask these questions and more and participate in the discussion
that ensues as we investigate the book's political themes with literary
experts, political scientists and social scientists.
Student Program
2: Technology, Privacy and Fahrenheit 451
Date: February 27, 2007
Time: 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. CST
Grade Level: High School
Cost: Free
Television walls, seashell radios, mechanical hounds-futuristic technologies
that play principal roles in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. How
does Bradbury's use of these technologies and others serve to drive the
story and underscore the themes of his landmark novel? What price to privacy
has been paid by the citizens of his futuristic society? And what about
today's technology and its effects on our society? How close are we to
Bradbury's vision? What price are we paying? We invite you to participate
in the discussion of these questions and more as we investigate these
provocative issues with literary experts, political scientists and social
scientists.
To Learn More:
More details about the Big Read Project in St. Louis can be found at http://bigread.wustl.edu/about.php.
More information about the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read initiative
can be found at http://www.neabigread.org/.
Both of these sites also contain valuable information about Fahrenheit
451 and Ray Bradbury. For more information on Bradbury's life and
his writings go to http://www.raybradbury.com/.
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Free
Author Visit Videoconference with Children's Author Donna Bateman
Date: Wednesday,
May 16, 2007
Time: 10:00-11:00am CDT
Grade Level: K-2
Join Missouri children’s
book author Donna Bateman and Dexter the Alligator as they read Ms. Bateman's
new book, Deep in the Swamp. Set to the melody of “Over in
the Meadow” by Olive A. Wadsworth, Deep in the Swamp introduces
young naturalists to the flora and fauna of the Okefenokee Swamp. Young
readers will get a kick out of reading along with Donna about creatures
that make the swamp their home!
Donna is a former
Spanish and French teacher. Deep in the Swamp is her first picture
book. Donna lives with her husband and two kids in Bridgeton, Missouri,
not far from the swampy bottomlands of the Missouri River.
This is a great opportunity
for younger students, in kindergarten through second grades, to interact
with an author over videoconference. This videoconference is a free opportunity
for New Links to New Learning members. If you would like to participate,
contact rpolityka@csd.org. There
are 4 interactive slots available.
Some of the Show-Me
Standards this series of videoconferences cover include: Goal 2 - Students
in Missouri public schools will acquire the knowledge and skills to communicate
effectively within and beyond the classroom. Communication Arts: 1. speaking
and writing standard English; 5. comprehending and evaluating the content
and artistic aspects of oral and visual presentations (such as story-telling,
debates, lectures, multi-media productions); 6. participating in formal
and informal presentations and discussions of issues and ideas; 7. identifying
and evaluating relationships between language and culture
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FINE ARTS
Inside
the Artist's Studio
Ever wanted to know
what it's like to to be a working professional artist? To go inside an
artist's workspace or rehearsal space and ask him questions while he works?
To find out about her creative process? To see how a work of art comes
to life? Structured to provide student learning across the artistic disciplines
of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts, Inside the Artist's Studio
will help answer these questions and more as we take students on virtual
field trips enabling them to interact with artists in their own studios
via videoconferences. Our target audience is students in Missouri schools,
and all programs are FREE. Call for more information. Here are upcoming
programs:
St.
Louis Black Repertory's Production of
Crossin' Over
Via interactive videoconferences,
web streamed programs, and broadcast television, Inside the Artist's Studio
will link student and adult audiences to this compelling piece of theatre
produced by the internationally acclaimed St. Louis Black Repertory Company.
Go behind the scenes to see how this production comes to life; meet the
people involved in telling this story to the world; increase your understanding
of the issues raised in the production.
Each program will
be offered live during the school day via videoconferences, Internet web
streaming and broadcast programming. To view as a videoconference school,
contact Rebecca Polityka at Cooperating School Districts of Greater St.
Louis at rpolityka@csd.org. To
watch the program live via the web, or to watch archived programs via
the web, surf your computer to http://commonsvcg.oar.net/RoundTrips.
Please note the web address is case sensitive. To view via broadcast television
on Charter Cable in St. Louis County, tune in to CSD-TV, channel 22 at
the program time. Those joining via web stream and broadcast TV can e-mail
their questions during the programs to roundtrips@clayton.k12.mo.us.
After its live presentation, each program is archived on the project’s
website for on-demand viewing available at any time. You can also obtain
a DVD or VHS copy of the program by contacting the project directors at
roundtrips@clayton.k12.mo.us.
Below please find
short descriptions for each hour-long program. Additional preparatory
materials, including a detailed agenda, are available for each program.
Please e-mail roundtrips@clayton.k12.mo.us
to request the materials. More details about Inside the Artist's Studio
can be found at the RoundTrips website, http://www.roundtrips.org.
Program 1: The
History of Crossin' Over
Date: February 1, 2007
Time: 10:00 a.m. CST
Conceived and directed by Ron Himes, the Founder and Producing Director
of The Black Rep, Crossin' Over invites the audience to witness
a spiritual journey that chronicles the history of Africans in America
through song, and traces the connection between your contemporary house
of worship back to the times of capture. Join Ron Himes and history professors
at Washington University as they discuss the history of the African-American
experience and the relationship between that experience and gospel music.
Find out how Ron conceived the show, selected the music and created the
show's structure as you ask your questions.
Program 2: Inside
the Rehearsal Process
Date: February 8, 2007
Time: 1:00 p.m. CST
Join us from
the stage of the Grandel Theatre, performance space for the St. Louis
Black Repertory Company as they rehearse for their upcoming production
of Crossin' Over. What do you want to know about casting, staging,
and character development? Interact with actors, music director and choreographer
as they rehearse. View scenes from the show and ask the actors and director
questions about the process of bringing a character to life. How do they
determine the best way to play and sing the song? How does the music impact
the actor’s character development and the audience’s understanding
and enjoyment of the story? Find out your answers to these questions and
more as you interact with theatre professionals.
Program 3: Lights,
Costumes, Scenery
Date: February 15, 2007
Time: 12:00 p.m. (Noon) CST
Join us from
the stage of the Grandel Theatre as we meet the director, music director,
scenic designer, lighting designer and costume designer for the St. Louis
Black Repertory's production of Crossin' Over. Find out how the
show comes to life from the first phase of design to the final phase of
implementation.
2007
Music Series
Behind the Scenes at the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Ever wanted to know
what it's like to be part of a professional orchestra? To go inside the
rehearsal space and ask musicians, conductors and technicians questions
while they work? To find out about their creative process? To see how
a piece of music comes to life? You can find the answers to these questions
and more when Inside the Artist's Studio takes you behind the scenes
of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Via interactive videoconferences, web streamed programs, and broadcast
television, Inside the Artist's Studio will link student and adult
audiences to professional musicians and technicians of the St. Louis Symphony
Orchestra as well as members of the symphony's Youth Orchestra. Go behind
the scenes to see how an ensemble comes to life; meet the people involved
in telling the orchestra's story to the world; increase your understanding
of the role of the conductor and the impact music has on your life.
Below please find
short descriptions for each program. Additional preparatory materials,
including a detailed agenda, are available for each program. Please e-mail
us at roundtrips@clayton.k12.mo.us
to request the materials or view them at the project website. More details
about Inside the Artis's Studio can be found at our RoundTrips website,
http://www.roundtrips.org. For
more details about the St. Louis Symphony
Orchestra, go to http://www.slso.org.
Program 1: Being
An Ensemble
Date: February 26, 2007
Time: 10:00 a.m. CST
Grade Level: Middle School and High School
What does it
mean to be part of an "ensemble?" What does it take in terms
of cooperation, teamwork and musical talent? Why is being part of an ensemble
"an act of doing?" Get your answers to these questions and more
as you interact with strings musicians of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
and Youth Orchestra. Join us live on the Symphony's home stage at Powell
Hall as musicians speak about what it's like to play in the strings section,
to work both separately and as an ensemble, and to have a career as a
musician. Hear the music. Ask your questions. Be part of the ensemble.
Program 2: Role
of the Conductor
Date: March 19, 2007
Time: 10:00 a.m. CST
Grade Level: Middle School and High School
You're at the
Symphony. The orchestra is in place, and tune up is completed when the
conductor enters the stage. The audience applauds. The conductor's baton
is raised. The concert begins. What does it mean to be a "conductor?"
What do all those arm motions signify? How does the conductor work with
musicians in rehearsals and direct them in performances? How do orchestra
members respond to the role of the conductor? Join David Robertson, Conductor
of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra to ask him these questions and more.
See video from rehearsals and performances as we explore the role of the
conductor. If you'd like your student orchestra to be featured in a performance
during the program for David Robertson, please contact us as soon as possible.
Program 3: Backstage
at the Symphony
Date: April 23, 2007
Time: 10:00 a.m.CST
Grade Level: Middle School and High School
What happens
backstage to prepare for a professional orchestra concert? What are the
roles of stagehands, lighting technicians, audio technicians and others
who create the environment needed for musicians and audience members to
have the best musical experience possible? Go backstage at Powell Hall
with the professionals of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Learn about
their careers and the essential part they play in the success of the Symphony.
2007
Visual Arts Series
Inside
the Artist's Studio takes you into the studios of three visual artists
for its 2007 Visual Arts Series. Via interactive videoconferences, web
streamed programs, and broadcast television, Inside the Artist's Studio
will link student and adult audiences to professional artists working
with Craft Alliance of St. Louis. Join us for three programs of inspiration.
Increase your understanding of the design and creation process, flex your
critical thinking skills, and compare your work as an artist to these
professionals.
Program 1: Space,
Place and Inspiration: Where My Art Comes From (Jewelry Making)
Date: March 30, 2007
Time: 10:00 a.m.CDT
Grade Level: Upper Elementary to High School
Join metals
artist Robert Longyear as he creates pieces of jewelry inspired by pictures
taken of unusual objects and locations in and around the St. Louis area.
Robert will share images that inspired his recent work, show jewelry created
from those images, and demonstrate the process he uses to execute his
pieces. We'll explore the big questions: Where do ideas for art come from?
How do space and place influence the artist? How is inspiration transformed
into a piece of art? How are metals used to create works of art? What
metal working techniques are available to the artist? Ask your additional
questions as you watch Robert at work.
Program 2: Handmade
Pottery with Mary Henderson
Date: April 24, 2007
Time: 10:00 a.m.CDT
Grade Level: Upper Elementary and Middle School
Mary combines
her artistic gifts with her love of Medieval and Renaissance history to
create unique and beautiful pieces of pottery based on historic designs.
In this program from the Craft Alliance clay studio, we'll explore the
big questions: How has pottery been used throughout history, and how does
that influence artists at work today? How is the clay transformed into
a piece of pottery? How is the wheel used and how are parts of the pottery
assembled? What methods of decoration are available when working with
clay? Why would an artist choose certain methods and how are they applied?
Join Mary as she throws clay on the wheel, and ask her your questions
about working in this exciting medium.
Program 3: An Approach
Toward Raku Pottery Making with Andrew Denny
Date: May 11, 2007
Time: TBA
Grade Level: Middle School and High School
Andrew will share his experience studying in Japan and how that has influenced
the art he creates. During the course of the program, he will demonstrate
the techniques of Raku pottery making as he shares with students his insight
into his work and the tutelage he received while in Japan. We'll explore
the big questions: How does an artist maintain an honest approach in his/her
work? What kind of a relationship does an artist have to his/her work?
How are the traditions of Asian art different than that of the West? How
can those traditions be incorporated into an artist's work? Ask your questions
of Andrew as he blends his cultural experiences
and artistic gifts to create Raku pottery before your eyes.
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In St. Louis, these
programs will be broadcast live on Charter cable TV channel 22.
In addition, they
will be streamed live and archived on this site:
http://commonsvcg.oar.net/
RoundTrips
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SOCIAL
STUDIES
Missouri
Regions: It's Time To Tell Your Story (K-6)
Tied to Missouri’s
elementary Grade Level Expectations that deal with understanding the history,
culture, geography, economy and government of Missouri, Missouri Regions
will take Missouri elementary students on virtual field trips throughout
the state. While on this learning journey, students will experience Missouri’s
people and places first hand and share the unique and important aspects
of their region with the rest of the state.
See Missouri’s
rivers and topography. Visit Missouri’s historic sites. Learn about
Missouri’s culture, economy and government. Interact with students
from across the state and with adult experts as they share on a wide variety
of topics linked to Missouri’s 4th grade social studies grade level
expectations. Each program will contain “Highlights” of a particular
region organized around the “who, what, where, when, why, and how”
questions, and each program will also offer a more detailed exploration
of one or two “Feature Focus” topics related to that region.
Your students can
join as audience members, presenters, or both. Each program will be offered
live via videoconferences, Internet webstreaming and broadcast programming.
After its live presentation, each program is archived on the project’s
website for on-demand viewing available at any time. There are two URLs
for streaming and the archives: http://commonsvcg.oar/net/RoundTrips
OR mms://streaming.more.net/MissouriRegions
Our 2006-2007 programs
begin with a slate of five programs in November. Dates, times,
Feature Focus topics, and featured grade level expectations for those
five programs are highlighted below:
Programs One and
Two: Geography and Geology of East Central Missouri
Date: November 9, 2006
Time: 9:00-10 am OR 1:00-2:00pm (The first 15 minutes will be used
as “meet and greet” time for the students involved then at 9:15
the program begins.)
Join 4th graders from Glenridge Elementary School in Clayton, Missouri
as they host this program focused on the people and places of East Central
Missouri. In addition to highlighting important “who, what, where,
when, why and how” examples in this region of Missouri, we’ll
take a close-up look at the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers and the important
role they play in the life of our state and nation. We’ll also explore
Meramec Caverns and learn about the unique geology of caves and why Missouri
is known as “the cave state.”
Feature Focus Topics: A close up look of Missouri’s two major
rivers and Missouri’s status as “the cave state.”
Featured Grade Level Expectations: GLE 5, GLE 2a Grade 4
Program Three:
Border War, Bushwhackers and Southwest Missouri
Date: November 29, 2006
Time: 9:00-10:00am (The first 15 minutes will be used as “meet
and greet” time for the students involved then at 9:15 the program
begins.)
Join 4th graders and 7th graders from Nevada, Missouri as they host this
program focused on the people and places of Southwest Missouri. In addition
to highlighting important “who, what, where, when, why and how”
examples in this region of Missouri, we’ll take a close-up look at
Missouri’s role in the Civil War by investigating the conflict on
the Kansas and Missouri border and the role played by those known as “Bushwhackers.”
Experts from the Bushwhacker Museum in Nevada will join us for the program.
Feature Focus Topic: Missouri’s role in the Civil War as exemplified
in the Kansas/Missouri border conflict
Featured Grade Level Expectations: GLE 5, GLE2a Grade 4
Program Four: The
Osage Indians and Southwest Missouri
Date: November 29, 2006
Time: 10:30-11:30am (The first 15 minutes will be used as “meet
and greet” time for the students involved then at 10:45 the program
begins.)
Join 4th graders and 7th graders from Nevada, Missouri as they host this
program focused on the people and places of Southwest Missouri. In addition
to highlighting important “who, what, where, when, why and how”
examples in this region of Missouri, we’ll take a close-up look at
the history and culture of the Osage Indians who were native to present-day
Missouri, the forces that led to their removal from this land, and their
lives today. Guests from the Osage Nation will join us for the program.
Feature Focus Topic: History and culture of the Osage Nation
Featured Grade Level Expectations: GLE 5, GLE2a Grade 4
Program Five:
Famous People and Unique Geography of Southwest Missouri
Date: November 29, 2006
Time: 1:00-2:00pm (The first 15 minutes will be used as “meet
and greet” time for the students involved then at 1:15 the program
begins.)
Join 4th graders and 7th graders from Nevada, Missouri as they host this
program focused on the people and places of Southwest Missouri. In addition
to highlighting important “who, what, where, when, why and how”
examples in this region of Missouri, we’ll take a close-up look at
people from Southwest Missouri who have made important contributions to
Missouri and our nation. We’ll also look in detail at the geography
of Southwest Missouri and compare some of its unique features to other
areas of Missouri. Guests will include experts on George Washington Carver
and Nathan Boone.
Feature Focus Topics: Famous people and unique geography of Southwest
Missouri
Featured Grade Level Expectations: GLE 5, GLE2a Grade 4
The following
programs are available to watch (view-only) on Cooperating School Districts’
cable channel 22. They will not be available as videoconferences. Don’t
forget to tune in!
You are welcome to e-mail your questions into RoundTrips during the programs
at roundtrips@clayton.k12.mo.us
The Civil War in Missouri
Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Time: 1:45 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
RoundTrips will be at the Lexington battlefield site with the transmitter
while Glenridge Elementary (Clayton) students are back home. Students
will interact with a docent from the historic site as well as present
information themselves.
WWI and Missouri
History
Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
RoundTrips will be at the National WWI Museum (Liberty Memorial) in Kansas
City with the transmitter while Glenridge Elementary (Clayton) students
are back home. Students will interact with the Museum's education director
as well as present information themselves.
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ITV
Racial Dialogs (9-12)
Cooperating School
Districts will conduct a series of videoconference dialogs between 3-4
high schools on the topic of race relations. High school students from
different demographic areas of the St. Louis metropolitan area (urban,
suburban, and rural), and possibly other locations in the U.S., will have
an opportunity to talk with each other in a series of five videoconference
dialogs. The break down of the sessions is as follows:
Session 1 - Developing a common language to talk about racism, stereotyping,
discrimination and prejudice.
Session 2 - What I learned growing up.
Session 3 - How inclusive is my school?
Session 4 - What procedures and policies would make my school more inclusive?
Session 5 - What can I personally do to change things?
All dialogs take place from 1:00-2:00pm Central Time. Dates:
Oct. 20
Nov. 17
Dec. 8
Jan. 5
Feb. 9
If you are
interested in participating, let us know. You
must make a commitment for students to participate in all five dialogs
for the sake of continuity.
If these dates don't work for you, call with your preferred dates.
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Trial
by Wire: An ITV High School Project (9-12)
CSD, in collaboration
with the St. Louis County Library, is pleased to announce a new project
for high school students involving a mock trial via videoconference.
Trial by Wire will allow several locations to try a murder case together.
This project will entail research by the students and their participation
in a videoconference. They will be simulating a court trial (taken from
an actual state of Missouri court case). A librarian from the St. Louis
County Library will act as judge and will help students research the case.
We need three classes from different schools to participate. One will
act as the prosecution, one will be the defense, and one will be the jury.
Please call with your requested date and time. This fits best with a block
scheduling high school, but if you are not on block scheduling and would
like to participate, we can arrange this for you. Here is the actual breakdown
of the videoconference:
1. Prosecution presents
their evidence and argument
2. Defense presents their evidence and argument
3. Both sides present their final arguments; jury is allowed to
question the judge before deliberating. Judge instructs the jury as to
their task and deliberations; jury deliberates and reaches a verdict.
4. Jury announces their verdict; jury explains their verdict. Judge
makes a statement. Students ask additional questions and discuss their
learning experiences. (Depending on time, this may have to be done at
a second videoconference or over email.)
If you are interested
in having your class participate, please call Martha Bogart at 314-692-1258
or email mbogart@csd.org
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MEDIA
LITERACY
DESE
Student Workshop: Copyright Issues (8-12)
With images, songs
and written works just a mouse click away, it is important for teachers
and students to understand what can and cannot be used in their own work.
In this hour long program, Lisa Walters, Library Media and Technology
Consultant from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education,
explains to students how they can use copyrighted sources in multi-media
presentations. Students have a chance to look at case studies and ask
Lisa questions about what they are allowed to use in their original projects
and how they are allowed to use it. Free to New Links members.
Feb. 5, 11:00-12:00pm
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St.
Louis County Library EBSCOHost Workshop (9-12)
St. Louis County Library
Coordinator of Electronic Database Training, Paul Steensland, presents
a workshop via videoconference about EBSCOHost’s MasterFILE Elite
database. Students can use MasterFILE Elite to find full-text articles
from over 1000 popular magazines including Time, Discover and American
History . Students will learn how to search MasterFILE Elite’s
database using keyword searching and how to print and email their articles.
In order to take advantage
of this workshop, it is best if students have access to computers while
they are viewing the videoconference, but this is not mandatory. This
presentation is geared for high school students only. Free to New
Links members. Dates
and times upon request. Call
with your requests.
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Show-Me
a Movie
Digital Storytelling Contest for Missouri Students
(K-12)
Show-Me a Movie, a
digital storytelling contest for Missouri students to demonstrate their
creativity and digital moviemaking skills, will take place again this
school year. Based on curriculum, and with a content focus, these 2-minute
videos will showcase what students know, care about, and are able to do.
Deadline for entries is Dec. 18, 2006. Winners will be showcased at the
Midwest Education Conference
in St. Louis on Feb.27& 28, 2007. Join us in this fun event!
For more information,
go to: http://www2.csd.org/showmemovie/index.htm
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Character
Education
Program
1: Focus with Character Levels 1 & 2** (For all K-12 classes)
Join us in these motivating,
empowering, interactive sessions in which Dan Moriarty ("Mr. M")
will stimulate your students' desire to be responsible for their focus
and attention in your classroom! Dan is the founder of Moving with Character,™
with 10 years of direct teaching experience in the public school system
as an elementary and middle school Physical Education teacher. Dan also
has over 30 years of martial arts expertise, having achieved the rank
of 6th degree black belt. For the last five years, Dan has taught his
Moving with Character™ programs to public and private schools to
over 18,000 students, teachers and parents. In 2005, he brought MWC to
videoconferencing with CSD. Through the MWC programs, Dan helps schools
create a climate where students, teachers, and parents are inspired to
do their best work and reach their full potential.
Your students will benefit from learning the ancient techniques of focusing
and self-control of the Martial Arts. The ability for students to be in-charge
of their attention in the classroom takes responsibility, self-control
and practice. Using the Mountain Thinking™ process students learn
and practice to lengthen their concentration time through focusing exercises.
This empowers them to be more in charge of themselves in your classroom
rather than being distracted by external influences. Teachers also learn
dojo control™ which is a simple, but powerful, language that not
only teaches students, but motivates them to be in charge of their focus,
attention, behavior and attitude in the classroom. This takes the burden
and stress of controlling behavior away from the teacher and empowers
the students to control their own behavior. (**Level 2 is a more in depth
version of Level 1 and is offered upon request).
Student feedback
from Focus with Character:
I am in charge - Josie
I learned how to concentrate on class [rather] than distractions.
- Brooke
He taught me to show respect, responsibility, [and] self control.
- Chase
Program
2: Stick with Character™ (For K-12 Physical Education Classes)
Stick with Character™ focuses on strengthening a person's character
traits. It also focuses on Brain Integration. Brain Integration is a process
of combining movement, rhythm, and coordination that strengthens the connection
between the left and right hemispheres of the brain, thereby increasing
academic performance and success. Brain Integration is what accounts for
the strength of our balance, coordination, cognition, and understanding.
Rhythmic movement, as a part of learning, will enable the human brain
to learn faster and retain learning longer. Brain Integration through
movement is literally "exercise for the brain."
Stick with Character™ also introduces and focuses on many aspects
of individual character in a physical education setting, including responsibility,
self-control, respect, practice, perseverance, appreciation, and self-discipline.
Students learn the ancient techniques of martial arts stick work and the
importance of focus, respect, control, perseverance, etc. as they work
with partners to achieve their goals. Because the students use rhythmic
movement during their stick work, Brain Integration is enhanced. *MWC
Sticks need to be purchased in advance of program* at an additional cost.
Cost: $400 per site (1- 4 sites required) for 3 videoconference sessions;
first meeting with teachers, second meeting with students, and third session
with either teachers or students as follow-up. All programs are on demand,
and CSD asks for three weeks advance notice with requests.
For more information on Moving with Character, contact Dan Moriarty:
Office: 636 861-9978 Cell: 314 280-9850
ctmotion@sbcglobal.net
www.movingwithcharacter.com
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All
Aboard for Safer Travels: Promoting Bus Safety (grades 4-6)
2 sessions: Oct.
17 & Nov. 14
Time: 10:00--11:00am both days
This two-part presentation
is for older elementary audiences and their bus drivers. We will explore
bus behaviors and the impact they have on school communities. During the
first session, students and their bus drivers will craft pilot projects
for their schoosl and test them out for three weeks. The second follow-up
session will provide an opportunity to discuss what worked and refine
a program design that can be implemented for the rest of the school year.
Objectives:
- Define and discuss
bullying behaviors that occur on buses
- Establish guidelines
for acceptable behavior
- Design and implement
a bus behavior plan/project (name it, describe it, plan materials for
it, and implement it)
- Evaluate individual
plans and discuss improvements and feasibility for long term, schoolwide
and/or districtwide use
This workshop is ideal
for specific buses, bringing both driver and older riders together to
create a safer climate on buses by talking about ways to address hurtful
and disruptive behaviors. This is an opportunity to consider the role
of the school, parents, passengers and driver as part of the solution
to prevent violence while traveling to and from school. Students should
come prepared to design a campaign with their groups. It may be a poster
contest, decorating your bus with slogans, hosting a "talk to the
driver" event where parents, students and the driver can discuss
what is helpful or what is hurtful to safe travels.
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TEST
PREP
Princeton
Review ACT Prep Classes (10-12)
Through 20 hours of
instruction over interactive videoconference, students learn concepts
and skills to master the ACT, including revolutionary test-taking techniques
and tactics specific to each section of the test, all from an instructor
from The Princeton Review. Three real ACT practice tests afford students
the opportunity to practice what they learn and track their improvement
during the five week course. A computer-generated analysis of each practice
test provides detailed information identifying strengths and weaknesses,
allowing students and teachers to focus on the areas where students need
to improve the most.
Cost is $125 per student, $175 for late registrations. Offered before
each ACT exam; minimum of 50 total students required; all participants
do not have to be at same site.
Dates of the classes leading up to the April 14, 2007 ACT test date are
as follows:
Mondays and Wednesdays, March 5 thru April 11 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. with
Saturday practice tests on the mornings of March 3 & 17 and April
7, 2007. There will be no classes the week of March 26 due to spring
breaks.
Registration Deadline for Cooperating School Districts: Monday,
February 12, 2007; Late registration closes February 16. Absolutely
NO registrations will be taken after the close of business on Feb. 16!!!
Please consult your (student's) school for a site-specific
deadline.
For more information about interactive videoconference ACT classes offered
by Cooperating School Districts and The Princeton Review, contact Videoconference
Coordinator Rebecca Polityka at 314-692-1274 OR rpolityka@csd.org.
Registration forms and more information can also be found here.
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STAFF
DEVELOPMENT
Mental
Health in Children and Adolescents (K-12 educators & support staff)
In a series of videoconferences,
educational staff can learn about various mental health issues in children
and adolescents. They will learn about their causes, treatment, and how
to access mental health professionals if they spot children in their classrooms
whom they feel need help. Meeting time for all sessions is 4:00-5:00pm;
free to New Links members; $50 for non-members. Topics include:
September 12: Fostering Good Sportsmanship
December 5: Reactive Attachment Disorder
January 9: Self Injury
February 13: Bullying & Obesity, Their Relationship in Children and
Adolescents
March 6: When Treatments Don't Work
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