Here are some examples of what Allen County teachers have already scheduled this semester:
December 10: Gingerbread Boy - Center for Puppetry Arts - Perry Hill Elementary School
December 16: The Polar Express - Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center - Perry Hill Elementary School
December 16: Gingerbread Boy - Center for Puppetry Arts - Franke Park Elementary
December 17: Moon, Mars, and Beyond - Challenger Learning Center - Franke Park Elementary
January 6th: In Depth Autopsy-COSI Columbus-Anthis Career Center
January 6th: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Weathering and Erosion-Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center-Weisser Park Elementary
January 13:The Animals of the Mitten-Lee Richardson Zoo-Perry Hill Elementary
January 14th:BFF Body Friendly Foods-McMillen Center for Health Education-Weisser Park Elementary.
January 19th: The Gingerbread Boy-Center for Puppetry Arts-Huntertown Elementary.
January 22nd: Ocean Careers-Mote Marine Labratory-Summit Middle School
Our featured programs are always highly recommended by educators and we hope that you are able take advantage of one of the hundreds curriculum-enhancing of programs offered.
As a reminder, teachers are never billed for ACELINK programs; invoices come directly to ACELINK.
To schedule a program, fill out an ACELINK Program Request Form and the form is sent electronically to ACELINK. The program will be booked and a confirmation e-mail is sent to the teacher.
If you have questions or special program needs, please contact Faith Roswall at simpsonf@ipfw.edu or 260-481-0741.
Thank you!
Jason Habisch M.S. Ed
ACELINK Project Director
and
Faith Roswall
ACELINK Program Coordinator
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Announcing the 2016 SCHOOL Safety Summit!
April 12-13 2016
IPFW Walb International Ballroom
For School administrators, school staff, school resources officers, law enforcement, first responders and mental health professionals.
Program Format: A Center staff member takes students on a behind-the-scenes look at classic literature brought to life on the puppet stage. Students engage in a dialogue with the presenter about Poe's work the design concepts of the performance to reveal how they were brought to life on the puppet stage. DVD clips of show excerpts, models of the stage design, and puppets from the performance enhance this program. Theme, point-of-view, and other concepts are discussed. Students will view excerpts from one or more of the following scenes: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, Berenice, The Black Cat, M.S. Found in a Bottle. This is a great arts and literature lesson all in one!
Math is not just defined by numbers. It also involves patterns and relationships. Math is also considered the Mother of all science and is heavily used in physics, chemistry and Biology. Students will learn hands-on the importance of Math with an assortment of activities dealing with Topology, Probability, and Chirality just to name a few. Students will also get the opportunity to design their own game show involving Math as a post-project.
This program deals specifically with the Silk Road: where it ran, how it came to be named, who traveled it, its importance in World History, and what it can teach us about world trade today. Please note: this program is NOT about China, or about Chinese culture. Although China was part of the Silk Road, and is mentioned in the program, our focus in on the central piece of the historical route - INNER ASIA.
Watch as ancient Egyptian embalmers (O.K. museum educators) prepare Mr. Ulysses Penn for his journey to the afterlife. Using fabricated mummies, students will explore mummification as they witness each step of the process including brain removal, evisceration, desiccation, and wrapping. Students will also investigate the religious significance of mummification. Mummy Makers incorporates both math and science, along with the study of ancient history.
In this interactive lab, students will learn the organs involved in the digestive system, understand how the parts work together to digest food, and have the opportunity to create their own diagram of guts. Students will learn the organs involved in the digestive system, understand how the parts work together to digest food and find out why they need to eat a balanced diet.
Words & Music provides students with a creative outlet to express feelings or tell a story through song. Utilizing the museum's award-winning lesson guide, teachers lead students though the lyric-writing process. Students learn key elements of writing, such as the use of imagery, meter, mood, rhythm, and rhyme. At the conclusion of the unit, a songwriter will perform a sampling of students songs and answer questions on the profession and craft of songwriting. This is an engaging and instructive unit that students enjoy and remember for years to come.
Why do leaves change color in the fall? Follow a leaf from beneath the bud in winter to a mulch pile the following fall. We will do a leaf rubbing to learn the different parts of a leaf and we will read Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert
