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museum in a box - indigenous Australians
australian museum
booked out! booked out!
thursday 2nd july 2009
11am - 11.45am
stage 2 & 3
cost: $110 (incl 3 weeks with box)
The theme for NAIDOC Week in 2009 is Honouring Our Elders, Nurturing Our Youth. This theme encourages communities to acknowledge the status of Elders as leaders and role models for our youth. We will pay our respect to elders past and present through dreaming stories and an art workshop
You will also get the use of an Indigenous Australians Museum in a Box ® for a three week period. Take a peak at the Museum in a box contents.
Booking Conditions
- bookings must be in by MONDAY JUNE 1ST
- limit of 8 classes and bookings on a
first in first served basis
- sessions run for max 45 minutes - $110
- price of $110 includes 3 weeks with an Indigenous Australians Museum in a Box
Box loan period 15 June – 3 July
- sessions can be cancelled up to the 1st June without penalty. Inside this time limit there is no refund unless the session can be taken up by another school.
How to pay
- schools will be invoiced directly from Australian Museum after your place and booking is confirmed.
How to book
- fill in this registration form and return via fax
- an email will be sent advising if you have (or have not) gained one of the available 8 places.
- you will receive a confirmation email from Connections with instructions for your conference and an invoice and box information from Australian Museum.
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meet the curator – Art.Ecology.Perspectives
western plains cultural centre
Tuesday 23rd June
9.30-10.30 Primary Schools
1.45 – 2.45 Secondary Schools
cost: $10 per school
Meet the artists involved in Art.Ecology.Perspectives, a major exhibition curated by the Western Plains Cultural Centre.
Gail Naden and Kim Goldsmith will discuss how their environmental concerns are expressed through their art, and the ways in which they hope art can act as a catalyst for change.
This Video Conference comes with a dedicated education pack.
Click here for registration. |
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women in physics - christine charles
powerhouse museum
wednesday 8th july 2009
11am - 12pm
Year 10 -12 Science students
cost: free
Christine Charles is Associate Professor at the Australian National University. She has a French Engineering degree in applied physics, a French Masters in materials science, a French PhD in plasma physics, a French Habilitation thesis in materials science and a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz from the ANU.
Everywhere we look, there is plasma. But we stand on solid earth and the solid state accounts for less than one percent of the total mass of the Universe. The rest is plasma, a hot ionised gas containing positive and negative charges. Plasmas have existed since the very first moments of the Universe. It is the stuff of stars. It fills the space between stars
It gives us the beautiful northern and southern aurorae. Our houses have plasma TV displays, plasma lights. In the 1970s plasmas created a revolution in the microelectronics industry and the performance of microchips (in computers, MP3 players, mobile phones…) has changed the way we live today.
This talk will first use the example of adding energy to water molecules to describe the four states of matter: solid (ice), liquid (water), gas (water vapour) and plasma. A few experiments with a tesla high voltage induction coil, a neon tube, a light bulb and a spoon will be carried out to demonstrate the main properties of a plasma. Various applications of plasmas will be described including plasma rockets for interplanetary space travel
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live the dream - jason mccartney
premier's sporting challenge
Tuesday 28th july
11.00-12.00
years 7 -10 students
cost: free
The AFL appreciates its standing in the community and is proud to have a responsibility to the Australian youth of today. Many of society’s role models are current and former players of our great code. These role models have been developed on and off the field of Australian Football and the path they have taken pursuing, living and fulfilling their dreams makes their stories inspirational to many.
My story just happens to be one of those. From suffering 50% burns and a near fatal induced coma from the 2002 terrorist attacks that
rocked Bali, to a triumphant return and exit from
our wonderful Indigenous game.
I along with current AFL stars have developed this seminar designed to motivate the youth of today and provide them with the necessary tools in order to live their dreams. The seminar is designed to provide the attendees with the necessary skills to take control of their destiny by understanding decision-making, leadership, support networks and goal setting.
The seminar will take participants through these life skills in the form of three educational models titled
- Goal Setting & Time Management
- Leadership & Support Networks
- Choices & Consequences.
The models will require participants to relate their acquired learning to the activities in the workbook.
The activities are designed to support the information delivered in the seminar, to provide participants with clear and concise steps in preparing and mapping their future years, and to assist them to fulfil their personal destiny.
Click here for registration.
Please provide each participating student with a copy of this workbook prior to the video conference. |
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from crime scene to the courtroom
presented by australian museum & australian forensic society
registration due by wed 29th july
tues 4th aug
12.40 pm - 1.10pm
wed 5th aug 12.40 pm - 1.10pm
thurs 6th aug 12.40 pm - 1.10pm
secondary students
cost: free
Professor Philip Maynard is a forensic scientist with expertise
in the areas of trace
evidence and chemical/arson analysis. He graduated with a
BSc
& a PhD in
Chemistry from the University of Sydney.
Professor Maynard will discuss the challenges faced
by forensic scientists in the battle against the
world's growing wave of sophisticated acts of
crime and terrorism.
He will also show how real life forensic science
can be different from its Hollywood image.
Click here for registration. |
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extreme energy
presented by australian museum & questacon
registration due by wed 29th july
tues 4th aug
11.15 - 11.45
wed 5th aug
11.15 - 11.45
thurs 6th aug 9.40 - 10.10 & 2.20 - 2.50
secondary students
cost: free
See energy tricks and transformations in this collection of dramatic demonstrations.
Be astounded by potential energy turning into sound, watch a chemical reaction generate light and be shocked by the power of electricity.
This show takes an entertaining look at the forms of energy and how they can change from one form to another.
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air, atmosphere and weather
presented by australian museum & csiro
registration due by wed 29th july
tues 11th aug 12.15 - 1.15 or 1.30 - 2.30
wed 12th aug 12.15 - 1.15 or 1.30 - 2.30
primary students
cost: free
We complain about the weather all the time, but how does it work?
Discover the facts behind the weather through the Air, Atmosphere and Weather program run by CSIRO.
Click here for registration. |
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gallery tour – the archibald prize
western plains cultural centre
Tuesday 4th august or
Tuesday 18 th August
11.30-12.30 Primary Schools
1.45 – 2.45 Secondary Schools
cost: $10 per school
Australia ’s premier art competition returns to the gallery with its 2009 show. Always a crowd pleaser, the exhibition will no doubt brim with an eclectic range of artistic styles, methods and influences.
A perfect way of looking at art from a multiple of perspectives, and a great discussion point for judging the worth of art.
This video conference comes with a dedicated education pack.
Click here for registration. |
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an interview with frances watts
Premier’s Reading Challenge
Dymocks Literacy Foundation
Authors Online
Wednesday 5th august 2009
10.30am -11.30am
year 2 - year 3
cost: free
Frances Watts spent nearly ten years working
with some of Australia’s most talented children’s
authors & illustrators as an editor before writing
a book of her own.
Her bestselling picture book Kisses for Daddy
(illustrated by David Legge), was named an
Honour Book in the Early Childhood category
of the 2006 Children’s Book Council of Australia
Book of the Year Awards, and has sold over 100,000 copies worldwide in many different languages.
Her second picture book with David Legge,
Parsley Rabbit’s Book about Books, won the
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books in the
2008 CBCA Book of the Year awards.
Captain Crabclaw’s Crew is the third book by this successful team.
As well as continuing to write picture books, Frances has been working on a series of junior novels
about two very unlikely superheroes,
Extraordinary Ernie and Marvellous Maud,
with the heroic illustrator Judy Watson.
The third book in the series, The Greatest Sheep in History, will be published in April 2009.
Come and listen to Frances do a reading and share
her story writing ability with you.
Frances lives in Sydney’s inner west, and divides her time between writing and editing. Visit Frances website to learn lots more about Frances and her books.
Our thanks to the continuing support of
Dymocks Literacy Foundation
Click here for registration.
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paleontology through puppetry
presented by australian museum
registration due by monday 3rd august
tue 11th aug 10.00-10.45
tue 18th aug 10.00-10.45 or 11.00-11.45
tue 25th aug
10.00-10.45 or 11.00-11.45
primary students
cost: $60 (only 5 schools per session)
Key Learning Areas:
Science and Technology
Living things
Suggested topic - Stage 1: What’s alive?
Winny Saur, a life-size Muttaburrasaurus dinosaur puppet, takes you into her world. Explore the Australian Museum fossil collection and talk to Museum staff as you get to know her .
Booking Conditions
- Bookings will be on a first in first served basis.
- Sessions run for 45 minutes and
cost $60 per participating school
- Sessions can be cancelled up to
2 weeks prior to the event without penalty.
After this time there will be no refund unless the session can be taken up by another school.
How to pay
- Schools will be invoiced immediately after their booking is confirmed.
- Invoices will come from Australian Museum.
Registration
- Click here for registration form
- Fill out all information and return by fax.
Preparing for your Live Virtual Excursion
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sydney swans -
healthy body, healthy mind
premier's sporting challenge
Tuesday 18th August
11.00-12.00
years 6 students
cost: free
The presentation would promote the idea of "Healthy Body, Healthy Mind" and sessions are aimed at Year 6 students and are conducted by Sydney Swans players to raise awareness and highlight the importance to children of taking responsibility to make healthy choices in all aspects of their life.
Click here for registration. |
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kigluait educational adventures
FEBRUARY - june 2009 dates
cost: $110(US) per session
Video conferencing to Talkeetna, Alaska.
Meet sled dogs, drive a sled and meet the Mushers.
Kigluait Educational Adventures offers complete standards-based video conference programs, customizable curriculums, and training via onsite, video conference, and web-based communitcation tools.
The Mushing 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 separate 1 hour video conference programs in this series. All are supported by Kigluait Curriculum Adventures online Moodle classroom, a daily Kennel Blog, and 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!
It’s a great way to provide an exciting, real-life theme to hook students into higher achievement levels
for larger classroom or school-wide goals! The content for all the programs is customisable in order to focus the learning specifically to individual classroom and school needs.
How to book
- check the calendar for availability
- view modules (note Module name)
- fill in this registration form and return via fax
- you will receive confirmation & an invoice via email with instructions for your session
Booking Conditions
- sessions will be available at 10.30am daily.
- bookings are first in first served basis
- sessions run for max 60 minutes - US $110
- maximum number of students - ideally 30.
- sessions can be cancelled up to 2 weeks prior to the session time without penalty. Inside this time limit there is no refund unless the session can be taken up by another school.
How to pay
- schools will be invoiced immediately after
they make their booking.
- payment is direct to Kigluait Educational Adventures via wire in American dollars.
Preparing for your Live Virtual Excursion
- Kigluait Educational Adventure homepage
- Links to Moodle
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NASA space center - houston
may - july 2009 dates
cost: $245 (us) per session
Participate in a NASA Space Center –
NSW Department of Education and Training
“Live Virtual Excursions” via Video Conferencing to NASA - Houston. NSW teachers and the NASA Space Center education specialists have collaborated to
develop education modules and live virtual excursion experiences to the Space Center. These modules and excursions address NSW learning outcomes.
How to book
- check the calendar for availability
- view modules (note Module name)
- fill in this registration form and return via fax
- you will receive confirmation & an invoice via email
with instructions for your session
Booking Conditions
- sessions will be available at 09.30am daily.
- bookings are first in first served basis
- primary sessions 30 minute - US$125.
- secondary sessions 60 minute - US $245.
- maximum number of students - ideally 30.
- maximum number of 2 schools in one session
(up to the maximum of 30 students).
- sessions can be cancelled up to 2 weeks prior to the session time without penalty. Inside this time limit there is no refund unless the session
can be taken up by another school.
How to pay
- schools will be invoiced immediately after they make their booking.
- payment will be in Australian dollars.
Preparing for your module Excursion
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Great Barrier Reef
cost: $300 per session
Videoconferences are filmed from within Reef HQ, the world’s largest living coral reef aquarium, situated in Townsville, Australia, centre of the magnificent Great Barrier Reef.
You are taken into the stunning Coral Reef and exciting Predator exhibits through state of the art videoconferencing technology.
You will see:
- a turtle, sharks, sword fish and rays
- amazingly colourful reef fish
- living coral in its many stunning shapes and colours
- some of the Great Barrier Reef’s most precious threatened and protected species
- … and so much more!
Have your questions answered from deep in the tanks from our expert scuba divers who will be linked by microphone within the scuba mask.
Visit Reef Headquarters website to find out more about booking a videoconference time. |
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