Engage your class with something new.

Each student will construct a Butterfly Marionette while participating in learning activities about the lifecycle of the butterfly, what makes a butterfly an insect, and coloring and camouflage. Video clips and photographs of the different stages in the life of a butterfly are included. This is a great arts and science lesson all in one!

Program Date: September 22, 2009
Program Time: 1:00 PM EST
Content Provider: Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta, GA

There is only one slot available on a first-come, first- served basis. Additional dates/times can also be set up on request. This is a 45 minute program, and includes teacher preparation materials.

Give your students a birds-eye-view of a total knee replacement surgery through COSI Columbus. This 90-minute connection to a surgery suite in Columbus, Ohio allows students to interact with the surgical team during the procedure. The team will also share their specific roles and explain their career path.

We have two programs remaining to be scheduled in 2009:

• Sept. 21 at 1:00 PM
• Nov. 25 at 11:00 AM

Submit the ACELINK Request Form now to reserve a date for your class.

This series explores the lifestyle of running dogs in Alaska-- from racing the Iditarod to keeping your family warm and well fed throughout the long northern winter. There are six seperate 1- hour videoconference programs in this series. All are supported by our the provider's online Moodle classroom, a daily Kennel Blog, and the resource-rich Flash Kennels website.

Teachers can choose to participate in this series in any way they like- from registering for a single 1-hour videoconference, in the typical "virtual fieldtrip" fashion, to registering for all six, stretched across a semester or an entire year!

Programs in the series include:

• Mushing Alaska
• Sled Dog Genetics
• Feed Me Mister Musher! Sled Dog Nutrition
• Keep me Warm, Keep me Safe!
• Run Baby Run!
• Racing: Living with Sled Dogs

Submit an ACELINK Request Form if you'd like to schedule one or more of these programs for your classroom.

Fun for Halloween or anytime -- a distance learning program featuring goblins, witches and dastardly doings! Explore otherwordly paintings and prints by Francisco Goya, Salvator Rosa and Albert Pinkham Ryder for an art journey to the other side. Students discuss superstition in the 1600s including the Salem witch trials.

Check your calendar and submit 2-3 possible dates/times for this program on the ACELINK Request Form. We'll contact the Cleveland Museum of Art and schedule your session.

Other programs are available for grades K-12 on their web site.

Alfred Hitchcock enlivened the suspence genre with tongue-in-cheek introductions, macabre humor, and twist endings. In this workshop students analyze Hitchcock's use of the ordinary to create exciting, even frightening, television drama.

The Paley Center offers classes via videoconferencing on a wide variety of topics that have been developed and are conducted by the Paley Center's education staff. Classes include clips from the collection that provide information, stimulate conversation, and encourage active viewing and critical thinking. Pre- and post-visit educational materials provide additional thematically relevant information and extend the learning experience.

This program can be scheduled on the date/time you request.

Students witness the classic tale of The Gingerbread Boy come to life with brilliantly colored shadow puppets. The story is narrated and performed with a shadow puppet during the first part of the program.

Led by the program presenter, students make their very own Gingerbread Boy Shadow Puppet during the second half of the program. They also participate in a learning activity about gingerbread's ingredients and history. This is a great holiday program.

We have reserved four sessions in December, and they'll be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Typically, the program lasts 45-50 minutes. Make sure you check your school calendar before requesting a specific date/time.

• Dec. 7 @ 9:00 AM EST
• Dec. 7 @ 1:00 PM EST
• Dec. 8 @ 9:00 AM EST
• Dec. 8 @ 1:00 PM EST

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To request any video conference, complete and fax in the ACELINK Content/Program Request Form to 481-6949. You can also copy and paste this link in your browser to access the request form: http://purdue.qualtrics.com/SE? SID=SV_0IcbB3ooAVgi44Y&SVID=Prod.

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 on the Request Form.

Note: We must have an ACELINK Request Form completed in order to approve a request for a video conference. Only teachers in the ACELINK consortium are eligible for ACELINK funding.