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From The National Weather Service (part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) - Did you know that the National Weather Service can visit your classroom and talk with your students via the Internet? The NWS National School Outreach team is ready to teach and answer your students weather questions. Whether it is learning about weather basis, severe weather, or any other topic the teacher needs covered the NWS, through Google Hangouts or Skype, jumps into the classroom to help teach these topics to Elementary through High School students. How does it work? All your classroom needs to participate is an internet connection and a webcam with a microphone. With this setup your class, or multiple classrooms across your school district, or across the country can participate at once! You can use either Google Hangouts, a free video chat interface that work with any web browser, or the Skype video chat application. The setup is easy: either clicking a link from Go...

All-Star Virtual Field Trip February 14 | 1:00 PM ET Join Discovery Education and the NBA for a Virtual Field Trip to the All-Star Game. This exciting 30-minute program will give students a glimpse behind the scenes and help them learn how NBA staff use STEM skills to bring the game to life! Register Now » Learn More » The Game Plan Join Head Referee Development and Training Monty McCutchen inside the NBA's headquarters and Replay Center for a conversation about his career pathway and how technology impacts his job on and off the court Meet Iveta Karapetian from the NBA’s Digital Content Strategy and Analytics team, who will share how math and science impacts the way fans experience the game of basketball Travel to Charlotte, North Carolina to hear from Hornets' Forward, Marvin Williams, who will share how STEM impacts his game Learn how Arena Events and Operations employees Trista Langdon and Alex Gerson use math ...

From Christine Schneider, MeL K-12 Education Specialist @meldotorg   -  This past week, Detroit Public Television/PBS ( DPTV ) launched a pilot program for a new type of virtual field trip that can be used in the classroom, or by anyone interested in a virtual experience.  The focus included three exciting metro-Detroit locations: the Polk Penguin Conservation Center at the Detroit Zoo, the raptor habitat at The Leslie Science & Nature Center in Ann Arbor, and the bat habitat at the Organization for Bat Conservation in Pontiac. The launch was done online via OVEE, which  is a website developed by public media that allows you to watch videos together and chat live with friends, fans and experts in a virtual theater.  429 teachers representing over 13,000 students joined the launch, which took place over 3 days.  These are amazing numbers considering many schools in Southeast Michigan were closed one or two of the days because of the sno...

Please share with other teachers - here is a great opportunity from the Detroit Institute of Art!  In addition to the virtual field trip, there are lesson plans, activities and badges that you can use with your students. From the site: GRADES 6-12 Learn the science of art conservation.  Go behind-the-scenes at the  Detroit Institute of Arts  with  Detroit Public TV Virtual Field Trip  and go where no one has ever gone before!  What lies behind the surface of a 400-year-old sculpture? Is what you see on a painting real, or did the artist mean to draw something totally different? And, what about Infrared Reflectography—what does that exactly do? Detroit Public Television  teamed up with the  Detroit Institute of Arts  for a  Virtual Field Trip  to take students and teachers behind the scenes into the restricted area at the DIA to help them explore new ideas and dig deep under the surface of art and science. It...

From our Discovery Education Rep - Engage students like never before. Discovery Education has provided a curated list of updates below, which includes links to relevant resources and virtual events available within our current DE Streaming service.   Timely Content:    The Science of Opioid Addiction - Curriculum Resources -  A ligned to national health and science standards, these resources introduce students to the science behind opioids and their impact on the brain and body. Phelps Vs. Shark: The Battle for Ocean Supremacy - Explore the science behind this epic showdown between the greatest swimmer of all time, and the great white shark. This Shark Week program is now available in Streaming Plus, along with expertly crafted lesson plans! New Discovery Educator Network Online Community - The DEN Online Community provides educators with more ways to learn from each other, all in one location, easily accessible through the navigati...

From the August 10 edition of the Google for Education newsletter : Earth as seen from the Cupola Observation Module Take a tour inside the International Space Station For 16 years, astronauts have been working and living on the International Space Station (ISS), a structure made up of 15 connected modules that floats 250 miles above Earth. On his last mission,  Thomas Pesquet , an astronaut at the European Space Agency (ESA), captured  Street View imagery  in zero gravity to show what the ISS looks like from the inside, and shares what it’s like to look down on Earth from outer space. Students can journey to the station via  Google Expeditions ,  Maps , and  Google Earth Voyager , and even go  behind the scenes , floating right alongside the astronauts.

Discovery Education has provided a curated list of updates below, which includes links to relevant resources and virtual events available within our current DE Streaming service.   Timely Content:    ·          Earth Day Journal Strategy - Chesapeake Bay Watershed   - Use the instructional strategy Journals as a summarizing activity that allows students at various levels of academic vocabulary to participate by drawing, writing a few short phrases, or composing complex sentences. Find more Earth Day activities here . ·          The Science of Opioid Addiction - Curriculum Resources -  A ligned to national health and science standards, these resources introduce students to the science behind opioids and their impact on the brain and body. ·          Memorial Day Activity Board - As your students get ready for summ...

From Discovery Education - Streaming On Demand September 16, 2016 Live Twitter Chat at 1PM ET Did you know... The Library of Congress has the world's largest collection and receives approximately 15,000 new items every weekday. Did you know... On July 14, 2016, Congress confirmed the 14th Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, the first woman and first African American to hold this prestigious office.   In honor of Constitution Day, Discovery Education is taking you behind-the-scenes at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Join Dr. Hayden, the new Librarian of Congress, and other experts for a 30-minute virtual field trip to commemorate this historic day. Tour the largest library in the world and get a candid look into the minds that founded our country. Stream this free event on demand, anytime, beginning September 16th . Join a live Twitter Chat with the Librarian of Congress on September 16 at 1PM ET , using th...

From Discovery Education -   The Smart Farm: Where Technology and Innovation Meet Join the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance and Discovery Education on a Virtual Field Trip to Deere & Company World Headquarters and learn how innovative technologies aid today's farmers and ranchers as they produce America's food. Irrigation systems managed from iPads, animal diets tracked by computer chips, and tractors that drive using GPS are only a few examples of the ways farmers and ranchers are using technology on their farms and ranches to produce food in a sustainable manner. Conversations with leaders in agriculture will allow you to explore new techniques that have revolutionized the industry and the career oppo...

From our Discovery Education Representative - "Discovery Education, in partnership with the Alcoa Foundation, will be hosting a LIVE virtual field trip from Whitehall, MI’s Alcoa Power and Propulsion to Celebrate Manufacturing Day on October 2.  More details including the link to register can be found below.  Please share!  This event will be also archived on Discovery Education Streaming, along with all of our other virtual field trips from the past, webinars, etc. here:  http://www.discoveryeducation. com/Events/#/archived" Manufacture Your Future Live from Alcoa Power and Propulsion Whitehall, MI Monday, October 2, 2015 at 1:00 PM EST Discovery Education and Alcoa Foundation are back to celebrate Manufacturing Day with a LIVE Virtual Field Trip on October 2 from Alcoa Power and Propulsion in Whitehall, Michigan . Students will be transported inside one of the most sophisticated manufacturing facilities in the world to learn about key...

From Discovery Education - Discovering a Sense of Place - Taking Learning to New Heights September 23 - October 1 The GLOBE Program, GLOBE AFRICA, Colorado's St. Vrain Valley School District and Discovery Education are proud partners in a scientific and learning expedition to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. About the Hike Embarking on the expedition will be 10 students, 12 educators, and 4 scientists representing Nigeria, Oman, South Africa, Tanzania, and the United States. This international team will attempt to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, one of the world's Seven Summits, and the tallest mountain on the African continent. Follow along as they explore the incredible terrain of the mountain as well as the culture and surrounding wildlife. Each day, the team will submit a blog post on blog.discoveryeducation.com that will capture their unique perspective on the journey through the eyes of the students, teachers and scientists. Learning Objectives From the...

2015 is an exciting year for planetary exploration with a number of important NASA missions and significant discoveries. In celebration of Space Day, join us on  May 1st , live from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to find out more about NASA's missions, their cutting-edge discoveries, and why it is important for us to continue to explore the solar system.  This 30 minute virtual field trip begins at  1:00 PM (ET)  and is appropriate for all grades. Submit your questions ahead of time - you never know, it may get asked live on air!  Hosts Patti Duncan , Discovery Education Dr. James Garvin , GSFC Chief Scientist   Educational Objectives To provide students across the United States with the opportunity to: Get a tour of a NASA facility and learn about the research being carried out into planetary exploration. Learn why it is important to explore the universe and how our knowledge of the universe has expanded due to the space programs. Understand...

  November 10, 2014 | 9:30 AM EST (Archive available at 1:00 PM EST) Discovery Education is proud to support Veterans Day with a unique, global perspective on honoring veterans. Join us on Monday, November 10 at 9:30 AM EST for our first ever live global virtual field trip from the historic Tower of London, United Kingdom. An archive of the event will be available for viewing from 1:00 PM EST. Remembrance Day is a national day of tribute in the United Kingdom that is observed on November 11. It serves to honor members of the armed forces who have died in the line of duty. Transport your students across the globe to participate in this 30-minute virtual tour. Our British guides will bring us into the Tower of London and the moat to teach students about the history of Remembrance Day, the significance of the poppy as a symbol of remembrance, and the historical importance of the war that started 100 years ago. Remember World War I and pay tribute to ve...