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Master Schedule of Events

1 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 9/12 12:10 pm 9/11 Remembrance JillBooks.com Never Forget: Flight 93 30 max MS/HS Week Happened on 9/11 Curriculum History, Social Studies Description I will broadcast from the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, PA. and take a tour of the new visitors center as well as the memorials at the crash site.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 9/13 10:10 am 9/11 Remembrance Newseum Freedom Under Fire 30 max HS 12:10 pm Week 3:10 pm Curriculum History, Social Studies Description What practical challenges did journalists face when covering the events of Sept. 11, 2001? What ethical challenges did reporters inherit? Join Newseum Education for an artifact-based discussion that helps students understand the challenges of balancing the First Amendment with personal and national security concerns.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 9/14 12:10 pm 9/11 Remembrance JillBooks.com Never Forget: Flight 93 30 max MS/HS Week Happened on 9/11 Curriculum History, Social Studies, Music Description I will broadcast from the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, PA. and take a tour of the new visitors center as well as the memorials at the crash site.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 9/16 12:10 pm 9/11 Remembrance JillBooks.com Like It Was Yesterday--A 30 max MS/HS Week Journalist’s Files from 9/11 Curriculum History, Social Studies, Literacy Description Broadcasting live from Cranberry Township, PA's 9/11 Memorial, journalist and author Jill Cueni-Cohen will read excerpts from her book, which features local reactions--including the reactions of children--to what happened on 9/11/2001.

2 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 9/27 11:45 am World Heart Week Denver Museum of Virtual Heart 45 max 3,4,5 Nature & Science Curriculum STEM, Health & Wellness, Science Description Get your students' pulse going with this live dissection experience. Your class will participate in interactive experiments, chat discussion, and polls, as well as observe the dissection of a real sheep heart. This program is geared toward 3-5th graders, and aligns with NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards).

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 9/27 2:10 pm World Heart Week Denver Museum of Virtual Art 45 max MS Nature & Science Curriculum STEM, Health & Wellness, Science Description Get your students' pulse going with this live dissection experience. Your class will participate in interactive experiments, chat discussion, and polls, as well as observe the dissection of a real sheep heart. This program is geared toward 6-8th graders and aligns with NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards). This experience is fully interactive, we welcome your students questions and comments.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 9/28 10:10 am World Heart Week Liberty Science Pump it Up 45 max 3,4,5 Center Curriculum Health & Wellness, Science Description The heart is one of the most important organs in the body. Explore the process of circulating blood throughout the body. Make connections between different components of the circulatory system and how they interact.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 9/28 12:10 pm World Heart Week Liberty Science Cardiac Classroom 45 max HS Center Curriculum STEM, Health, Science Description The heart must receive a constant supply of oxygenated blood to function normally. Atherosclerosis restricts the flow of blood through the coronary arteries. Investigate this disease and impacts on homeostasis. NGSS: HS LS1-3

3 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 9/29 10:10 am World Heart Week Byrnes Health Healthy Hearts 45 max 3,4,5, 2:10 pm MS 4:10 pm Curriculum STEM, Health, Science Description This exciting program explores how the amazing human body benefits from all types of physical activity. Our dynamic health educator will utilize interactive teaching exhibits such as a large heart display and other props like a real human heart. Throughout this program participants will learn how both aerobic and anaerobic activities strengthen all components of physical fitness including cardiovascular strength, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition. A pre-packet and post-packet is available for classes.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade How Spaceports di er 10/3 11:10 am World Space Week Spaceport America 45 max MS/HS from airports and spaceight fundamentals Curriculum STEM, Science Description In this session Dr. Bill Gutman, Spaceport America Vice President of Aerospace, will discuss the difference between spaceports and airports. Dr. Gutman will also explain the different speeds required for orbital versus sub-orbital flights. Learn about UP Aerospace and Virgin Galactic and how they are leading the commercial space industry.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade Spaceport America’s 10/3 12:10 pm World Space Week Spaceport America 45 max MS/HS Spaceway and Vertical Launch Area Curriculum STEM, Science Description Get an inside look at the Spaceport America Vertical Launch area and it’s operating system. Visit the Spaceport America Spaceway, where Virgin Galactic will soon be flying tourists into sub-orbital space, and learn about its unique length and runway designations.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/3 1:10 pm World Space Week Spaceport America Space Launch Vehicle 45 max MS/HS Fun Facts Curriculum STEM, Science Description In this session learn about the spinning mechanisms, and launch sites for ballistic and guided rockets. Learn about the different propellant classes for solid, hybrid and liquid propulsions.

4 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/4 11:10 am World Space Week Denver Museum of Virtual Art Station Titan 45 max 3,4,5 Nature & Science Curriculum History, STEM, Science Description Merging Space Science and Scientific Illustration: Titan is Saturn's largest moon and one of the most fascinating places in our solar system. Participants will learn how to capture their own Titan investigations using scientifically accurate illustrations, just as other great scientists have done throughout history. This program will be geared toward 3-5th grade audiences and aligns with NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards). Participants will need the following materials: an orange sheet of paper (9x12 or 8.5x11 is ideal), one black colored pencil, and one white colored pencil (dark and light chalk, crayons or art pencils can also be used).

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/4 2:10 pm World Space Week Denver Museum of Virtual Art Station Titan 45 max MS Nature & Science Curriculum Social Studies, History, STEM, Science Description Merging Space Science and Scientific Illustration: Titan is Saturn's largest moon and one of the most fascinating places in our solar system. Participants will learn how to capture their own Titan investigations using scientifically accurate illustrations, just as other great scientists have done throughout history. This program will be geared toward 3-5th grade audiences and aligns with NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards). Participants will need the following materials: an orange sheet of paper (9x12 or 8.5x11 is ideal), one black colored pencil, and one white colored pencil (dark and light chalk, crayons or art pencils can also be used).

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/5 9:30 am World Space Week Milwaukee Public Stories of the Big Dipper 45 max 3,4,5 Museum Curriculum Science Description Without a doubt, in the Northern Hemisphere, the group of stars known as the Big Dipper is the most often and easily recognized. Travel around the world through story and discover a delightful myriad of tales about this one group of stars!

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/5 12:10 pm Bullying Prevention CritterKin Lead with Your Heart 30 max K 1-5 & Tolerance Month Curriculum ELA, Literacy Description A brief introduction to CritterKin and the third book in the series, "Lead with Your Heart," in which a big, black misunderstood pitbull must overcome fear, prejudice and bullies to find his forever home. Followed by Q & A with the author and an invitation to visit with her in her Field Trip Zoom classroom.!

5 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/7 10:10 am Hispanic Heritage San Antonio Museum Celebrating Our Latin 45 max K-1 Month of Art American Folk Art Gallery Curriculum Arts, History, Social Studies Description Selections from the San Antonio Museum of Art’s Latin American Folk Art gallery celebrate the whimsical and playful heritage of Latin American cultures.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/7 12:10 pm Hispanic Heritage San Antonio Museum Celebrating Our Latin 45 max 1,2,3 Month of Art American Folk Art Gallery Curriculum Arts, History, Social Studies Description Selections from the San Antonio Museum of Art’s Latin American Folk Art gallery celebrate the whimsical and playful heritage of Latin American cultures.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/7 2:10 pm Hispanic Heritage San Antonio Museum Celebrating Our Latin 45 max 3,4,5 Month of Art American Folk Art Gallery Curriculum Arts, History, Social Studies Description Selections from the San Antonio Museum of Art’s Latin American Folk Art gallery celebrate the whimsical and playful heritage of Latin American cultures.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/11 1:10 pm Bullying Prevention McMillen Health Bullying - Grab the 45 max 2,3,4,5 & Tolerance Month Power Curriculum Health & Wellness Description McMillen Health will connect with your elementary students In bullying. Illustrations of how bullying affects the target, bully and the bystanders in the situation will empower students to take a stand and grab the power while not arguing with the bully. Reporting bullying to a trusted adults as an important part of dealing with bullying will be promoted. "Bullying- Grab the Power" to solidify their understanding of bullying. Illustrations of how bullying affects the target, bully and the bystanders in the situation will empower students to take a stand and grab the power while not arguing with the bully. Reporting bullying to a trusted adults as an important part of dealing with bullying will be promoted."

6 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/11 2:10 pm Bullying Prevention McMillen Health Bullying - Grab the 45 max MS & Tolerance Month Power Curriculum Health & Wellness Description McMillen Health will connect with your elementary students In bullying. Illustrations of how bullying affects the target, bully and the bystanders in the situation will empower students to take a stand and grab the power while not arguing with the bully. Reporting bullying to a trusted adults as an important part of dealing with bullying will be promoted. "Bullying- Grab the Power" to solidify their understanding of bullying. Illustrations of how bullying affects the target, bully and the bystanders in the situation will empower students to take a stand and grab the power while not arguing with the bully. Reporting bullying to a trusted adults as an important part of dealing with bullying will be promoted." Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/11 3:10 pm Bullying Prevention McMillen Health Bullying - Grab the 45 max HS & Tolerance Month Power Curriculum Health & Wellness Description McMillen Health will connect with your elementary students In bullying. Illustrations of how bullying affects the target, bully and the bystanders in the situation will empower students to take a stand and grab the power while not arguing with the bully. Reporting bullying to a trusted adults as an important part of dealing with bullying will be promoted. "Bullying- Grab the Power" to solidify their understanding of bullying. Illustrations of how bullying affects the target, bully and the bystanders in the situation will empower students to take a stand and grab the power while not arguing with the bully. Reporting bullying to a trusted adults as an important part of dealing with bullying will be promoted."

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/12 10:10 am Cephalopod Day Alaska SeaLife Center Amazing Cephalopods 45 max MS 12:10 pm Curriculum STEM, Environment, Science Description Observe a squid dissection and learn about the giant Pacific octopus of Alaska!

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/12 1:10 pm Bullying Prevention CritterKin Lead with Your Heart 30 max K 1-5 & Tolerance Month Curriculum ELA, Literacy Description A brief introduction to CritterKin and the third book in the series, "Lead with Your Heart," in which a big, black misunderstood pitbull must overcome fear, prejudice and bullies to find his forever home. Followed by Q & A with the author and an invitation to visit with her in her Field Trip Zoom classroom.

7 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/12 2:10 pm Cephalopod Day Alaska SeaLife Center Amazing Cephalopods 45 max MS

Curriculum STEM, Environment, Science Description Observe a squid dissection and learn about the giant Pacific octopus of Alaska!

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/13 10:10 am Bullying Prevention Byrnes Health True Colors: You Make 45 max 3,4,5 2:10 pm & Tolerance Month a Di ernece MS 4:10 pm Curriculum Health and Wellness Description Explores basic personality traits, the need to accept and value people different from oneself, defining and improving communication, and team building. Students will learn ways in which kids bully and how to prevent bullying.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/17 12:10 pm Chemistry Week Warren Lasch Conservation Corrosion 45 max MS Center (WLCC) at Clemson 2:10 pm University in North Charleston, SC Curriculum Science Description This program will provide basics on corrosion of metals, especially exposure to marine environments. Several examples will be taken from projects currently occurring at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center (WLCC) at Clemson University in North Charleston, SC. Some simple experiments will be showing.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/18 3:10 pm Chemistry Week The New York Hall Cool Chemistry 45 max MS of Science

Curriculum STEM, Science Description Have you ever seen a balloon smashed into tiny pieces by a rock or someone making ice in less than thirty seconds? It sounds impossible but these are just a few examples of activities that will be seen live during the Chemistry demonstration. Students will learn about the different phases of matter as well as the relationship between temperature and the interaction of molecules.

8 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/19 12:10 pm Bullying Prevention CritterKin Lead with Your Heart 30 max K 1-5 & Tolerance Month Curriculum ELA, Literacy Description A brief introduction to CritterKin and the third book in the series, "Lead with Your Heart," in which a big, black misunderstood pitbull must overcome fear, prejudice and bullies to find his forever home. Followed by Q & A with the author and an invitation to visit with her in her Field Trip Zoom classroom. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/20 11:10 am Chemistry Week Liberty Science Center Chemistry: 30 max MS Decomposition Reaction Curriculum STEM, Science Description Use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/20 1:10 pm Chemistry Week Discovery Center of Chemistry Capers 40 max 3,4,5 2:10 pm Spring eld Curriculum STEM Description Join Discovery Center of Springfield, Missouri as we learn to identify physical and chemical reactions. Witness some amazing changes in color, shape, temperature, and even sound as we mix different forms of matter.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/21 10:10 am Reptile Week Saint Louis Zoo Remarkable Reptiles 45 max K 1-5

Curriculum Environment, Science Description Come and learn about the fascinating world of the different groups of reptiles that live on earth. Find out what projects the Saint Louis Zoo is doing to help save these amazing animals. You will get a chance to meet a few live reptiles and learn about their unique adaptations.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/21 11:30 am Reptile Week Liberty Science Center Reptiles: Squamata 30 max K 1-5

Curriculum Environment, Science Description Snakes are an important part of the ecosystem but are often seen as a nuisance. Join us in understanding these incredible creatures.

9 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/21 12:10 pm Reptile Week Saint Louis Zoo Remarkable Reptiles 45 max MS

Curriculum Environment, Science Description Come and learn about the fascinating world of the different reptile groups that live on earth. Find out what projects the Saint Louis Zoo is doing to help save these amazing animals. You will get a chance to meet a few live reptiles and learn about their unique adaptations.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/21 2:30 pm Reptile Week Liberty Science Center Reptiles: Squamata 30 max MS

Curriculum Environment, Science Description Snakes are an important part of the ecosystem but are often seen as a nuisance. Join us in understanding these incredible creatures.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/21 3:10 pm Reptile Week Saint Louis Zoo Conserving Reptiles 45 max HS

Curriculum Environment, Science Description Come and learn about the diversity of reptiles and the conservation issues they face today. Learn about some of the Saint Louis Zoos efforts to help with reptile conservation. Get a chance to meet a few live reptiles and learn about their unique adaptations.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/24 10:10 am National Bat Day Organization for Bat Bat Zone Encounter! 45 max 1-5, 12:10 pm Conservation MS, HS 2:10 pm Curriculum Environment, Science Description With more than 1300 species living across the globe, bats are some of the most misunderstood and diverse mammals found on Earth. Join us LIVE from the Bat Zone to learn more about these wonderful, unique, and beneficial nighttime animals!

10 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/25 9:10 am Reptile Week Edisto Serpentarium Snakes! 45 max 3,4,5

Curriculum Environment, Science Description In this presentation, students will learn how to tell the difference between venomous and non-venomous snakes, and how they catch their food. Students will also learn how snakes can benefit people and how to react when encountering them also!

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/25 10:10 am Bullying Prevention The Learning Real Bullying from the 45 max MS & Tolerance Month Liaisons, Inc. Classroom, to the Bus Stop and Beyond Curriculum Health & Wellness Description Come join Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo, a national anti-bullying expert, as he leads the online discussion on what bullying is and what we can do to prevent it. Dr. Cerullo is here to answer all questions you may have.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/25 11:10 am Reptile Week Edisto Serpentarium Snakes! 45 max MS

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/25 1:10 pm Reptile Week Edisto Serpentarium Snakes! 45 max HS

11 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 10/27 9:10 am Bullying Prevention & Rittman Publishing, Grady Gets Glasses 30 max K,1,2 10:10 am Tolerance Month LLC 11:10 am Curriculum ELA, Literacy Description Grady is a rabbit - with glasses! Grady explains how his glasses help him to see the whole world better, and that people (and rabbits) who wear glasses might look a little different, but they are special. Grady makes everyone understand that wearing glasses/ knowing someone who wears glasses/seeing better is GOOD, and that glasses are not a reason to bully! Grady thinks glasses are COOL! (grades K, 1, 2)

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/1 11:10 am Day of the Dead Mexic-Arte Museum Day of the Dead 3,4,5 1:10 pm MS/HS

Curriculum Arts, Social Studies Description Community Altars is a special exhibition that represents Mexic-Arte Museum's more than three decade quest to inform the public about the significance of the celebration. Students will discover the important relationship between community and tradition as they learn how the Museum collaborates with the general public to pay homage to deceased loved ones. Students will also learn how Mexic-Arte Museum has utilized Día de los Muertos to celebrate the community's faith; comment on current social issues; and express a uniquely Austin, Mexican, and Mexican-American identity and heritage.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/3 1:30 pm Native American History Connects from Pocahontas and the 45 max 2,3,4,5 Heritage Month the Virgina Historical Powhatan Indians Society Curriculum History Description Using primary sources as well as replica artifacts created by Mattaponi Indians, students will learn about what life was like in Virginia before the first English settlers made it their home. Students will identify the various natural resources used by Native American men, women, and children to make their tools and clothing. Students will also be engaged in a discussion about Pocahontas and the myths associated with her life.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/4 12:10 pm Food, Agriculture Pike Place Market Seattle’s Food Basket 45 max K 1-5 1:10 pm and Nutrition Month Since 1907: The Pike 2:10 pm Place Market Curriculum Health & Wellness Description With 10 million visits each year, Seattle’s iconic Pike Place Market is beloved by local shoppers and visitors from around the world alike. Come take a trip through the Market, as locals affectionately call Pike Place Market, and learn how food is the focus of this nine-acre historic marketplace. Learn fun facts like, did you know the world’s first Starbucks started in the Pike Place Market? Meet some of the food producers at the Market during this whirlwind stroll through the Market. 12 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/7 11:10 am Election Day Andrew Jackson’s The Corrupt Bargain 45 max MS Hermitage

Curriculum History & Gov Description Drama! Intrigue! Scandal! The Presidential election of 1824 was the most hotly-contested election in early American history. The Corrupt Bargain takes an interactive look at the election that questioned whether our country is a democracy or a republic. Students will be able to see a revolutionary nation come into its own.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/8 12:10 pm Native American Panhandle Plains A Native American MVP 45 max K 1-5 1:10 pm Heritage Month Historical Museum 2:10 pm Curriculum History Description An Indian’s life on the southern plains was not one of luxury. Indians were nomadic and had to carry all of their worldly possessions with them. This program will talk about the MVPs, or Most Valuable Possessions, of the southern plains Indian tribes. Using artifacts from PPHM’s Southern Plains Indian Trunk along with historical photos, we will discuss life on the southern plains. Questions can be tweeted to @laneybee22 prior to or during the program for a chance to be answered live.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/9 11:10 am Food, Agriculture Butter y Pavilion Bug Bites 45 max 3,4,5 12:10 pm and Nutrition Month 1:10 pm Curriculum Science, Health Description Bone(less) appetite Students discover just how common bug-eating really is - both because we eat bugs all the time without knowing it, and because people all over the world eat bugs as important parts of their diets. After overcoming the initial ick-factor, students will come to appreciate the nutritional value of bugs.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/10 1:30 pm Native American History Connects from Finding the “Real” 45 max MS Heritage Month the Virgina Historical Pocahontas Society Curriculum History & Gov Description This program will examine some of the many depictions created of Pocahontas over time, including the one depiction made in person. Students will learn how to interpret an image as a primary source, and through historical inquiry, determine which of the depictions the real Pocahontas is.

13 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/10 2:30 pm Native American History Connects from Finding the “Real” 45 max HS Heritage Month the Virgina Historical Pocahontas Society Curriculum History Description This program will examine some of the many depictions created of Pocahontas over time, including the one depiction made in person. Students will learn how to interpret an image as a primary source, and through historical inquiry, determine which of the depictions the real Pocahontas is.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade Warren Lasch Conservation 11/14 12:10 pm Civil War Week The story of the submarine 45 max MS Center (WLCC) at Clemson HL Hunley and its 2:10 pm University in North importance in history Charleston, SC Curriculum History, Science, STEM Description The Warren Lasch Conservation Center (WLCC) at Clemson University in North Charleston, SC is a facility dedicated to advancing knowledge and best practices in the study, analysis, conservation and preservation of materials and structures of historical significance, with a focus on artifacts in, and recovered from maritime environments. Our expertise is based on years devoted to the investigation and stabilization of the H.L. Hunley submarine (1864) and its associated artifacts housed at the WLCC since 2000. This program will present the story of the submarine HL Hunley and its importance in history, as well as the different steps of its conservation.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/15 9:10 am Civil War Week National Civil War Civil War - Introduction 45 max 3,4,5 Navel Museum to the Sailor and Naval Technology Curriculum History Description The basic program introduces students to the navies of the Civil War and how sailors are different than soldiers. Learn how new types of technologies change during the war with ships like ironclads and submarines. See the remains of an ironclad built right here in Columbus, Georgia.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/15 11:10 am Civil War Week National Civil War Civil War - Discussion on 45 max MS Navel Museum the Sailor and Naval Strategy Curriculum History Description The middle program continues the introduction of the navies in the Civil War and the extent that the war takes place around the world. The students are introduced to more advanced information about daily life and how sailors lived. Strategy is discussed with how the war progressed through the idea of the "Anaconda Plan" and the blockade.

14 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/15 1:10 pm Civil War Week National Civil War Civil War - Changing 45 max HS Navel Museum face of Naval Warfare

Curriculum History Description The upper program continues with more advanced ideas of technological progression and how naval warfare changed. The students are introduced to some of the more colorful characters in the navies of both sides. During the program, students are encouraged to discuss how the navy fits in with the bigger picture of the nation divided, then how our history is preserved through institutions such as the museum.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/15 2:30 pm Civil War Week History Connects from Civil War - An American 45 max MS the Virgina Historical Turning Point Society Curriculum History, Gov Description From 1861 to 1865, the country was in a military and social revolution. How we define freedom, liberty, patriot, and nation today is directly related to the diverse experiences of the individuals who participated in the Civil War. This program encourages students to consider how an historical even can influence and address the questions of today. What was lost? What was gained? What issues were decided and which were left uncertain? Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/16 9:10 am Civil War Week South Carolina Rally to the Flag 45 max 4,5 Confederate Relic Room MS and Military Museum

Curriculum History Description Illustrated with original flags in the Relic Room collection, adventure stories relating to battle flags in dramatic combat – and social history about the creation of flags by the ladies at home. This session will give some insights into why soldiers fought and why flags were so important. Will include original Confederate flags of SC as well as a unique flag of the United States Colored Troops, from a regiment with which Harriet Tubman marched during 1863. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/16 11:10 am Civil War Week South Carolina Cadets and Boy 45 max MS, Confederate Relic Room Soldiers HS and Military Museum

Curriculum History Description Personal experiences of teenagers late in the Civil War, as the South in desperation stood its youngest men up in defense of the homeland. Both artifacts and original accounts from survivors of units like the “Boys Brigade” (the South Carolina Junior Reserves, made up of 16-year-olds drafted in 1864). This is a session about the human face of war.

15 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/16 1:10 pm Civil War Week South Carolina Rebels, Reunion and 45 max MS, Confederate Relic Room Rough Riders HS and Military Museum

Curriculum History Description This session will discuss how military leaders from the North and South, some of the greatest fighting heroes of the war on both sides, were important in putting the nation back together afterwards – and how not just the sons of Confederates and Union soldiers and of slaves, but even some ACTUAL veterans of the Civil War, fought together on the same side in 1898, in the Spanish-American War.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/17 1:30 pm Civil War Week History Connects from Sick Call! Civil War 45 max MS the Virgina Historical Diseases, Medicine, and Society Hospitals Curriculum History, Gov, Science Description More soldiers died during the American Civil War from diseases than from battle wounds. What were the most common diseases, and how did doctors treat them? This program examines doctors, nurses, and patients in both the North and South and how they dealt with sickness and injury.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/17 2:30 pm Civil War Week History Connects from Sick Call! Civil War 45 max HS the Virgina Historical Diseases, Medicine, and Society Hospitals Curriculum History, Gov, Science Description More soldiers died during the American Civil War from diseases than from battle wounds. What were the most common diseases, and how did doctors treat them? This program examines doctors, nurses, and patients in both the North and South and how they dealt with sickness and injury.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/18 10:10 am Native American Cranbrook Science Native American 45 max 3,4,5 Heritage Month Center Treasures of Cranbrook Institute of Science Curriculum History Description This program introduces the virtual viewer the diversity of Native American cultures across North America by showing outstanding examples of Native American artifacts from the Institute’s collection. From ancient Paleo-Indian spear points to 20th century art pieces, viewers will gain an appreciation for the innovations of Native Peoples, past and present, in every aspect of living from basic survival to artistic expression. These grade appropriate tours also touch upon the ethics of collecting Native American artifacts and how curators care for their collections.

16 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/18 12:10 pm Native American Cranbrook Science Native American 45 max MS Heritage Month Center Treasures of Cranbrook Institute of Science Curriculum History Description This program introduces the virtual viewer the diversity of Native American cultures across North America by showing outstanding examples of Native American artifacts from the Institute’s collection. From ancient Paleo-Indian spear points to 20th century art pieces, viewers will gain an appreciation for the innovations of Native Peoples, past and present, in every aspect of living from basic survival to artistic expression. These grade appropriate tours also touch upon the ethics of collecting Native American artifacts and how curators care for their collections. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/18 2:10 pm Native American Cranbrook Science Native American 45 max HS Heritage Month Center Treasures of Cranbrook Institute of Science Curriculum History Description This program introduces the virtual viewer the diversity of Native American cultures across North America by showing outstanding examples of Native American artifacts from the Institute’s collection. From ancient Paleo-Indian spear points to 20th century art pieces, viewers will gain an appreciation for the innovations of Native Peoples, past and present, in every aspect of living from basic survival to artistic expression. These grade appropriate tours also touch upon the ethics of collecting Native American artifacts and how curators care for their collections. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/21 1:10 pm Native American National D-Day “Atahtu nnnuwee—We 45 max MS, made a good landing”: 11/22 10:10 am Heritage Month Museum The Comanche Code HS 11/22 4:10 pm Talkers and D-Day Curriculum History Description During World War II, the United States utilized Native Americans to create codes that the Germans and Japanese could not break. While the famous Navajo Code Talkers assisted in communication in the Pacific, Comanche Code Talkers were used for the European Theater of Operations. Fourteen of these code talkers landed on Utah Beach on June 6, 1944. Learn about their role on D-Day during this interactive session honoring the legacy of Native Americans in World War II. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/28 12:10 pm Food, Agriculture Overalls and Aprons The Business & 45 max MS, 1:10 pm and Nutrition Sustainability of HS 2:10 pm Month Farm to Table Curriculum Health & Wellness Description This program will explore the sustainability of farm to table and is brought to by Thibeot Fagonde, an award winning filmmaker on the farm to table business. 17 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/29 10:10 am Food, Agriculture Byrnes Health Just Fueling Around 45 max 3,4,5 2:10 pm and Nutrition MS 4:10 pm Month Curriculum Health & Wellness Description Explores healthy food choices by answering basic nutrition questions in a fun and innovative way. Students easily see that “we are what we eat.” Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 11/30 1:10 pm Food, Agriculture McMillen Health Nutrition - 45 max K 1-5 2:10 pm and Nutrition ChooseMyPlate4U 3:10 pm Month Curriculum Science, Environment, Social Studies Description McMillen Health will connect with your elementary students In "ChooseMyPlate 4U” as they learn about the basics of food choices. Looking at the proportions of food groups for the day and proposing age appropriate choices for snacks will illustrate how students really do impact their own health. The major take away point will be that our bodies are made up of the foods we eat so being intentional about choosing healthy foods is the key to being healthy.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 12/1 2:10 pm National Human Museum of Focus on Humanity 40 max HS 3:10 pm Rights Month Photographic Arts

Curriculum History Description Images are a powerful tool for communication. Join the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, California, as we look at the work of notable humanist photographers and how their work inspires important conversations and change.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 12/5 11:10 am World Wars Week Pima Air and Space The Need for Innovation: 45 max MS, 12:10 pm Museum How Technology Innovation HS 1:10 pm Impacted World War II Curriculum History Description Visit the Pima Air & Space Museum for this technology focused WWII aircraft event. On Dec. 5th we will have experts from the museum talk about how aircraft technology improved during the WWII period and extreme need often drives innovation. As the saying goes, necessity is the mother of all invention.

18 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 12/6 1:10 pm World Wars Week National D-Day A Day That Will Live in 45 max MS, 12/7 10:10 am Museum Infamy: America Goes HS 12/7 4:10 pm to War Curriculum History Description Although World War II began two years earlier, it was not until the Japanese attacked the American at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941 that the United States officially joined the war. This interactive session examines the role of the United States in World War II from 1939 to Pearl Harbor while remembering the 75th Anniversary of the United States entering the war that changed the course of modern history.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 12/8 12:10 pm World Wars Week First Division Museum From Horse to Wheels: 45 max 6th- 1:10 pm at Cantigny The rise of mechanization 12th 2:10 pm in the military Curriculum History Description Learn how vehicles and the rise of mechanization change the image of war as you explore the historic vehicle collection of the First Division Museum at Cantigny. This behind the scene experience allows the students to see up close and personal military vehicles ranging from World War I to Vietnam. See how America's industries came together to supply its army for war.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 12/9 11:10 am World Wars Week National Churchill How WWII rationing 45 max 4, MS 1:10 pm Museum changed our dinner 3:10 pm table Curriculum History Description During World War II, people participated in home front activities like rationing and victory gardens where much-needed resources could go towards the war effort. Travel with the National Churchill Museum back to the 1940s and experience what it was like to plan family meals using rations. This program is a wonderful supplement to math, sociology, social studies, home economics, and reading.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 12/13 10:10 am Sharks, Skates and Alaska SeaLife Alaska’s Amazing 30 max K 1-5 12:10 pm Rays Week Center Skates! 2:10 pm Curriculum STEM, Environment, Science Description Introduction to Alaska's skates and their unique adaptations.

19 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 12/14 11:10 am National Aviation Pima Air and Exploring the Scienti c 45 max 4,5, 12:10 pm Day Space Museum Method and the Wright MS Brothers First Flight Curriculum STEM Description Fly back in time to the beginning of the 20th century. There were many scientists and engineers trying to unravel the puzzle of Powered, Sustained, Controlled, Heavier-than-Air flight. And on Dec 17, 1903 the goal was finally reached. Join experts at the Pima Air & Space Museum as we unravel how the Wright Brothers were able to achieve this feat. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 12/14 1:10 pm National Aviation Pima Air and Exploring the Scienti c 45 max MS, Day Space Museum Method and the Wright HS Brothers First Flight Curriculum STEM Description Fly back in time to the beginning of the 20th century. There were many scientists and engineers trying to unravel the puzzle of Powered, Sustained, Controlled, Heavier-than-Air flight. And on Dec 17, 1903 the goal was finally reached. Join experts at the Pima Air & Space Museum as we unravel how the Wright Brothers were able to achieve this feat. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 12/15 10:10 am National Aviation Pima Air and Exploring the Scienti c 45 max 4, 5, 6 Day Space Museum Method and the Wright 7, 8, 9 Brothers First Flight Curriculum History Description Fly back in time to the beginning of the 20th century. There were many scientists and engineers trying to unravel the puzzle of Powered, Sustained, Controlled, Heavier-than-Air flight. And on Dec 17, 1903 the goal was finally reached. Join experts at the Pima Air & Space Museum as we unravel how the Wright Brothers were able to achieve this feat. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 12/16 11:10 am Sharks, Skate and Monte Marine Sharks Alive 30 max MS Rays Week Laboratory - SeaTrek TV Curriculum STEM, Environment, Science Description This program is a live program focused on shark behavior research at Mote Marine Laboratory. Participants will learn how and why Mote Marine Laboratory studies these animals. Participants will discuss shark research at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium. Participants will discover why sharks are important to the ocean ecosystem and what humans can do to help conserve and protect sharks. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions with our Ocean Experts.

20 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 12/21 10:10 am Happy Holidays Project Explorer Christmas Across 40 max 4, 5, 6 11:10 am Europe 7, 8 1:10 pm Curriculum History Description Each country has its own unique way of celebrating the Christmas season. Learn about Christmas traditions across Western Europe: Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, and the U.K from award-winning filmmaker Jenny M. Buccos. A modern-day explorer with a passion for learning about cultures around the world, Jenny has visited more than 70 countries. During these sessions, she will answer student questions and share personal videos and photos highlighting Christmas traditions from several European countries.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 1/9 10:10 am Rock and Fossil Cranbrook Science Journey to the 45 max HS Week Center Center of the Earth

Curriculum Science Description Experience an incredible 4,000 mile journey to the center of the Earth. See the landforms, sediments, rocks, minerals, gems, fossils and the changing conditions that would be encountered along the way. Evaluate how and what we know about the deep structure and origin of our planet, its source of internal heat and magnetic field. Discover how geologists interpret geologic evidence and what the rocks and sediments reveal about Earth System history and the origin of important natural resources.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 1/9 12:10 pm Rock and Fossil Cranbrook Science Journey to the 45 max MS Week Center Center of the Earth

21 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 1/9 2:10 pm Rock and Fossil Cranbrook Science Journey to the 45 max 4,5 Week Center Center of the Earth

Curriculum Science Description How do we know about the lives of dinosaurs? Learn about how fossils are a record of extinct animals and how dinosaurs compare to the animals of today.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 1/10 11:10 am Rock and Fossil Royal Tyrrell Museum Up Close and 45 max HS Week of Palaeontology Palaeo Jr.

Curriculum Science Description "Connect live with the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Alberta, Canada during this Q&A program! A Science Educator will first introduce your students to the science of palaeontology. The remainder of the program is driven by your class! Formulate questions directly related to your curriculum, or watch as your students are inspired by each others curiosity. Animations, images, video clips, and real fossils will complement our responses."

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 1/10 1:10 pm Rock and Fossil Columbus Zoo Finding Fossils 45 max MS 2:10 pm Week and Aquarium

Curriculum Science Description How do we know about the lives of dinosaurs? Learn about how fossils are a record of extinct animals and how dinosaurs compare to the animals of today.

22 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 1/11 3:10 pm Rock and Fossil Royal Tyrrell Museum Up Close and 45 max MS Week of Palaeontology Palaeo Jr.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 1/12 11:10 am Rock and Fossil Rice Museum of Phenomenal 45 max 4,5 12:10 pm Week Rocks & Minerals Petri ed Wood MS 3:10 pm Curriculum Science Description An exploration of the process of petrifying wood and what these wood fossils can tell us about the history of Earth.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 1/13 1:30 pm Rock and Fossil Royal Tyrrell Museum Up Close and 45 max K 1-5 Week of Palaeontology Palaeo Jr.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 1/13 3:10 pm Rock and Fossil Museum of the The Process of 45 max HS Week Rockies Paleontology

Curriculum Science Description Lots of kids dream of becoming a paleontologist, but may not truly understand what the job entails! How do we really excavate fossils? How do we transport them? How are fossils labeled? Stored? Studied? Connect your students with MOR's Interim Curator of Paleontology to discover how fossils become museum displays and what it is really like to be a paleontologist. Presented live from MOR's Collections and enhanced with additional video clips, this program features real fossils. Questions are encouraged!

23 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 1/17 10:10 am Martin Luther King Bena Hartman A Picture book that honors 40 max K-3 12:10 pm Observance (Author) and extends the legacy of Dr. 1:10 pm Martin Luther King, Jr. Curriculum History, Literature Description "Looking for a picture book and live reading program in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday? This session is about engaging students in discussions and activities about social justice and equality using a book titled My Elephant-Sized Dream written by me, Bena Hartman and illustrated by Shelly Lipscomb. Pre-program Activities - You can help prepare your students for our program by listening to recordings of Dr. King's 'I Have a Dream' speech, making a semantic web on what your students already know about Dr. King's speech, and reading books about Dr. King. Post-program Activity - As a follow-up to our program, we recommend asking students to write down or draw a picture of what their elephant-sized dream is. Students can also share their Story Impression with the class and complete a venn diagram comparing their story to My Elephant-Sized Dream."

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 1/20 1:10 pm International Programs & Museum of Photographic Contemporary Mexican 40 max MS, 2:10 pm Languages Month Arts Photography HS

Curriculum History Description Join the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, California, as we examine the work of several contemporary Mexican photographers that are exploring the idea of national identity in Mexico.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 1/23 12:10 pm International Hispanic Museum Local Hispanic 45 max K 1-5 1:10 pm Programs of Nevada Artisans & Languages Month Curriculum Arts Description The Hispanic Museum of Nevada is home to a multitude of artists. We will be holding gallery talks geared towards the different age groups. An example is recycling/reuse artist Lily Ramos. She creates beautiful, decorative artwork from water bottles, tree parts and much more.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 1/23 2:10 pm International Hispanic Museum Diversity of Latinos 45 max MS, Programs of Nevada in the U.S. and Examples HS & Languages Month of their Artistry Curriculum Arts Description We are also home to cultural groups that represent many of the Spanish speaking countries in the Casa de la Cultura Latina portion of the HMN. Our talk will focus on the diversity of Latinos in Nevada and the United States. We will discuss the origins and fun facts about many artifacts indicative of Latino culture. An example is a collection of Panamanian Molas. The handmade Molas are colorful, multi-layered appliqué panels of blouses worn by the Kuna women of Panama. 24 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 1/24 10:10 am International San Antonio Contemporary and 45 max MS, 11:10 am Programs & Museum of Art Modern Art en espagñol HS 12:10 pm Languages Month Curriculum Foreign Language/Spanish Description Showcasing for students contemporary and modern art from our gallery.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 1/30 11:10 am World Wetlands Seacoast Science Coastal Critters: Life 45 max 1-8 1:10 pm Week Center between the Tides 2:10 pm Curriculum Science Description Life between the tides can be tough. Join Seacoast Science Center naturalists for a virtual field trip to the shore, to explore the animals and plants that make inter tidal habitats their home. Learn about some of their amazing and sometimes funny physical and behavioral adaptations that make life in these challenging environments possible. This program highlights how individual species and entire classes of creatures have adapted to survive on the rocky shore, the sandy beach and the salt marsh. Students will see dramatic time-lapse images of the tidal cycle, videos of animal behavior, sea stars eating, lobsters molting, and footage of our tide pools. Our Seacoast Science Center naturalist will bring out live animals, demonstrate how these inter tidal animals feed, hunt, and protect themselves, and take students on a virtual trip to the Center and its tide pools.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 1/31 11:10 am World Wetlands Butter y Pavilion Aquatic Invertebrate 45 max K 1-5 12:10 pm Week Encounter 1:10 pm Curriculum Science Description Students will be introduced to aquatic invertebrates and, through guided observation, they will discover what adaptations help these and other animals survive in their waterlogged habitats. Plus, students will gain an appreciation for the value of wetland environments and for the importance of invertebrates within them.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/2 11:10 am Black History Month Baseball Hall Civil Rights: Before 45 max MS, of Fame You Could Say HS “Jackie Robinson” Curriculum History Description Explore American history from the era of Jim Crow to the civil rights heroics of Jackie Robinson to the post-integration efforts of superstars like Hank Aaron. Learn about the great players of the Negro leagues, including Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige, and pioneers of the modern game like Frank Robinson and Emmett Ashford.

25 This program examines the economic and government structure of life in the colonies, explores the impacts of British taxes and tariffs on the colonials, and investigates the roles of Virginians in declaring independence and waging the Revolutionary War. The audience will examine specific individuals and situations to promote an understanding of the Revolutionary experiences of many of our Founding Fathers. Famous Virginians such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Mason will be discussed as well as lesser known individuals like Anna Maria Lane and James Lafayette.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/7 11:10 am President’s Month The Ronald Regan President Reagan: From 45 max 5th-8th Presidential Foundation Humble Beginnings to and Institute the White House Curriculum History, Gov Description What did Ronald Reagan dream of becoming when he grew up - a cowboy? A football player? A movie star? Learn about his journey to the Presidency in this interactive field trip experience, live from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, CA.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/9 1:30 pm President’s Month History Connects from Who Freed the Slaves? 45 max MS the Virginia Historical Society Curriculum History, Gov Description This program focuses on an examination of political cartoons and paintings that highlight Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the end of slavery. Particular attention is paid to the role that enslaved African Americans played in their own emancipation. Students will engage in primary source analysis, and interpret the importance of these sources while learning about their historical context.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/9 2:30 pm President’s Month History Connects from Who Freed the Slaves? 45 max HS the Virginia Historical Society Curriculum History, Gov Description This program focuses on an examination of political cartoons and paintings that highlight Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the end of slavery. Particular attention is paid to the role that enslaved African Americans played in their own emancipation. Students will engage in primary source analysis, and interpret the importance of these sources while learning about their historical context. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/10 10:10 am President’s Month Ford’s Theatre President Lincoln's 45 max MS 1:10 pm Legacy 4:10 pm Curriculum History, Gov Description Ford's Theatre and the Lincoln Memorial President Lincoln's assassination in 1865 may have been the end of his life, but it was the beginning of his legacy. From the Civil War to Civil Rights to today, Ford's Theatre and the Lincoln Memorial have served as stages from which we celebrate President Lincoln and the things that mattered to him: unity, creativity and the right to rise.

26 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/2 1:30 pm President’s Month History Connects from The Pursuit of Liberty 45 max 3,4,5 the Virginia Historical Society Curriculum History, Gov Description This program examines the economic and government structure of life in the colonies, explores the impacts of British taxes and tariffs on the colonials, and investigates the roles of Virginians in declaring independence and waging the Revolutionary War. The audience will examine specific individuals and situations to promote an understanding of the Revolutionary experiences of many of our Founding Fathers. Famous Virginians such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Mason will be discussed as well as lesser known individuals like Anna Maria Lane and James Lafayette. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/3 10:10 am President’s Month Jayne D'Alessandro- Thomas Jeerson-From 30 max 3,4,5 11:10 am Cox, Author Boy to Man First 31 MS 1:10 pm years 1743-1774 HS Curriculum History, Gov Description "Who really was Thomas Jefferson? How did life growing up in the Piedmont wilderness pave the foundation for him and all his later achievements? Learn about Thomas Jefferson, the boy, and what life was like growing up in 18th century colonial Virginia, as we follow his journey to manhood in Thomas Jefferson-From Boy to Man. " Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/7 12:10 pm Black History Month Southern Food and Southern Food: the 45 max MS 1:10 pm Beverage Museum African Inuence HS 2:10 pm Curriculum History Description From gumbo to macaroni and cheese, many iconic Southern meals were created or influenced by enslaved Africans. Combining the cooking techniques of Africa with southern produce and limited resources created new recipes that are beloved today by people of all backgrounds. Learn about popular Southern cuisines and the story behind them that Africans, and necessity, invented.

27 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/9 2:30 pm President’s Month History Connects from Who Freed the Slaves? 45 max HS the Virginia Historical Society Curriculum History, Gov Description This program focuses on an examination of political cartoons and paintings that highlight Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the end of slavery. Particular attention is paid to the role that enslaved African Americans played in their own emancipation. Students will engage in primary source analysis, and interpret the importance of these sources while learning about their historical context. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/10 10:10 am President’s Month Ford’s Theatre President Lincoln's 45 max MS 1:10 pm Legacy 2:10 pm Curriculum History, Gov Description Ford's Theatre and the Lincoln Memorial President Lincoln's assassination in 1865 may have been the end of his life, but it was the beginning of his legacy. From the Civil War to Civil Rights to today, Ford's Theatre and the Lincoln Memorial have served as stages from which we celebrate President Lincoln and the things that mattered to him: unity, creativity and the right to rise. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/13 11:10 am President's Month The Ronald Reagan President Reagan and 45 max HS Presidential Foundation the Cold War and Institute Curriculum History, Gov Description During the 1980’s, the Communist threat reached new heights. Learn how President Reagan used his skills as a Great Communicator to negotiate with the Soviet Leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, to help bring an end to the Cold War. Lesson and discussion broadcast live from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, CA.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/13 1:10 pm Black History Month Baseball Hall of Fame Civil Rights: Before 45 max MS, 2/14 2:10 pm You Could Say HS "Jackie Robinson" Curriculum History Description Explore American history from the era of Jim Crow to the civil rights heroics of Jackie Robinson to the post-integration efforts of superstars like Hank Aaron. Learn about the great players of the Negro leagues, including Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige, and pioneers of the modern game like Frank Robinson and Emmett Ashford.

28 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/16 9:10 am Black History Month National Women’s Standing Up for Change: 45 max 3,4,5 History Museum African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement

Curriculum History, Social Studies Description African American women fought for civil rights from America’s earliest days. They resisted slavery. They protested against racism. They established networks to improve conditions for African Americans. They worked in politics and journalism, organized black labor, and supported education. In the 20th century, African American women formed the backbone of the modern Civil Rights Movement. African American women were the critical mass, the grassroots leaders challenging America to embrace justice and equality for all. Join us to explore the Civil Rights Movement through the perspectives of its women leaders. We will use objects, images, and documents to explore the dynamic women of the Civil Rights Movement. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/16 2:30 pm Black History Month History Connects from From Civil War to 45 max 3,4,5 the Virginia Historical Civil Rights Society Curriculum History, Gov Description Emancipation and the end of the Civil War brought promises of equality for African Americans in Virginia and throughout the South. It took the better part of a century for those promises to begin to be realized. This program will identify and examine the effects of segregation and Jim Crow on life in Virginia for whites, African Americans, and American Indians. Students will also discuss the social and political events in Virginia linked to desegregation and Massive Resistance and their relationship to national history.

29 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/17 10:10 am Black History Month The Paley Center Get Up! Stand Up! The 30 max HS 11:10 am for Media Civil Rights Movement 12:10 pm and Television Curriculum History, Social Studies Description The Paley Center for Media's permanent collection contains over 160,000 television, radio, and internet programs spanning almost 100 years of broadcasting. Paley Center Educators use this programming as primary sources that bring curriculum to life. This workshop examines how the growing popularity of television during the 1950s and 1960s provided the American public with a means to witness the struggle for Civil Rights nearly in real time and led a more informed society to enact social change. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/20 10:10 am President’s Month Jayne D'Alessandro Thomas Jeerson-From 30 max 3,4,5 -Cox, Author Boy to Man First 31 years 1743-1774 Curriculum History, Gov Description Who really was Thomas Jefferson? How did life growing up in the Piedmont wilderness pave the foundation for him and all his later achievements? Learn about Thomas Jefferson, the boy, and what life was like growing up in 18th century colonial Virginia, as we follow his journey to manhood in Thomas Jefferson-From Boy to Man.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/21 10:10 am President’s Month President James K. James K. Polk: President 45 max MS Polk Home and of Manifest Destiny Museum Curriculum History, Gov Description James K. Polk is considered one of the most underrated but effective Presidents in American history. He oversaw the massive territorial expansion of the country through diplomacy with Great Britain and war against Mexico. He set the standard for American economics for the next eighty years. He is also responsible for starting the U.S. Naval Academy, the Washington Monument, and the use of postage stamps! What were Polk's early influences? How did he become a politician? How did he manage to accomplish so much in a single term? What were the negative aspects of his life and career? Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/22 10:10 am Engineers Week National Building Engineering Solutions 40 max MS, 11:10 am Museum HS 12:10 pm Curriculum STEM Description This program will investigate the role of engineers, who work to make the buildings around us stronger and safer. Students with learn how forces, such as compression and tension, act on buildings, and how engineers address the challenge of loads and forces using elements such as columns, arches, trusses and domes! See these engineering principles at work in National Building Museum’s historic home, and explore other famous buildings from across the globe in the Museum’s exhibition “Around the World in 80 Paper Models.” 30 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/22 1:10 pm Engineers Week Team Kaizen Getting Your Game On: 45 max 4-12 2:10 m STEM and Careers in the Video Game Industry Curriculum STEM Description Team KAIZEN, Montana's 1st PlayStation Certified Game Studio, walks students through the different career options in the video game industry as well as the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math behind gaming. Through this talk, students will be given the information on how to take their favorite past time and turn it into a viable career path! Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/23 11:10 am Rock and Fossil Week Museum of the Rockies The Process of 45 max 8-12 12:10 pm (Rescheduled Paleontology Program) Curriculum Science Description Lots of kids dream of becoming a paleontologist, but may not truly understand what the job entails! How do we really excavate fossils? How do we transport them? How are fossils labeled? Stored? Studied? Connect your students with MOR's Interim Curator of Paleontology to discover how fossils become museum displays and what it is really like to be a paleontologist. Presented live from MOR's Collections and enhanced with additional video clips, this program features real fossils. Questions are encouraged!

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/24 10:10 am Engineers Week National Building Engineering Solutions 40 max MS, 12:10 pm Museum HS 2:10 pm Curriculum STEM Description This program will investigate the role of engineers, who work to make the buildings around us stronger and safer. Students with learn how forces, such as compression and tension, act on buildings, and how engineers address the challenge of loads and forces using elements such as columns, arches, trusses and domes! See these engineering principles at work in National Building Museum’s historic home, and explore other famous buildings from across the globe in the Museum’s exhibition “Around the World in 80 Paper Models.”

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/27 10:10 am Black History Month Newseum Making a Change: The 45 max 7-12 12:10 pm Civil Rights Movement 2:10 pm and the First Amendment Description How did civil rights activists use their individual freedoms (speech, press, religion, assembly and petition) to demand change? How did Martin Luther King Jr. harness the power of the news media? Students learn about this important chapter in U.S. history and how the First Amendment was used as a vehicle for social change.

31 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 2/28 1:30 pm Black History Month HistoryConnects from Di erent Paths to 45 max MS, the Virginia Historical Freedom Society Curriculum History, Gov Description Discover the implications that the American Revolution had on ideas of freedom and liberty. Students will examine the relationship between enslaved African Americans and the American Revolution through an investigation of Lord Dunmore's Proclamation, James Lafayette's petition, and Peter Sublett's manumission.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/1 10:10 am Music in Our Schools Rhythmn! Discovery Exploring the World 45 max 3,4,5 Month Center of Percussion MS

Curriculum Arts Description Drawing from the Rhythm! Discovery Center's vast collection of instruments, during this experience, students will view and hear percussion instruments from all over the world. They will learn how instruments are played, constructed, and how each instrument fits into the immense and amazing world of percussion.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/1 11:10 am Women's History Baseball Hall of Fame Dirt on Their Skirts 45 max MS, Month HS

Curriculum History Description Meet the women and the girls who broke barriers to play the National Pastime. These pioneers changed the landscape of the game, from the pro players of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and the Colorado Silver Bullets to Little League groundbreakers like Maria Pepe and Mo’ne Davis.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/1 12:10 pm Music in Our Schools Rhythmn! Discovery Exploring the World 45 max 3,4,5 2:10 pm Month Center of Percussion MS

32 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/2 9:10 am Women's History National Women’s Breaking In: Women in 45 max 3,4,5 Month History Museum Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics

Curriculum History, STEM, Science Description Description: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) skills have been identified as necessary to remain economically competitive as a country, and many have pointed out that all of society benefits when diverse teams tackle technological and scientific problems. Yet, women are persistently underrepresented in many STEM fields, where the disparity begins in classrooms. And, it has a historical basis. Women’s underrepresentation in STEM fields is rooted in the ways that women, their roles, and their abilities were thought of at the start of the Industrial Revolution. We will use documents, videos, and images to explore women who challenged the status quo to make an impact in STEM fields and who inspire today’s girls to do the same.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/2 11:10 am Women's History National Women’s Breaking In: Women in 45 max MS, 1:10 pm Month History Museum Science, Technology, HS Engineering, & Mathematics

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/6 9:30 am Reading Awareness The Eric Carle Museum Hungry for Reading! 30 max K 1-3 11:30 am Month of Picture Book Art 1:30 pm Curriculum ELA, Literacy Description March is Reading Awareness Month! Learn about The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts, and how they celebrate reading through their exhibitions and programs. Hear from some popular children's book authors and illustrators as they share the books they were hungry to read as a kid!

33 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/7 11:10 am Music in Our Schools River Music River Currents 50 max 3,4,5 12:10 pm Month Experience 1:10 pm Curriculum Arts, History Description Experience both visual and musical art first hand. Students grade 4-6 will learn about the history and evolution of American roots music, and it’s migration up the river – from the cotton field to the big city. Content includes live music performance and narrative on early spirituals, gospel, jazz, blues, country, the birth of rock and roll, and the traditions passed on into contemporary music.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/8 1:10 pm Women’s History Baseball Hall of Fame Dirt of Their Skirts 45 max MS, Month HS

Curriculum History, Social Studies Description Meet the women and the girls who broke barriers to play the National Pastime. These pioneers changed the landscape of the game, from the pro players of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and the Colorado Silver Bullets to Little League groundbreakers like Maria Pepe and Mo’ne Davis.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/9 9:10 am Reading Awareness Rittman Publishing, Grady Gets Glasses 30 max K 1-2 11:10 am Month LLC

Curriculum ELA, Literacy Description Grady is a rabbit- with glasses! Grady thinks that wearing glasses makes a person (or a rabbit) extra-special, and he explains how much his glasses help him to see everything better- from tiny flowers to the sky! This program will also emphasize how much glasses help a person to see better- to read better! Kids love the rabbit and the rhymes, which makes them love reading! (grades K, 1, 2)

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/9 2:10 pm Women's History Museum of Breaking the Frame: 40 max 4-12 3:10 pm Month Photographic Arts Pioneering Women in Photojournalism

Curriculum History Description In the early 19th century, these women never stopped to consider the obstacles that might prevent them from pursuing careers as photojournalists. They pushed into this male-dominated field as a means to define themselves as individuals and to get out of life what they wanted. During this era of war, activism, and industry, these women made their mark, while also paving the way for others inspired to follow their lead.

34 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/10 1:10 pm The Future of Space Spaceport America What is Spaceport 45 max MS, 3:10 pm Travel: (For New America? HS Mexico Schools Only) Curriculum STEM Description Find out when you tour behind the scenes. Spaceports will someday replace airports as humans begin to fly into space routinely just as we fly in airplanes from place to place today. Learn what it takes to launch people and payloads into suborbital space. Engage with Dr. Bill Gutman, VP of Aerospace, and the Spaceport America crew to learn about what a payload is and how microgravity helps scientists discover breakthroughs to help us in space and her on Earth! New Mexico taxpayers helped build Spaceport America and now this futuristic place attracts people from all over the world to visit the world's first purpose-built spaceport. At Spaceport America, there are many activities going on every day. Learn how the Spaceport America crew works with aerospace customers, welcomes visitors, and hosts signature events all while running a live commerical Spaceport! Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/13 12:10 pm Reading Awareness The Fitzgerald Museum Legacy of F. Scott 45 max MS, 1:10 pm Month of Montgomery Fitzgerald HS 2:10 pm Curriculum Literature, History, Social Studies Description The Fitzgerald Museum of Montgomery, AL preserves one of the last extant homes writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, artist/writer/dancer Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald lived in together. We explore their legacies as historical figures, and the influences that their relationship had on Scott's novels and short stories.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/14 12:10 pm College and Career Generation Text Creative Problem solving, 45 max 5-12 Readiness: Soft Skills Self-Advocacy and Resiliency Curriculum College and Career Readiness Description Join us as we talk about specific situations students will encounter in college and how to best advocate for yourself in order to determine your own destiny. Learn a thinking pattern that will help to identify things you can and can't control and how that process will allow you to solve any problem and build resiliency skills that will allow you to be confident and successful as you approach any situation or problem in life.

35 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/15 9:10 am Wildlife Week The Center for Birds World of Vultures 45 max MS 11:10 am of Prey

Curriculum Environment, Science Description Join us for a look at the fascinating and fragile world of vultures. We’ll get up close and personal with an American Black Vulture and learn about the plight of Africa’s critically endangered Hooded Vulture. See for yourself why ornithologists since John James Audubon have been curious about the olfactory ability of the Turkey Vulture. Finally, visit the Center for Birds of Prey’s “Vulture Restaurant” to see wild vultures and even perhaps a Bald Eagle as they feed on carrion. You’ll learn about the causes and consequences of vulture declines in Africa and Asia and gain an appreciation for the important role vultures play as one of our most efficient and valuable scavengers.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/15 12:10 pm Wildlife Week Butter y Pavilion Invertebrate Encounter 45 max K 1-5 1:10 pm -Meet Rosie!

Curriculum Environment, Science Description Students meet Rosie, the Chilean Rosehair Tarantula! Through guided observation of a live, on-camera animal, we'll discover what makes a tarantula an arachnid. Through inquiry (questions submitted ahead of time or during broadcast), students find out more about how she lives and come to appreciate her as more than just a big, hairy spider. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/15 2:10 pm Wildlife Week The Center for World of Vultures 45 max MS Birds of Prey

Curriculum Science Description Join us for a look at the fascinating and fragile world of vultures. We’ll get up close and personal with an American Black Vulture and learn about the plight of Africa’s critically endangered Hooded Vulture. See for yourself why ornithologists since John James Audubon have been curious about the olfactory ability of the Turkey Vulture. Finally, visit the Center for Birds of Prey’s “Vulture Restaurant” to see wild vultures and even perhaps a Bald Eagle as they feed on carrion. You’ll learn about the causes and consequences of vulture declines in Africa and Asia and gain an appreciation for the important role vultures play as one of our most efficient and valuable scavengers.

36 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/16 10:10 am Wildlife Week Columbus Zoo I Want to Work at a Zoo 45 max MS 1:10 pm and Aquarium 2:10 pm Curriculum Science Description Do you have what it takes to work at a zoo? Students will explore the career opportunities that a zoo has to offer such as veterinarian, zookeeper, exhibit designer and many more!

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/17 10:10 am Women’s History The Paley Center Portrayals of Women 30 max HS 11:10 am Month for Media on Television 12:10 pm Curriculum Social Studies, History, Gov Description The Paley Center for Media's permanent collection contains over 160,000 television, radio, and internet programs spanning almost 100 years of broadcasting. Paley Center Educators use this programming as primary sources that bring K-12 curriculum to life. This workshop will examine how portrayals of women on television have evolved from the 1950s to the present with a focus on gender roles, economic disparity, and body image.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/17 1:10 pm Music in Our GRAMMY Museum HOOK, LINES, AND SINKERS 40 max HS Schools Month at L.A. LIVE - A POP LYRIC WRITING WORKSHOP BY ANIKA PARIS

Curriculum Music, Literature Description Learn about lyric writing; using metaphors, similes, rhythms and rhymes in your lyrics; casting your song like a movie; creating storylines; and characters and more as Anika Paris, a published songwriter with Universal Polygram and Warner Brothers, leads students in exercises that will challenge them to begin their songwriting process. Students will be given a songwriting overview before being asked to pen their own creation. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/17 2:10 pm Spaceport America: Spaceport America Blast-o at Spaceport 45 max MS, 3:10 pm Space Launches America: Behind the HS Scenes of a Real Rocket Launch

Curriculum STEM Description Join the Spaceport America crew streaming live from mission control and go behind the scenes at a real rocket launch from the Spaceport America Vertical Launch! Engage with the Spaceport America Crew and customers while they work together on a mission. Walk in their footsteps from when they begin to prepare all the way to recovering and analyzing the payloads

37 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/20 11:10 am Women’s History National Law Women in Law 45 max MS, 1:10 pm Month Enforcement Museum Enforcement HS

Curriculum Social Studies, History, Gov Description A women’s right to serve her community parallels with the ongoing push for women’s equality throughout the history of the United States. Students will explore the history of American women’s movements while being introduced to some of the courageous women who broke down gender barriers in law enforcement. Students will analyze the artifacts and legacies they left behind.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/20 12:10 pm College and Career Generation Text Integrity: Empathy, 25 max 5-12 Readiness: Soft Skills compassion and Trust

Curriculum College and Career Readiness Description This 25 minute session will equip your students with the tools to understand the importance of empathy, compassion and trust in any relationship, school setting or workplace. Every decision, action and reaction is based on the ability to empathize and act compassionately and this session will provide your students mental practices that will give them the tools to contribute to a work culture that that allows for integrity and trust.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/21 10:10 am Music in Our San Antonio Musical Art can 45 max K, 1 Schools Month Museum of Art make you move!

Curriculum Music Description We know that art can show musical instruments but did you know that art can be musical? Musical art can make you move!

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/21 12:10 pm Music in Our San Antonio Musical Art can 45 max 1,2,3 Schools Month Museum of Art make you move!

Curriculum Music Description We know that art can show musical instruments but did you know that art can be musical? Musical art can make you move!

38 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/21 2:10 pm Music in Our San Antonio Musical Art can 45 max 3,4,5 Schools Month Museum of Art make you move!

Curriculum Music Description We know that art can show musical instruments but did you know that art can be musical? Musical art can make you move!

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/22 12:10 pm Reading Awareness Poetry4kids Poetry with Kenn 45 max K 1-5 1:10 pm Month 2:10 pm Curriculum ELA, Literacy Description Kenn Nesbitt, Children's Poet Laureate (2013-15), will perform his hilarious poetry and picture books and answer questions from students and teachers. This upbeat, funny program encourages students to have fun reading books and writing their own poems.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/23 10:10 am Women's History National Law Women in Law 45 max 2,3,4,5 12:10 pm Month Enforcement Museum Enforcement 2:10 pm Curriculum Social Studies, History Description Women didn't always have the same rights as men even after the fight for women's suffrage was won. Students will be introduced to the women who broke down gender barriers in law enforcement and examine what they wore, how they acted, and their duties. How were women's rights in the past different than how things are today? Students will explore similarities and differences while examining the clothing and tools used throughout history.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/24 10:10 am Women's History Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Betty Mae Jumper: 45 max 4,5, 11:10 am Month Indian Museum A Seminole Legend MS 1:10 pm Curriculum History Description Betty Mae Jumper was a nurse, storyteller, founder of the Seminole Tribune, and first female Chairperson for the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Come visit the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum virtually to discover more about Betty Mae Jumper’s place within Seminole history. A guide will share her story in our immersive diorama-style exhibits. Owned and operated by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, and a Smithsonian Affiliate Institution, the museum offers a one-of-a-kind learning opportunity you won’t want to miss!

39 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/27 2:10 pm Women's History Baseball Hall of Fame Dirt on Their Skirts 45 max MS, Month HS

Curriculum Social Studies, History Description Meet the women and the girls who broke barriers to play the National Pastime. These pioneers changed the landscape of the game, from the pro players of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and the Colorado Silver Bullets to Little League groundbreakers like Maria Pepe and Mo’ne Davis. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/28 10:10 am Reading Awareness Hemingway Home The Sun Also Rises 45 max HS Month

Curriculum History, Literature Description This was Hemingway’s first novel, written in 1925 during his time in Paris. The Sun Also Rises vividly portrays the lives of the members of the “Lost Generation”: the group of primarily expat men and women whose early adulthood was consumed by World War I. The war deeply affected this generation’s standards for death and morality, and shattered many beliefs in traditional values of love, faith, and patriotism. Without these long-held notions to rely on, members of the Lost Generation suffered great moral and psychological aimlessness. Discussion: How a common event can affect diverse groups with long-lasting outcomes.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/28 12:10 pm Reading Awareness Hemingway Home The Old Man and 45 max HS Month The Sea

Curriculum History, Literature Description This was Hemingway’s last novel published during his lifetime (1952). The Old Man and the Sea is the story of an epic struggle between Santiago—an aged, seasoned fisherman—and a huge marlin, the greatest catch of his life. For 84 days, Santiago has set out to sea and returned empty-handed. When he finally catches the largest marlin ever caught, he loses it to attacking sharks. Discussion: Identifying goals and desires, and the effects of losing opportunities. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/28 2:10 pm Reading Awareness Hemingway Home A Farewell to Arms 45 max HS Month

Curriculum History, Literature Description This is Hemingway’s second novel, finished in Key West, Florida after leaving Paris, and published in 1929. A Farewell to Arms centers on the character of Frederic Henry, a young American ambulance driver serving in the Italian army during World War I. Henry meets Catherine Barkley, an English nurse’s aide at the nearby British hospital, and falls in love. Circumstances result in their separation, and when they later reunite, Catherine is in labor and eventually dies. Discussion: Dealing with deep emotions during a time of crisis. 40 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/29 10:10 am Career and College Current by GE Straight from the CEO 45 max MS, Readiness: Career - Current HS Exploration Curriculum College and Career Readiness Description Ever wondered what type of skills or characteristics a CEO looks for when hiring the next generation of talent for their company? Join the CEO, International of Current powered by GE live from London! He will discuss the types of career paths, and the roles and responsibilities, within those career specialties in a typical corporation. Learn what kind of college majors enable these specialties. Pete will also share with you a little bit about his own career, and the 4 "A's" for a successful career in the modern and ever-changing business climate.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/29 11:10 am Career and College Nissan North Working in the 45 max MS, Readiness: Career America Autombile Industry HS Exploration Curriculum College and Career Readiness Description Let's learn about the automobile industry through the car purchasing process. We'll focus on the individual car brands, dealerships and then learn about the relationship between manufacturers and automobile dealers. All through the help of Nissan North America.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/29 12:10 pm Career and College American College of Building the Future and 45 max MS, Readiness: Career the Building Arts Renovating the Past: HS Exploration Careers in the Building Arts Curriculum College and Career Readiness Description Learn about the building arts from the perspective of the country's only college that combines a liberal arts education and traditional building arts skills. The presenters will speak to craft specializations such as: timber framing, architectural carpentry, plaster, masonry, blacksmithing (forged architectural iron) and architectural stone carving. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/29 1:10 pm Career and College Boston Properties Premier Properties: The 45 max MS, Readiness: Career Commerical O ce HS Exploration Space Market Curriculum College and Career Readiness Description While many of you are familiar with the residential real estate market through popular TV shows and of course, through your homes and apartments. Today, we'll learn about the other side of real estate: commerical office space. Today's program will be delivered through the eyes of one of the largest owners, managers and developers of Class A office space: Boston Properties. See if you recognize any of their buildings and if a career in commerical real estate is for you.

41 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/30 10:10 am Career and College Pine Rock Digital Corporate 45 max MS, Readiness: Career Communications and HS Exploration Marketing Curriculum College and Career Readiness Description Meet Ed Romanoff, CEO and founder of PineRock, a global brand communications company that specializes in events, digital and video production as well as communication strategy for corporations internationally.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/30 11:10 am Career and College The Kor Group Communications, 45 max MS, Readiness: Career Design & Marketing HS Exploration Curriculum College and Career Readiness Description "Meet Anne Callahan, Founder and Partner of kor group. Anne formed a branding and design firm in 1993 and will give a sneak peek into the creative process at a successful agency in Boston, MA. She will discuss her life-long passion for the visual arts and how it has translated into a fulfilling career in design, advertising, and web development. Anne will open your mind to many career options in the creative economy such as: photography, videography, styling, producing, art directions, copywrite, design, web design, user interface specialists, web developement and more…" Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/30 12:10 pm Reading Awareness Howard Eisenberg Time 2 Rhyme (Part 1) 40 max K-3 1:10 pm Month

Curriculum Literacy Description In the first of two same-day sessions, author-poet Howard Eisenberg (wearing an explorer's pith helmet) will read Guess Who Zoo, the first book in a uniquely interactive riddle-and-rhyme series with guess-who clues in every line of every poem. In this "fun that educates" series, readers become co-poets. The last word of each poem is left blank, allowing the child to guess the animal's name and thus complete a Guess Who Zoo poem. A Q&A between kids in the classroom and the poet follows.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 3/31 10:10 am Career and College Dudley Observatory Reaching for the Stars: 45 max 5-12 Readiness: Career at miSci A Career in the Exploration Astronomical Sciences Curriculum College and Career Readiness Description Does the night sky fascinate you? Are you considering a career in astronomy? Astronomy is way more than just looking up at the stars and making constellations with them. Join Dr. Valerie Rapson of the Dudley Observatory at miSci as she shares her story about how she got interested in astronomy, her college career, what it means to “do research” and her new job teaching astronomy to the public.

42 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/3 11:10 am Career and College Seacoast Science Wavy Work: Careers in 45 max 5-12 Readiness: Career Center Marine Sciences Exploration Curriculum Description Did you know that the ocean is responsible for half of the oxygen we breathe every day? The ocean covers 71% of the earth yet only 5% of it has been fully explored. For these reasons and more, careers in marine science are not only exciting but also important to global health and sustainability. Join Seacoast Science Center staff members to learn about three options for careers in marine science. Hear from one of our Marine Science Educators as they describe an average day at the science center and talk about why education is key to promoting ocean health. Then learn what it takes to keep fish and other sea creatures healthy and safe in an aquarium environment with one of our Aquarists. Finally, meet one of our Marine Mammal Rescue Team members, as they share how they save stranded dolphins, monitor seal health, and rehabilitate sick or injured animals. A question-and-answer session at the end will give participants a chance to interact and ask specific questions. This program will give anyone interested in a future career in marine science an up-close and personal view of real career options.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/3 12:10 pm Career and College Diane Lang, Therapist, The Optimistic 45 max MS, Readiness: Career Educator and Positive Professional HS Exploration Living Expert Curriculum College and Carer Readiness Description Diane Lang is a Therapist, Educator and Positive Living Expert. Through her book, “Creating Balance & Finding Happiness” Ms. Lang has been empowering parents and adults nationwide. Diane is also an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Montclair State University, where her responsibilities include mentoring students for personal issue advisement. Diane has dedicated her career to helping people turn their lives around and is now on a mission to help them develop a sustainable positive attitude that can actually turn anyone into an optimist.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/4 11:10 am Career and College NUK USA Retail Marketing from 45 max MS, Readiness: Career the Perspective of HS Exploration Baby Products Curriculum College and Carer Readiness Description Ever wonder where the products that you buy in stores like Walmart and Amazon come from? Meet Dave Contract, a top marketing executive who has managed consumer brands such as Chips Ahoy!, Milk-Bone, and Dr. Scholl’s. Dave will share how he became a consumer marketer extraordinaire and discuss what brand marketers do, including developing new products and advertising them to consumers just like you.

43 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/4 12:10 pm Career and College Mental Health Association Community Advocacy 45 max MS, Readiness: Career of New Jersey HS Exploration Curriculum College and Carer Readiness Description Community advocates are activists for social issues who organize others and raise funds to effectively lobby for causes that affect all of society or smaller constituencies.Learn from Cynthia Spadola what it is like to be a community advocate for the Mental Health Association of New Jersey and her background and qualifications that enabled her to pursue a careeer in advocacy. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/4 2:10 pm Earth Month Discovery Center of Ecology Explorations 40 max 3,4,5 3:10 pm Spring eld

Curriculum STEM Description Find the connections in a food web! Identify adaptations of predators and prey and explore concepts in population control through an owl pellet dissection.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/5 10:10 am Earth Month Royal Botanical Trees in the Chaparrals 45 max MS 12:10 pm Gardens (Mediterranean Biome) 3:10 pm Curriculum Science, Environment Description Could a birch survive and thrive in the Californian Chaparrals? Join Karin in the Mediterranean Garden to discover the adaptations trees in the Mediterranean Biome have to survive the hot, dry summers and cool, moist winters. Bring your natural curiosity and inquiries to explore this worldwide biome and the trees that have adapted to it. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/6 10:10 am Career and College PNC Bank Careers in Finance 45 max MS, Readiness: Career HS Exploration Curriculum College and Carer Readiness Description The finance industry can be intimidating, even just understanding what finance means is no easy thing! Join Mary Kovach as she simplifies the world of finance and learn about the vast number of careers available within the finance industry. Mary is a Strategic Analyst for PNC Asset Management.

44 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/6 12:10 pm Earth Month California Carnivores Carnivorous Plants of 40 max 4-10 1:10 pm the World

Curriculum STEM Description Almost everyone has heard of the famous Venus Flytrap, but there are actually over 700 species of carnivorous plants and they grow on every continent except Antarctica. Learn all about the main kinds of carnivorous plants. What is a carnivorous plant? Why do they catch animals? Where are they from and how do they work? Learn theses answers and more from carnivorous plant expert, Damon Collingsworth, owner of the most famous carnivorous plant nursery in the world, California Carnivores. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/7 12:10 pm Career and College Moondog Animation The World of Animation 45 max MS, Readiness: Career HS Exploration Curriculum College and Career Readiness Description Join Moondog Animation, as they explain the world of full-lenth animated feature films, short films, virtual reality films and animated architetural visualization. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/10 12:10 pm Career and College Generation Text Personal Accountability, 45 max 5-12 Readiness: Career Responsibility, Respect Exploration Curriculum College and Career Readiness Description Join us as we discuss exactly what it means to possess personal accountability and responsibility in a college setting. This session will present common situations that students will encounter and use those examples to discuss the importance of how each situation can be handled in order to ensure success not only in college but in a job as well. We will introduce a thinking pattern that allows students to look at examples of accountability, responsibility and respect and to analyze the effects of possessing these qualities. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/10 1:10 pm Career and College Jordan Alexander The Life of a Freelance 45 max 5-12 Readiness: Career Musician — Making Exploration Music a Career Curriculum College and Career Readiness Description Are you in love with music? Ever thought of making a career out of it? Join pianist, guitarist, teacher, and composer Jordan Alexander as he explains some of the inner workings of the life of a freelance musician — detailing what is required in both education and daily work in order to live a life surrounded by music.

45 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/11 11:10 am The Future of Space Spaceport America What is Spaceport 45 max MS, Travel: (For New America? HS Mexico Schools Only) Curriculum STEM Description Find out when you tour behind the scenes. Spaceports will someday replace airports as humans begin to fly into space routinely just as we fly in airplanes from place to place today. Learn what it takes to launch people and payloads into suborbital space. Engage with Dr. Bill Gutman, VP of Aerospace, and the Spaceport America crew to learn about what a payload is and how microgravity helps scientists discover breakthroughs to help us in space and her on Earth! New Mexico taxpayers helped build Spaceport America and now this futuristic place attracts people from all over the world to visit the world's first purpose-built spaceport. At Spaceport America, there are many activities going on every day. Learn how the Spaceport America crew works with aerospace customers, welcomes visitors, and hosts signature events all while running a live commerical Spaceport!

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/11 12:10 pm College and Career Dr. Bruce Fleming, Do You Want to Be a College 40 max 5-12 Readiness: Career Bruce Fleming Athlete? Preparing Now for Pathways Consulting Your Future Successes! Curriculum College and Career Readiness Description This program will reveal the the best practices for high school students to prepare themselves to continue their athletic successes at the post-secondary level. The presenter will discuss admissions and recruitment realities for NCAA and NAIA institutions as well as provide information on the different competition levels student athletes can participate. The recruiting process for college athletics is very competitive and this webinar will help you get started successfully towards a rewarding student-athlete experience after high school.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/11 2:10 pm The Future of Space Spaceport America What is Spaceport 45 max MS, Travel: (For New America? HS Mexico Schools Only) Curriculum STEM Description Find out when you tour behind the scenes. Spaceports will someday replace airports as humans begin to fly into space routinely just as we fly in airplanes from place to place today. Learn what it takes to launch people and payloads into suborbital space. Engage with Dr. Bill Gutman, VP of Aerospace, and the Spaceport America crew to learn about what a payload is and how microgravity helps scientists discover breakthroughs to help us in space and her on Earth! New Mexico taxpayers helped build Spaceport America and now this futuristic place attracts people from all over the world to visit the world's first purpose-built spaceport. At Spaceport America, there are many activities going on every day. Learn how the Spaceport America crew works with aerospace customers, welcomes visitors, and hosts signature events all while running a live commerical Spaceport!

46 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/12 10:10 am College and Career Australian Teachers The Importance of 45 max 5-12 Readiness: Career Persistance and Exploraton Dedication: A Life Story Curriculum Careers Description Join Shawn Stone, Founder and CEO of Australian Teachers, an educational consulting and tutoring firm located in Australia. Learn about Shawn’s interesting career path through the military into college and professional sports. More importantly, learn what he has done since his career in professional sports ended. Shawn joined the U.S. Marine Corp then after serving, and with his scholarships, he enrolled at California State University earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Education. Basketball was his passion so he played 4 years at for Cal. State plus 5 more years as a professional basketball player in Australia. The military and sports helped Shawn obtain his college education but, professional sports can be a short lived career so you will hear how he transitioned from professional athlete the CEO of a business focused on his new passion: education.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/12 11:10 am College and Career American The Weather as a 45 max 5-12 Readiness: Career Meteorological Career? You bet! Exploraton Society Curriculum Careers Description Have you ever wondered if your interest in clouds, or tracking the weather, or your passion for tornadoes or hurricanes is enough to build an entire career around? Join this session by Wendy Abshire, Director of the American Meteorological Society Education program, to learn more about how her storm chasing and weather research career has lead her to travel the world and to share the excitement of meteorology with others. During the session we'll explore your own weather interests and teach you something about raindrops that most people don't know!

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/12 12:10 pm College and Career Lazer Dental Group Dentistry 45 max 5-12 Readiness: Career Exploraton Curriculum Careers Description Dr. Manal is a practicing dentist, working in a private office. Learn why she decided to be a dentist and the educational path that she chose. We will take a walk and explore daily life of a dental practitioner as we evaluate dental xrays, walk around the office, look into a patients mouth and learn about different procedures like a filling, root canal, extraction etc. Find out why she is so passionate about what she does at work.

47 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/12 1:10 pm College and Career Accenture Planning for Your Future from 45 max 5-12 Readiness: Career the Corporate Recruiter Pathways Perspective Curriculum Careers Description Meet Betsy Lau, recruiting manager with Accenture, one of the world's largest management and technology consultancies. Betsy has spent the last 20 years specializing in recruiting entry level talent from the us's top colleges and universities. You will learn more about how to shape your education and experiences to gain the skills, leadership and confidence you need to land that first internship all the way to your dream entry level job! Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/13 10:10 am Architecture Week National Building Wood: A Cutting-Edge 45 max MS 12:10 pm Museum Architectural Material? 2:10 pm Curriculum STEM Description Think building with wood is old news? Think again! Find out about a recent innovation in timber technology, cross-laminated timber (CLT), and discover how it benefits rural manufacturing communities, urban centers, and the environment.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/17 11:10 am National Bat Organization for Bats: Your Summertime 40 max 2-HS 12:10 pm Appreciation Day Bat Conservation Friends

Curriculum Science, Environment Description Join the Organization for Bat Conservation as we celebrate Bat Appreciation Day on Monday, April 17, 2017! Take a virtual tour of the Bat Zone with one of our educators and learn about the important roles bats play in our environment. Meet live bats, including a North American insect eater and several large fruit bats from the African and Asian tropics. After learning about how fascinating and essential bats are to our world, you will definitely want to help us #SavetheBats.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/17 1:10 pm World Creativity Week The Center for Learning The Fascinating World of 45 max 5-12 With Nature Technology Inspired by Nature

48 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/17 2:10 pm National Bat Organization for Bats: Your Summertime 40 max 2-HS Appreciation Day Bat Conservation Friends

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/18 10:10 am National Parks Week Minute Man National An introduction to the opening 40 max 5-9 battle of the American Revolution 11:10 am Historic Park and the historical signi cance of 1:10 pm April 19, 1775. Curriculum History, Social Studies Description The shot heard round the world still echoes today. The first battle of the American Revolution was fought on April 19, 1775 within the historic towns of Lexington, Lincoln, Concord and along the road back to Boston. The battle fought that day set in motion a sequence of events that led to American Independence 14 months later. Minute Man National Historical Park was created to commemorate thebattle and the lives of the people who experienced it. Visitors to the park can see and explore the places where the events of April 19, 1775 really happened. During this virtual visit, Park Ranger Jim Hollister,dressed as a colonial minute man, will lead students through the key events of April 19 th while showing images of the battle sites as they are today; preserved and protected as part of Minute Man National Historical Park. Students will also have the opportunity to learn about the minute men, see how they were dressed and how they were armed. The Ranger Hollister will then demonstrate the steps of loading a musket and will actually fire it so students will see how minute men trained and prepared themselves to face the British Army in battle. Pre-program materials can be found at this link: https://www.nps.gov/mima/learn/education/upload/MMwebfinal.pdf

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/18 12:10 pm World Creativity The Toy Museum of The History and 45 max 3-7 2:10 pm Week New York Science of Toy Invention

Curriculum Art, Humanities Description This is an educational, inspirational and interactive program that is also very exciting and fun.The program begins with a brief introduction about classic toys from long ago. Students will learn about events from the past and why these selected toys were invented. This introduction is an important step in the creative process and helps to establish the skills necessary to transform their ideas into something more. Next, basic principles for inventing a toy are discussed then tested out as we collaborate as a group to invent a pretend toy. Presented by Marlene Hochman, President and Founder of The Toy Museum of NY. She has over 17 years of expertise in the field of invention as the creator of The Toy Museum of NY.

49 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/19 10:10 am Astronomy Week Dudley Observatory Exploring our 45 max 3,4,5 at miSci Solar System

Curriculum Science Description Did you know that a day on Venus is longer than a year? Or that Jupiter’s moon Io has active volcanoes Join us as we travel through the solar system to discover unique features of the planets, moons and Sun, and learn about the space missions that have traveled there. We will finish the lesson by discussing which solar system planets are visible in tonight’s sky.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/19 12:10 pm Astronomy Week Dudley Observatory Pluto! Latest Discoveries 45 max MS at miSci from the New Horizons Mission Curriculum Science Description In July of 2015, New Horizons became the first ever spacecraft to visit Pluto. Join us as we discuss the mission, view the latest images of Pluto and its moon, and explore the scientific discoveries made by New Horizons. We will finish the lesson by discussing which solar system planets are visible in tonight’s sky.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/19 1:10 pm Astronomy Week California Academy Impacts in the Solar S 45 max 3-8 of Sciences ystem

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/19 2:10 pm Astronomy Week Dudley Observatory The Search for Another 45 max HS at miSci Earth

Curriculum Science Description Space agencies around the world are pointing telescopes towards the sky in search of planets outside the solar system that are similar to Earth. So far, astronomers have discovered over 3000 exoplanets in total, with 28 or more having the possibility of supporting life. Join us as we learn about different exoplanet missions, how we detect these Earth-like planets, and how we might discover if they currently support life. We will finish the lesson by discussing which solar system planets are visible in tonight’s sky.

50 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/19 3:10 pm Astronomy Week California Academy Impacts in the Solar 45 max 3-8 of Sciences SystemEarth

Curriculum Science Description Within the vast expanses of our solar system, between the planets and beyond, amazing discoveries about asteroids, comets, and meteors are currently being made. Students will take on the role of working as an astronomer by using hands-on models to explore "small bodies" in our solar system, and taking a guided tour. Throughout this interactive program classes will have the opportunity to ask educators questions and engage in learning conversations Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/20 10:10 am Earth Month Mount Washington Life and Work at the 30 max 2,3,4,5 Observatory Mount Washington Observatory Curriculum Science Description Every hour, Mount Washington Observatory meteorologists venture into the elements to measure and record weather data even when temperatures drop well below zero and winds exceed 100 mph! Find out what it takes to get the job done from the men and women who live the adventure; what kinds of data to they collect and how do they collect it? How does one create a forecast and why is it important? You will never think of scientists the same way again! Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/20 11:10 am Astronomy Week Telescope Array The Telescope Array 45 max HS Project collaboration

Curriculum Science Description The Telescope Array collaboration is an international team of astro-particle physicists seeking to resolve the mysteries behind ultra-high energy cosmic rays. Utilizing the Earth’s atmosphere as part of the detector, this project is one of the largest experiments in the world, covering hundreds of square miles on the Earth’s surface. Join us to learn how these particles interact with our environment and how these scientists are on the cutting edge of research into the nature of the highest energy particles ever observed.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/20 12:10 pm World Creativity Week Denver Art Museum Overcoming Creative 45 max Elem. Blocks

Curriculum Arts, Humanities Description How do artists come up with ideas? Listen to artists share where they look for inspiration and how they collect ideas to ensure they don’t succumb to a creative block. Students will explore various methods artists use to collect ideas and then will practice these methods.

51 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/20 1:10 pm Astronomy Week Telescope Array The Telescope Array 45 max HS Project collaboration

Curriculum Science Description Did you know that the idea for Velcro came from those seeds that stick to your pant legs after a hike? Or that the human ear inspired the phone? We think of Nature and technology as opposites, but actually the natural world has been inspiring inventors for centuries. Today, Nature-inspired invention is the way companies innovate, and the way colleges teach engineering and design. Come learn how Nature inspires creativity in people to invent amazing things, and give your students the opportunity to try out Nature-inspired inventing for themselves! Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade Scientist's Scoop: How to 4/21 12:30 pm Earth Month California Academy Bring Earth Day to Every Day 45 max 3-8 2:10 pm of Sciences Scientist's Scoop: How to Bring Earth Day to Every Day Curriculum Science Description Celebrate Earth Day with us! Students will take on the role of being Planet Heroes as they are challenged to design and implement solutions to benefit wildlife, ecosystems, local and global communities through one surprising avenue - our food systems! Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/24 1:10 pm Holocaust Holocaust Memorial Holocaust 45 max MS, 2:10 pm Remembrance Day and Tolerance Center Remembrance HS 3:10 pm of Nassau County Project Curriculum History Description A survivor or child of survivors from HMTC's speakers bureau will share her or his testimony of living through World War II and the Holocaust. In the case of a 2nd generation speaker (child of survivors), s/he will share their parents' testimony and a little about their own experience of being a child of Holocaust survivors. An HMTC educator connecting this history with broader themes of tolerance and acceptance.

52 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/25 10:10 am DNA Week Cold Spring Harbor DNA Extraction 45 max MS 2:10 pm Laboratory

Curriculum Science Description DNA is not just something found in humans. It can even be found in things we eat. In this program, students will learn how to extract DNA from fruit Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/26 9:10 am Earth Month The Center for The World of Owls 45 max K 1-5 Birds of Prey

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/26 10:10 am DNA Week National Law DNA and Investigations 45 max MS, Enforcement Museum HS

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/26 11:10 am Earth Month The Center for Birds The World of Owls 45 max K 1-5 of Prey

53 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/26 12:10 pm DNA Week National Law DNA and Investigations 45 max MS, Enforcement Museum HS

Curriculum Science, Environment Description Join the Center for Birds of Prey Staff for an up close look at the world of owls. Explore their unique adaptations for silent flight and nocturnal hunting. Experience a variety of owls in free flight and meet the newest members of the Center’s education team, owl chicks! Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/26 2:10 pm DNA Week National Law DNA and Investigations 45 max MS, Enforcement Museum HS

Curriculum Science Description DNA has only been accepted by the courts as reliable evidence in the last 25-30 years. How can something so critical be so new? Find out how DNA is collected from a crime scene and what information can be obtained about a suspect and a victim from just a small sample. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/27 11:10 am Arbor Week Arbor Day Foundation Celebrate Arbor Day: 45 max K 1-6 1:10 pm The History of Arbor Day 2:10 pm Curriculum Science Description This program will come directly for Nebraska City, Nebraska, J. Sterling Morton, the founder of Arbor Day’s home. During this lesson the history and heritage of Arbor Day will be taught along with the importance of trees both past present. We will also discuss ways to celebrate this holiday in your community.

54 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 4/28 11:10 am DNA Week Denver Museum of A Taste of DNA: The 45 max MS, 1:10 pm Nature & Science Science of Sour HS

Curriculum Science Description Museum curator Dr. Nicole Garneau is a geneticist who studies how our DNA affects how we experience taste. Garneau conducts her research using crowdsourcing and citizen science in the Genetics of Taste Lab at DMNS. The results from her research have debunked supertasting, helped to confirm fat as the 6th taste and is providing evidence that the microbes in our mouth might be helping us taste sweet things! Join Dr. Garneau for an exclusive behind-the-scenes sneak peek at her new research study and learn more about the ways her lab is changing the way we look at taste. During the program you will get an opportunity to ask questions directly of the scientist. Here is a link to a video that your students can watch prior to participating to help them get to know the scientist, and the science we will be discussing. After watching, we encourage your students to take a few minutes to develop questions for the scientists.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/1 9:30 am Children's Book The Eric Carle Museum We Heart Books and Art! 30 max K 1-3 11:30 am Month of Picture Book Art 1:10 pm Curriculum ELA, Literacy, Arts Description Celebrate Children's Book Week with The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art! Hear from a Carle educator about the museum and its programs, learn about the different art and design choices made for picture books, and how they support a story.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/2 10:10 am Children's Book Toy Museum of Toys of the Past and The 45 max 1-4 12:10 pm Month New York Books That Tell Their 1:10 pm Stories Curriculum ELA, Literacy, Arts Description The Toy Museum of NY’s collection of toys and books makes the perfect distance learning companion program. Learn about toys from the past and the books that helped tell their stories. From Raggedy Ann and Howdy Doody to today’s modern day children’s stories such as Sesame Street books featuring Elmo and Big Bird. For younger grades, several books will be read aloud. For the older groups, a discussion about what makes the books so appealing. Presented by Marlene Hochman, President and Founder of The Toy Museum of NY. She has over 17 years of expertise in the field of invention as the creator of The Toy Museum of NY.

55 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/3 12:10 pm Children's Book Poetry4kids Poetry with Kenn 45 max K-5 1:10 pm Month 2:10 PM Curriculum ELA, Literacy Description Kenn Nesbitt, Children's Poet Laureate (2013-15), will perform his hilarious poetry and picture books and answer questions from students and teachers. This upbeat, funny program encourages students to have fun reading books and writing their own poems.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/5 11:10 am Spring Space Week Spaceport America What is Spaceport 45 max 6-12 2:10 pm America?

Curriculum STEM Description Find out when you tour behind the scenes. Spaceports will someday replace airports as humans begin to fly into space routinely just as we fly in airplanes from place to place today. Learn what it takes to launch people and payloads into suborbital space. Engage with Dr. Bill Gutman, VP of Aerospace, and the Spaceport America crew to learn about what a payload is and how microgravity helps scientists discover breakthroughs to help us in space and her on Earth! New Mexico taxpayers helped build Spaceport America and now this futuristic place attracts people from all over the world to visit the world's first purpose-built spaceport. At Spaceport America, there are many activities going on every day. Learn how the Spaceport America crew works with aerospace customers, welcomes visitors, and hosts signature events all while running a live commerical Spaceport!

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/5 12:10 pm Spring Space Week Spaceport America Blast-o at Spaceport 45 max 6-12 1:10 pm America: Behind the Scenes of a Real Rocket Launch

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/9 12:10 pm Insect Week I University of Arizona, Insect Discovery 45 max K -5 Department of Entomology Description Describe and review the special characteristics of insects. Meet and learn about Bob the hissing cockroach and his relations and compare them to the charming and wiggle millipedes and other insect types.

56 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/9 2:10 pm Insect Week I University of Arizona, Mosquito Discovery 45 max K -5 Department of Entomology Description Lets spend some time together discussing mosquitoes, their characteristics, the role in the food chain and everything mosquito.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/10 12:10 pm The Future of Space Travel: Spaceport America What is Spaceport 45 max MS, 2:10 pm (For New Mexico Schools America? HS Only)

Curriculum Description The best way to describe this book is to paraphrase a recent review by a Michigan kindergarten teacher: "Hartman uses her expertise in literacy development to create a heartwarming story about the struggles many new readers encounter. Jasmine's journey to become a reader will assure youngsters that everyone "blooms" in their own time. Not only does Jasmine Can inspire struggling readers, but it teaches children of all developmental levels to respect the differences of others." Click on the following links to find a pre-program exercise, a reading questionnaire and a post-program exercise.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/12 12:10 pm Insect Week 1 Discovery Center Going Buggy 40 max 3,4,5 2:10 pm of Spring eld

Curriculum STEM Description Join us in discovering the parts of an insect through a grasshopper dissection! We will also be learning about the life cycle of two very familiar bugs you have seen in your backyard and exploring why pollination benefits both insects and animals.

57 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/15 12:10 pm Dinosaur Week Museum of the Triceratops through 45 max HS 2:10 pm Rockies Time 3:10 pm Curriculum Science Description Dr. John Scannella, Interim Curator of Paleontology at Museum of the Rockies, has been involved in the Hell Creek Project since 2006, a multi-institutional exploration of the end of the Age of Dinosaurs in Montana and surrounding areas, spearheaded by MOR. John's research focuses on the growth and evolution of Triceratops and its relatives. Explore Triceratops with one of the world's leading experts, live from MOR's Collections, and uncover the science behind the most recent discoveries regarding this dinosaur species using real fossils.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/16 1:30 pm Dinosaur Week Royal Tyrrell Museum Discovering Dinosaurs 45 max K 1-5 of Palaeontology

Curriculum Science Description Come explore The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology’s world famous Dinosaur Hall! This tour introduces young participants to the science of paleontology and to different dinosaurs that lived in ancient Alberta. Each stop explores a different curriculum concept: carnivores and herbivores, predators and prey, plants and the ancient environment. After the tour there will be lots of time for questions with our dino experts! Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/17 11:10 am Dinosaur Week The Wyoming Dinosaur Dino Stories 45 max K 1,2 Center & Dig Sites

Curriculum Science Description Wyoming was home to many of the most famous dinosaurs - and they all have prehistoric stories to tell. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/17 12:10 pm Dinosaur Week The Wyoming Dinosaur Prehistoric Wyoming 45 max 3,4,5 Center & Dig Sites

Curriculum Science Description Many of the most amazing dinosaurs ever discovered lived in prehistoric Wyoming - and paleontologists can piece together their stories from the fossils they left behind. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/17 2:10 pm Dinosaur Week The Wyoming Dinosaur Prehistoric Wyoming 45 max MS Center & Dig Sites Curriculum Science Description Dinosaurs lived in Wyoming for millions of years, and paleontologists can use their fossil remains to reconstruct their skeletons, their behavior, and the world they ruled. 58 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/17 3:10 pm Dinosaur Week Royal Tyrrell Museum Royal Tyrrell Museum 45 max MS of Palaeontology Virtual Visit

Curriculum Science Description Take a tour of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology without leaving your classroom! During this interactive virtual visit, we’ll guide you through our world-renowned galleries and exhibits. Marvel at creatures from ancient seas, explore Dinosaur Hall, and discover how life carried on after the asteroid impact that marked the end of the Age of Dinosaurs. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/18 1:30 pm Dinosaur Week Royal Tyrrell Museum Royal Tyrrell Museum 45 max HS of Palaeontology Virtual Visit

Curriculum Science Description Take a tour of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology without leaving your classroom! During this interactive virtual visit, we’ll guide you through our world-renowned galleries and exhibits. Marvel at creatures from ancient seas, explore Dinosaur Hall, and discover how life carried on after the asteroid impact that marked the end of the Age of Dinosaurs. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/19 11:10 am Law Enforcement National Law Changes in Technology 45 max 5, Week Enforcement Museum MS

Curriculum STEM Description Travel through history and see how technology in law enforcement has evolved over time. Examine the tools used in the eras of the Lincoln Conspirators, of Al Capone, and finally those used today. Why were technological advances necessary, and how were these tools improved over time? Your students will explore history to find out. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/19 12:10 pm Law Enforcement National Law Fingerprints and 45 max 4,5, Week Enforcement Museum Impressions MS

Curriculum STEM Description What is in a fingerprint? What makes a fingerprint unique to everyone in this world? Students will dive into a discussion about these questions as well as learn about crime scene procedures and examination techniques used by law enforcement and forensic specialist when looking for fingerprint evidence.

59 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/19 1:10 pm Law Enforcement National Law Decisions, What 45 max MS, Week Enforcement Museum would you do? HS

Curriculum STEM Description How hard is it to make a split second decision? If your students were put in a dangerous scenario how easy do you think it would be for them to respond and deescalate the situation? Students will witness a group of their peers take the role of a law enforcement officer and think critically about the risks and responsibilities involved in the field. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/23 10:10 am World Turtle Day South Carolina Shell-ebrate Turtles with 45 max K-5 12:10 pm Aquarium the South Carolina 2:10 pm Aquarium Curriculum STEM Description Help us observe World Turtle Day as we shell-ebrate chelonians! We’ll introduce you to some of our shelled residents at the Aquarium as we learn about different turtles and the habitats in which they live. The South Carolina Aquarium also rescues sick and injured sea turtles, rehabilitates them and releases them back to the wild. We’ll explore the Aquarium’s conservation work with sea turtles and discuss ways that you can help all turtles. Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/25 10:10 am Memorial Day National D-Day AquaRe ections on 45 max 3-12 1:10 pm Memorial Foundation World War II from a Veteran’s Perspectiverium Curriculum History, Social Studies Description As we approach Memorial Day, it is important to remember the sacrifice that is made for freedom. In this interactive program, you will have a unique opportunity to hear from a World War II veteran about his military service and the sacrifices made for freedom by himself and others. Questions can be directed before and during the session on Twitter by using @DDayMemorial and #DDayEducation or you can use the FieldTripZoom Zone interface.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 5/30 9:10 am Children's Book Rittman Publishing, Grady Gets Glasses 30 max K-2 10:10 am Month LLC 11:10 am Curriculum ELA, Literacy Description Grady Gets Glasses is the first book in the Grady series. Kids will learn about the writing/illustrating/design/ publishing processes in simple terms, and the author will provide an engaging anticipatory set, then read the book - written in verse- and answer questions. (Grades K, 1, 2)

60 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 6/1 1:10 pm Caribbean American Baseball Hall of Fame Baseball and the 45 max MS, Heritage Month Caribbean HS

Curriculum History, Social Studies Description Baseball is not just an American game; it is a game that has featured stars from other cultures, including the Latino world. Trailblazers like Armando Marsans, Minnie Minoso, Roberto Clemente, Hector Espino, and Fernando Valenzuela battled bigotry in becoming stars, making the game more popular in Latin America, and laying the groundwork for the record-breaking number of Latinos who play in the major leagues today.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 6/7 10:10 am World Environment Alaska SeaLife Center Marine Mammals 30 max K 1-5 12:10 pm and World Oceans of Alaska 2:10 pm Week Curriculum STEM, Environment, Science Description Meet some of Alaska's chilliest creatures, the marine mammals! Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 6/8 12:10 pm World Environment Aquarium of the Paci c Aquarium Exploration 30 max K 1-5 and World Oceans Week Curriculum Science Description Learn about some of the most interesting animals in our collection while virtually touring our Tropical and Northern Pacific exhibits with live camera views. Explore predator and prey relationships, and the unique adaptations used to survive in a kelp forest and coral reef ocean habitats.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 6/8 1:10 pm World Environment Aquarium of the Paci c Squid Dissection 45 max MS and World Oceans Week Curriculum Science Description How does a squid swim? Why does a squid ink? Dive into this dissection as an introduction to squid anatomy and natural history.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 6/8 2:10 pm World Environment Aquarium of the Paci c Career Connections 45 max HS and World Oceans Week Curriculum Science Description Join us as we interview a career professional (TBA) to give real-life examples of science in action, introduce career opportunities, and help students learn how science is related to their everyday lives. 61 Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 6/9 2:10 pm Caribbean American Baseball Hall of Fame Baseball and the 45 max MS, Heritage Month Caribbean HS

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 6/22 10:10 am Insect Week II Liberty Science Center Leaf-Cutter Ants 30 max K 1-5

Curriculum Science Description Leaf-cutter ants are also known as parasol ants, because the cutters hauling big pieces of leaves look as if they are carrying umbrellas. Learn amazing facts about our newest animal residents.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 6/23 9:45 am Insect Week II Liberty Science Center Bee-Havin 30 max K 1-5

Curriculum Science, Environment Description Learn what is going on in our observation hive and how honey gets from the hive to our kitchen tables. You will really understand what it means to be busy as a bee.

Date Time Observance Content Provider Program Title Length Grade 6/23 10:45 am Insect Week II Liberty Science Center Bee-Havin 30 max MS