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Under these challenging times the Curriculum and IT Departments of the North Ridgeville City Schools will be leveraging technology to provide North Ridgeville families with educational opportunities that can be done at home.
Several National Parks and Museums near and far have offered to provide virtual tours and activities to promote learning over the summer. Lessons will be offered via Zoom video conferencing to your home computer, students Chromebook or iPad.
To keep the programs engaging there will be limited interactive participants to 30 sites. All sessions have been designed to specific grade levels, but all families members are welcome to attend. If registrations go beyond 30 and we have permission from the content provider we will provide a view only video stream to a Facebook page that will be shared with registered families.
The following programs have been designed for grades K-12. Participants will be limited to 30 registrations to promote interactivity with the students and the content provider. All connections will be placed on mute and will be unmuted by the schools facilitator throughout the program. Link for the program will be sent to families a week prior to the program. Please do not share the link with others or post on social media.
July 13, 1 pm: SEA Me Read Clumsy Crab – Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota FL Target Audience: Kindergarten, Grades 1, 2: Nipper’s huge, clumsy claws always seem to get in the way! While playing with his friends, his big claws break things, and are just plain clumsy! When Nipper’s friend Octopus is in trouble, can his big, clumsy claws save the day? Find out as we read this exciting story from the sea! Students will learn about crab diversity and the characteristics of invertebrates. Students will also use literacy and reading comprehension skills.
July 14, 10 am: Let’s visit the Turtle Hospital – The Turtle Hospital Marathon Florida Target Audience: Kindergarten, Grades 1, 2: Students will take a virtual tour of the hospital facilities and the sea turtle rehabilitation area. They will meet several species of sea turtles. This interactive program will allow students to ask questions and learn ways they can make a difference with sea turtle survival as well as local species.
July 14, 2 pm: Ask a Ranger at Big Bend National Park, Texas Target Audience: Kindergarten, Grades 3-5: Dive deeper into this remote desert wonderland with an interactive question-and-answer program for groups of all ages. Meet with a ranger to discuss various Big Bend topics and take a virtual tour of the area.
July 15, 2 pm: Math – Batter Up! – National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, New York Target Audience: Grades 4-6: It’s the final day of the 1941 season and Ted Williams’ batting average is .39955. What will he do? Sit this one out and guarantee an historic .400 season or take a chance and aim for mathematic immortality? Find the answer to this and other exciting stories in a dugout full of whole numbers, fractions and decimals, percentages, proportions and problem solving. Fun for fifth-graders and above, this thematic unit teaches fundamental concepts that connect the calculator and the clubhouse while learning, using and interpreting the statistics of famous ballplayers. Computation is the key in determining batting averages and slugging percentages. Will it be a single, double, triple or home run? It all depends on the hitter’s math skills in this interactive game where long division and the long ball are one and the same. Batter up!
July 16, 11 am: Movement and Motion – Pro Football Hall of Fame Target Audience: Grades 3-4: Students will examine the relationship of science and the game of professional football. Straight line movement, zig-zags, circular motion, back & forth, pushing & pulling – all movements that influence the sport. This 50-minute program, which is designed to be highly interactive, is supplemented by a lesson aligned with Common Core/National Standards of Education
July 21, 2 pm: A is for Animal – Cleveland Museum of Art Target Audience: Kindergarten, Grades 1: This lively 30 minute videoconference introduces young viewers to real and imaginary animals found in sculpture and paintings at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Students will learn why animals are important to different cultures, and how artists capture the appearance and behavior of these animals. As a culminating activity in the classroom, students will brainstorm to create their own griffin-like animals.
July 22, 1 pm: The Story of Pro Football – Pro Football Hall of Fame Target Audience: Grades 3-8: This program examines the “museum concept” brought to life through the use of priceless artifacts and historical documents, which illustrates the museum approach of conveying the history of pro football through artifacts/documents. The program includes a discussion on Northeast Ohio’s historic ties to Pro Football and why the Hall of Fame is in Canton, Ohio. The 50-minute program which is designed to be highly interactive, is supplemented by a lesson aligned with Common Core/National Standards of Education and is recommended for grades K-12.
July 23, 2 pm: George Washington and the French and Indian War – Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Pennsylvania Target audience: Grades 5-8: Students will talk with one of Fort Necessity National Battlefield’s park rangers via video conferencing equipment about young George Washington and the French and Indian War. Using George Washington’s actions and writings students will see how his ambition, hard work and experiences helped him mature into the famous man we all know today.
July 29, 1 pm: Rocky Mountain Ecosystem Explorers – Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado Target Audience: Grades 3-4: From snow capped peaks to flower filled meadows, Rocky Mountain National Park offers ample opportunity to explore four diverse ecosystems. Join an education ranger and become explorers on a mission to uncover the biodiversity found in each ecosystem!
August 4, 10 am: Virtual visit to the Turtle Hospital – The Turtle Hospital, Marathon Florida Target Audience: Grades 3-4: Students will take a virtual tour of the hospital facilities and the sea turtle rehabilitation area. They will meet several species of sea turtles. This interactive program will allow students to ask questions and learn ways they can make a difference with sea turtle survival as well as local species.
August 4, 1 pm: Chat with a Ranger at Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan Target Audience: Grades 1, 2: Students will find out more about Sleeping Bear Dunes, the National Park Service, and what it is like to be a park ranger.
August 6, 10 am: Knights, Castles, and Kings – Cleveland Museum of Art Target Audience: Grades 3-5: Knights in shining armor, legendary queens, towering castles and fantastic beasts populate the pages of fairy tales and capture our imagination. But where does the fantasy merge with fact? In this program, students will be introduced to noble life in the Middle Ages through arms and armor, courtly and religious objects in the collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art. They will be asked to observe, comment on what they see, question, and draw conclusions about the role of castles, knights and kings in medieval society.
August 6, 1 pm: Birds of the Acadia – Acadia National Park, Maine Target Audience: Kindergarten, Grades 1, 2: Overview of the natural history of birds with a focus on 5 local species and their adaptations; bald eagle, ruby throated hummingbird, northern flicker, great blue heron and barred owl.
August 12, 1 pm: Meet the Residents: Fred – Sea Turtle Inc, South Padre Island, Texas Target Audience: Kindergarten, Grades 1, 2: Meet Fred! This Loggerhead sea turtle has been rescued by Sea Turtle, Inc. Learn about different threats to sea turtles and what we can do to help as you meet our sea turtle resident LIVE.
August 18, 10 am: Civil War medicine – Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland Target Audience: Grades 5-8: This program will focus on the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam including field hospitals, battlefield medicine, and the achievements of Dr. Jonathon Letterman in establishing aid stations after the Battle of Antietam. Program will include PowerPoint presentation with photos and a question and answer session with the ranger.
