Provider: Lutheran Health Network
Grade Level: 7-12
Date: Friday, February 27, 2009
Time: 9 - 9:45 AM EST

In this monthly series, students participate in a virtual panel discussion with health care professionals from the Lutheran Health Network in Fort Wayne. This session will focus on career options in Respiratory Care.

Other sessions scheduled for this semester include:

• Mar. 20 - Preparing for a Job Interview at the Hospital
• Apr. 24 - A Day in the Life of a NICU Nurse (Neo- natal Care)

Program available on demand.

Title: Destination: Mars!
Content Provider: Brownsburg Challenger Learning Center
Grades: 5-7 (will customize)
Time: Teacher Determines

Imagine traveling in space...Destination: Mars!! The journey, the challenges, and the hardships are numerous. What will we find upon landing? Join the Challenger Learning Center for a voyage to the Red Planet.

Program available Tuesday - Friday.

Title: Up Close and Palaeo Jr.
Provider: Royal Tyrrell Museum
Grades: K-9(will customize)

How big was the biggest dinosaur? What sort of plants did Triceratops like to eat? Did trilobites live during the Age of Dinosaurs? Questions like these, and more, are answered as a Science Educator tackles your students' toughest palaeontological ponderings.

Prior to the program, students develop curriculum-based questions with your guidance within the provided categories. Animations, video clips and images support the responses to the topics covered, and real fossils are viewed through our desktop camera.

Program available on demand.

Title: Wolf Ecology
Provider: Int'l Wolf Center for Learning
Grades: 3-7

Explore the world of the wolf! Using the wolf as a fascinating case study, students examine the important roles that predators, prey and scavengers play in the ecosystems where wolves live. Through an interactive simulation we will demonstrate the way energy and nutrients flow through an ecosystem. We'll find out what a wolf eats for dinner and watch short video clips of wolves hunting for their prey in three ecosystems. All programs feature real-time observations of the International Wolf Center's resident ambassador wolves.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES Students will be able to:

• define predator, prey and scavenger
• explain the flow of energy through an ecosystem
• predict wolf and prey population dynamics over time
• list three prey species a wolf might eat
• compare and contrast three ecosystems where wolves live

Other programs from this Canadian museum in Alberta include:

• PIQ: Test Your Palaeo Intelligence
• Rockin' Alberta Resources
• Applied Science in Palaeontology: Physics Grades 10-12
• Secrets of the Lost Quarry
• Dinosaurs in the Movies
• The Royal Tyrell Museum Virtual Visit

Program scheduled on demand.

Title: Weather Watch!
Provider: COSI Columbus
Grades: 4-7

Work with COSI's newest Storm Spotter to learn how changes in air pressure and temperature can affect the weather. Students will take and use readings from barometers and thermometers to help them predict basic weather patterns. They will also explore air pressure using everyday objects and understand why changes in weather often occur around cold and warm fronts. All materials for pre- and post-visit activities are included in the kit.

Each program includes hands-on materials for 30 students that will be used during the 60 minute show, and materials for many additional hours of in class activities.

Also available from COSI

Title: Gadget Works: Forces & Motion
Grades: 2-6

A Fun Lesson on Forces! Join Professor Gadgeteer to learn about forces and motion by taking apart wind-up toys. Trace the energy flow through the toys and help Professor Gadgeteer solve a puzzle involving the motion of a toy car as a post-visit activity.

To request any video conference, complete and fax in the ACELINK Content/Program Request Form. The form is available through the ACELINK website, or you can contact us at 481-0741 (office) or schaufes@ipfw.edu.

If a program is already scheduled, we will fill requests on a first-come, first-served basis. Please make sure your school schedule matches the program's dates and times.

If a program is offered on demand, you'll need to provide two to three dates and times you would prefer when you request the program.

ACELINK funds are available to pay content provider fees for up to three video conferences per teacher. Only ACELINK member schools are eligible for this funding. Please contact me if you have a special circumstance that requires more funding.

Note: We must have an ACELINK Content/Program Request Form completed in order to approve a request for a video conference.