IVC

Websites to search for IVC programs:

NASA Digital Learning Network - all free but books up quickly

Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC)

Connect2Texas - watch times **They are all listed in Central Time Zone

NC Natural Science Museum - need to register with them and test IVC before you can schedule a program

NC School of Math and Science

Some Good IVC's to Check out

Food for Thought- Minnesota Zoo. Cost- Free. (CILC.org) Suggest no more than 30 students. http://www.mnzoo.org/education/education_teachersSchools_InteractiveVideoConferencing.asp

Discusses Omnivores, Carnivores, Herbivores with students. Minnesota Zoo also has several other IVC’s about animals that are low cost.

Penguins- Columbus Zoo. Cost- $150.00. (CILC.org) Suggest no more than 50 students.

CES did this 2012-2013 with second grade. It was a fantastic program, students were dressed up as penguins, had to identify the different types (Macaroni, rockhopper, etc).

Nocturnal Animals - Columbus Zoo. Cost - $150.00.

(CILC.org) Suggest no more than 50 participants. Available upon request only. 1st grade enjoyed this hands on IVC. Materials provided.

Winter Wonderland: Los Posadas- Connect2Texas.net. Cost-$25.00. No more than 30 students. Bring the meaning of the Christmas holiday to life through the Mexican tradition of Las Posadas. Las Posadas is celebrated for nine nights, December 16-24 and translates to The Inn in English. This folk drama depicts Mary and Joseph's search for shelter. Students will learn about the tradition by viewing artifacts, listening to the Tomie dePaola book The Night of Las Posadas, and creating their own pop up page.

NASA: Wall-E: Directive- Mapping the Moon- Cost: Free. Students learned general information about the moon as well as Earth. Interactive with students. Pixar character Wall-E was a co-host.

Live Field Trip to Ghana, Africa- CILC.org - Cost- $125.00 for a maximum of 100 students. Students will be matched by age level to speak with students from Ghana, Africa. The students in Ghana will present on their country’s flag, food, exports, transportation, language, seasons, etc. CES did this with first grade students and it was AMAZING. By far the best IVC we’ve ever done. The students from Ghana were polite, well spoken, and amazing with our students who were younger than them. If you’ve never seen 100 first graders sit for 1 hour--- this is the way to do it! We will do this every year from now on and I highly recommend this IVC.

All About Matter - www.cilc.org Cost: $140 for 30 students (2nd grade)

This IVC was GREAT!! They sent materials needed and she demonstrated experiments using dry ice and liquid nitrogen. Students did some experiments and observations with bubbles and drops of water on a penny. The students LOVED it.

Cells: A Really Close Look at How LIfe Works - www.cilc.org Cost: $130 for 30 students (5th grade)

Great IVC on cells. Presenter showed specimens and lots of pictures. Students learned about the different parts of the cell - organelles. Students drew their own cell with the organelles along with the presenter.

Geology Rocks! - www.cilc.org (Cleveland Museum of Art) Cost: $180 for 30 students (6th grade) GREAT program! Used art work and sculptures to discuss the rock cycle and different types of rocks and minerals. Well worth the money. She kept showing them different parts of the museum and we finally had to say it was time to change class! The kids didn’t care that it was time to change! Be careful == there are 2 called Geology Rocks!