Berger displays the fossilized bones of Australopithecus sediba he discovered at the Malapa Fossil Site
Meet paleoanthropologist Professor Lee Berger, author of his newest release, The Skull in the Rock: How a Scientist, a Boy, and Google Earth Opened a New Window on Human Origins. Learn more about Professor Berger and his 9 year old son’s amazing discovery of two remarkably well preserved, two-million-year-old fossils of an adult female and young male, known asAustralopithecus sediba; a previously unknown species of ape-like creatures that may have been a direct ancestor of modern humans.
Professor Berger is the Reader in Human Evolution and the Public Understanding of Science at the Institute for Human Evolution, School of GeoSciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa. He holds an adjunct Professorial position in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Arkansas. He has conducted numerous expeditions as an Explorer for National Geographic and was winner of the Society’s first Research and Exploration Prize in 1997. He is best known for his discovery of Australopithecus sediba.
Date: Monday, November 12
Time: 1:30-2:30 pm
Audience: Students, grades 3-12
Cost: FREE
If you would like to book this session, please fill out the online request form.
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Sixth Floor Museum gives students an opportunity to hear living history from the closest civilian eyewitnesses to President Kennedy at the time he was shot.
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Hear the Newman’s interviewed by the Sixth Floor Museum’s Associate Curator, Stephen Fagin. The Newman’s were the closest civilian eyewitnesses to President Kennedy at the time of the fatal shot. They were interviewed on live television approximately fifteen minutes after the assassination. Historical photographs, documents, and video footage will be used to enhance the story that they tell. This is a view only program. Date: Friday, November 9 from 11:30-12:20 If you would like to book this session, please fill out the online request form. |
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Construction work on the new Mississippi River bridge in St. Louis is proceeding quickly. Approach ramps in Missouri and Illinois are progressing, foundation piers have been placed in the river, the two cable-stayed towers have been built, and the roadway and cabling has begun. What it is like to design and build a structure to span the most traveled river in America? How far down in the bedrock do the foundations need to go? How do you design for seismic forces and fluctuating river levels and speeds? Ask these questions and more as you interact with engineers, designers and constructors who are building a new bridge over the Mississippi River in St. Louis.
The main focus in this program will be on the foundation work that has been completed to create the piers on which the bridge’s two signature cable-stayed towers now stand. How were the foundations built? What did it take to drill the shafts into the bedrock and pour the concrete? How were the waters of the river dammed off to make construction possible? Viewers will see images and view videos of the construction process as well as interact with the professionals working every day to build the bridge.
Date: November 15, 2012
Time: 10-11 am or 1-2 pm
Audience: Students, grades 5-10
Cost: FREE
If you are interested in booking this program, please fill out the online request form.
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TWICE invites you to participate in a celebration of reading using videoconference technology! Classes can participate in English, or a variety of other languages, or special education. Classes share skits, raps, original poetry/writing, songs, game shows, and more. Many ideas for connecting to your curriculum are shared in the teacher packet.
TWICE provides a matching service for point-to-point videoconferences between schools. Teacher matching is done based on your registration information.
*Disclaimer. While we are using this name to be inclusive to our international friends, this name does NOT guarantee U.S. schools an international connection. They will be matched randomly in this project with over 90% of the participating classes from the United States.
Dates: February 25-March 8
Audience: Students, grades K-12
Cost: FREE
If you would like to participate in this event or find out more information, please fill out the online request form.
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This interactive presentation allows students the opportunity to investigate the relationship between the anatomy and the ecology, including the dietary habits, of different species of bats. An experience you will not want to miss. LIVE bats take part in this program! Look at their transparent wings, learn how a free-tailed bat gets its name, and watch them munch down on mealworms!
Audience: Students, grades 1-5
Cost: FREE
Wednesday, Oct. 31
View Only - 9:00-9:45 , 10:30-11:15 , 12:45-1:30 , 2:00-2:45 CST
Tuesday, Nov. 27
Interactive -12:45-1:30 CST
View only - 9:00-9:45 , 10:30-11:15 , 12:45-1:30 , 2:00-2:45 CST
If you would like to book one of these sessions, please fill out the online request form.
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It‛s election time at Barkadelphia School! Tiffany, Charles and Otto are running for president. Join us to find out who wins!! Register early, slots fill up fast!! Students will receive election related items.
Dates: Novmber 5 or 6
Times: 8:35-9:05; 9:25-9:55; 10:15-10:45; 12:25-12:55; 1:00- 1:30; 2:00-2:30; 2:35-3:05
Audience: Students, grades 1-3
Cost: $25
Registration deadline: October 29, 2012
If you are interested in booking one of these dates, please fill out the online form.
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History brings Richard Alley the Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at Penn State University and author of the companion book, Earth: The Operator’s Manual to show students opportunities for improving our energy system.
Climate change and sustainable energy are incredibly important topics, both inside and outside your classroom. We invite you and your students to meet and interact with Richard Alley, host of the critically acclaimed documentary “EARTH: The Operators’ Manual”. We know that fossil fuels give us jobs, comfort, and convenience, but cost a lot and risk dangerous climate change. With good information to cut through the noise, your students can see the exciting opportunities for improving our energy system and find connections to future careers.
Educators registering for this program will receive a DVD copy of “EARTH: The Operators’ Manual” for their classroom.
Audience: Students, grades 6-12
Date: Friday, Nov. 2
Time 10:00-10:45 CST
Cost: $50
If you are interested in booking this program, please fill out the online form.
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Presented by Dr. Ian Tizard, veterinarian and professor at Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
We live in a world full of microbes – bacteria and viruses! Our skin and other surfaces are densely inhabited by bacteria. Our intestines are full of bacteria. We have more bacteria in our intestines than cells in our bodies! These bacteria help us digest food, they help us develop resistance to infections and they control the development of allergies. Current research has shown that we interact in many different ways with our internal “bugs.” Only if these bacteria try to invade our bodies do they present a threat. Join us to see how humans and our microbes cooperate to maintain us in good health and to see what might happen when things go wrong.
Date: Thursday, October 25
Time: 10:00-10:45 am
Audience: Students, grades 8-12
Cost: FREE!!
If you would like to request this program, please fill out the online form.
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This distance learning event is an interactive math lesson centered on a good ole’ summer favorite…the juicy watermelon! Students involved in this lesson will enjoy group work with their classmates and practice oral communication skills sharing with other classrooms connected in the conference. As always, we will incorporate a literature selection within the course of the lesson. Presented by: MVESC.
Audience: Students, grades 1-3
Cost: $85 per session (Max. 30 students)
Dates/Times:
May 3, 2012 - 9:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:15 pm
May 4, 2012 - 9:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:15 pm
May 10, 2012 - 8:00 am, 9:15 am
May 11, 2012 - 8:00 am, 9:15 am, 2:00 pm, 1:15 pm
May 14, 2012 - 8:00 am, 9:15 am, 12:00 pm, 1:15 pm
If you would like to book one of these sessions, please fill out the online request form.
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Sometimes it’s stinky; sometimes it’s crusty; and sometimes it’s slimy. Explore why your body produces mushy, oozy, crusty, scaly and stinky gunk with Sylvia Branzei-Velasquez, author of the Grossology series. Sylvia uses interestingly oozing items and gassy gross recipes AND your students’ questions to create an amazingly fun and educational learning experience. Each classroom will receive an autographed copy of Grossology. Presented by: Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.
Date: May 11, 2012 from 10:00-10:50 am (Your site may be a view only site)
Audience: Students, grades 3-5
Cost: $75 per site (max. 40 students)
If you would like to book this session, please fill out the online form.
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