Since Monday, December 03, 2007, the following new collaboration request(s) matching your profile were added to the CILC website:

India - a Cultural Exchange
We would like to connect with a group of students who live or have formerly lived in India to participate in a cultural exchange with middle school students in the US (EST). The exchange would be in a question/answer format with students who can describe famil...

Status: Seeking Partners

Audience: Education: Grade(s): 6, 7, 8, 9

Did Rome fall or was it pushed?
9th grade Global Studies teacher, Sharon Cummings, would like students to discuss with another class, "Did Rome fall or was it pushed?" Time of day available: 8:11-8:57am or 9am-9:48am, or 2-2:45pm.

Status: Seeking Partners

Audience: Education: Grade(s): 9

Mock Debate by Presidential Candidates
Students on both ends would take on the roles of different candidates and have a Presidential Debate on the issues with other students asking the questions. Teachers: John O'Donnell and Allison Risoli. Times of day: 8:11-8:57am or 11:30am-12:15pm or 2-2:45pm...

Status: Seeking Partners

Audience: Education: Grade(s): 12

Should NYS give driver's licenses to illegal aliens?
12th grade AP Government & Politics students want to debate and discuss the issues around giving a state driver's license to illegal aliens. Teacher: Allison Risoli. Available times of day: 11:30 - 12:15pm.

Status: Seeking Partners

Audience: Education: Grade(s): 12

Poetry Sharing
Creative Writing students would like to have a poetry sharing with high school classes in other parts of the country. Teacher Todd Newby. Time of day: 11:30am - 12:15pm EST.

Status: Seeking Partners

Audience: Education: Grade(s): 12

Social commentary lyrics
12th grade Creative Writing students would like to discuss ideas around social commentary lyrics by musicians with students in another part of the country. Teacher Todd Newby. Time available: 11:30am - 12:15pm EST.

Status: Seeking Partners

Audience: Education: Grade(s): 12

Is media reporting fair and unbiased?
12th grade Mass Media students want to discuss 'Is media reporting fair and unbiased?'with student in another part of the country. Students would be assigned different aspects of the topic to present. Teacher Sara Boyce. Times available: 9:51 - 10:37am or 12...

Status: Seeking Partners

Audience: Education: Grade(s): 12

Story discussion
12th grade AP Literature students would like to have book discussions with students in another school. Titles would be determined between the teachers. English Teacher - Charlene Woods. Time of day: 1:10 - 1:56pm EST.

Status: Seeking Partners

Audience: Education: Grade(s): 12

Irish Gaelic CAP class
What I would most like would be for my students to have a conference with a class around their own age (fifth grade) in Ireland so they can practice speaking and hearing some Irish phrases and learn a little bit about what Irish schools are like.

Status: Seeking Partners

Audience: Education: Grade(s): 5

pen pals
I have one first and one second grade teacher that would like to do a pen pal project with another class who has video conferencing capabilty (IP only)-- preferably outside of New York...This project would start out with snail mail and then progress to a video...

Status: Seeking Partners

Audience: Education: Grade(s): 1, 2

1st Grade Culture Share
As part of their study of "culture," we have three first grade teachers who would each like to pair off with a different group for three "culture share videoconferences" that would occur during the month of January. Topics could include family, food, clothing...

Status: Seeking Partners

Audience: Education: Grade(s): 1, 2, 3

Industrial Revolution Simulation
AP Euopean History students want to have a mock trial with another class on the Sadler Commission to discuss the problems of industrialization. Each student would take a role in the trial. Teacher: Carolyn Blume. Available times: 10:40 - 11:26am EST.

Status: Seeking Partners

Audience: Education: Grade(s): 12

Rain Forest Trial
10th Grade Global Studies students want to hold a Rain Forest Trial with another class. Scenario: Oil Company sues gov't because access to rain forest was denied. Indigenous tribes sue because their habitat for living is destroyed. Students at both ends tak...

Status: Seeking Partners

Audience: Education: Grade(s): 10

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Since Monday, December 03, 2007, the following new program(s) matching your profile were added to the CILC website:

Elementary: Reptiles Live! by COSI Columbus
Meet COSI's snakes, turtles, and lizards, conduct your own slithery, scaly experiment, and learn more about the life of a reptile. Traci Weaver, COSI's Creepy Crawly Curator, will show you up close and personal how cool reptiles really are. Learn about their h...

Availability: Published Date(s) and Time(s) ONLY

Audience: Education: Grade(s): 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Forensic Anthropology by COSI Columbus
Dr. Nancy E. Tatarek, an Assistant Professor at Ohio University, will discuss forensic anthropology, a field that deals with the identification of human remains in situations which generally result in litigation.

Availability: Published Date(s) and Time(s) ONLY

Audience: Education: Grade(s): 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Forensic Computing: The Intersection of Law and Technology by COSI Columbus
The nightmare began when local and state police broke through the front door of the suburban home of a doctor and his family in a pre-dawn raid. This is the story of how Mr. Matt Curtin's forensic computer analysis of the high school son's machine led the pro...

Availability: Published Date(s) and Time(s) ONLY

Audience: Education: Grade(s): 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Forensic Entomology: "The Real CSI" by COSI Columbus
What is forensic science and why should criminals beware of bugs, bones and botany? Dr. Jason Byrd, a Board Certified Forensic Entomologist at the University of Florida, describes how forensic science is actually conducted, and not how it is portrayed by the ...

Availability: Published Date(s) and Time(s) ONLY

Audience: Education: Grade(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

Revolutionary War Soldier Life - A Soldier's Story by Fort Mifflin on the Delaware
Not everyone associated with the making of our country was famous. It was the common soldier that has had the most impact on U.S. History since 1775 to today. Come learn about the life of a typical, private soldier from 1775 to 1783 in this innovative progra...

Availability: By Request/On Demand ONLY

Audience: Education: Pre-K Students, Kindergarten, Grade(s): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Curriculum Director, Gifted and Talented Coordinator, Teacher, Parent, College/University, Media Specialist/Librarian, K-12 Educator, Public Library: Library Patrons, Content Providers: Content Providers

Stars & Stripes - The Story of the American Flag by Fort Mifflin on the Delaware
Did Betsy Ross really make the first American flag? What does the red, white and blue in our flag symbolize? Did you know the American flag went through over 30 distinctive designs before deciding on the flag you see today? Come find out about the American fl...

Availability: By Request/On Demand ONLY

Audience: Education: Pre-K Students, Kindergarten, Grade(s): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Curriculum Director, Gifted and Talented Coordinator, Title One Coordinator, Teacher, Parent, College/University, Media Specialist/Librarian, K-12 Educator, Public Library: Library Patrons, Content Providers: Content Providers

2008 Baseball Hall of Fame Election Results Program by National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Join the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum in Cooperstown, New York to discuss the 2008 BBWAA election results. Who was elected to baseball immortality? Who wasn't? And why?

Availability: By Request/On Demand ONLY

Audience: Education: Grade(s): 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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