Grades 9-12: John F. Kennedy

Description:	We are a girls school in Sydney Australia. Our Year 10 History students are studying JFK and his assassination, the Warren Commission and JFK historiography. We would love to connect to another year 10 class who are studying this topic and have a discussion about it together in the next few weeks.
Dates:	May/June 2010
Sign up method:	Email: manningn@abbotsleigh.nsw.edu.au
Grades:	9, 10, 11, 12
Subjects:	Social Studies/History

Naomi Manning
manningn@abbotsleigh.nsw.edu.au
0294737816
Abbotsleigh
Time Zone: GMT+11: Sidney Daylight Savings

Grades 5-12: Kickin' it with NASA - A study of soccer balls

Description:	Target Audience: Students Grade Level: 5-8,9-12 Event Focus : How does soccer ball design effect the aerodynamics of the ball and how it "bends" when kicked. Description: With the upcoming World Cup, NASA has studied how different soccer balls rotate in a wind tunnel. Over the last 5 years, there have been 3 different designs for soccer balls, each one is different aerodynamically. Join us as we are pair NASA's aerodynamic engineers with professional soccer players to correlate how they kick the ball with how they can make it "bend" in the air. During this program you will learn how professional soccer players kick the ball to make it go where they want, discover the physics behind the kick, and learn how to make a wind tunnel to do your own studies for under $20.
Dates:	June 2nd at 10:00 PDT and June 7th at 1:00 PDT
Sign up method:	Website http://dln.nasa.gov/dln/content/catalog/details/?cid=1680
Grades:	4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Subjects:	Career Education, Mathematics, Science (Physical), Science (Earth)
Outcomes:	Engage * Students will become aware of different types of research NASA is involved with. Explore * Professional soccer players will demonstrate how they can make the ball "bend". Explain * NASA aeronautics engineers will explain the physics behind how the soccer ball rotates. Elaborate * A science teacher will demonstrate how to build a wind tunnel for under $20. Evaluate * Students will engage the engineers and players with questions.
Responsibilities:	Please review the following links with your students before the event so they have background knowledge: World Cup 2010 Soccer Ball: http://www.soccerballworld.com/Jabulani_2010.htm NASA Aero-Physics Branch Chief: Rabi Mehta: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/people/bios/aero/rabi.html Dr. Mehta's research on tennis balls: http://tennisclub.gsfc.nasa.gov/tennis.windtunnelballs.html NASA Wind Tunnel Links: - How To Build Your Own Wind Tunnel http://dln.nasa.gov/media/storage/Rockets_Wind_Tunnel.pdf. - NASA Ames Research Center Wind Tunnels http://windtunnels.arc.nasa.gov/WindTunnels/index.html - The Wind Tunnel Connection http://www.worthey.net/windtunnels - NASA Glenn Research Center Wind Tunnels http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/8x6/ - NASA Langley Research Center Wind Tunnels http://wte.larc.nasa.gov/indexnoflash.cfm FC Gold Pride: Team Information: http://www.womensprosoccer.com/bayarea Christine Sinclair - http://www.womensprosoccer.com/bayarea/team/bios/christine-sinclair Rachel Buehler - http://www.womensprosoccer.com/bayarea/team/bios/rachel-buehler SJ Earthquakes: Team Information: http://www.sjearthquakes.com/
Agenda:	The overview of planned events for this show are as follows: 1. Introduction of all participants. 2. Discussion with soccer players about different ways they can kick the ball to make it bend in different directions. 3. Talk with engineer about his research and video of work done on the soccer ball 4. Demonstration by soccer players on how they kick the ball we will attempt to reply each kick in slow motion to show how/ where the player struck the ball. 5. Comments from the engineer. 6. Science teacher will show how one can build a wind tunnel easily and do similar tests to how the soccer ball was tested. 7. Question and answer from participating audience.
Other:	You may register for either session or both. All schools will be able to connect with us, however we will restrict the Q&A session to 5 schools each session. Session 1: FC Gold Pride Players (Women Professional Soccer League) Wednesday, June 2nd 10:00 PDT (1:00 EDT) Duration: 1 hour Soccer players: Christine Sinclair 2-time Finalist for World Player of the Year; Rachael Buehler, Olympic gold medalist, and member of US National Team. Session 2: San Jose Earthquake Players (Major League Soccer) Wednesday, June 7th 1:00 PDT (4:00 EDT) Duration: 1 hour Soccer players: To be announced based on availability from the San Jose Earthquakes. Website will be updated when players are announced. Registration: Please email Greg Pitzer (gregory.e.pitzer@nasa.gov) with the following information: School Name/ address, Grade level, Contact phone #, and # of students.

Greg Pitzer
gregory.e.pitzer@nasa.gov

NASA Ames Research Center

Grades 5-6: Classroom Collaboration

We are looking to videoconference with either gr. 5 or gr. 6 students before the end of June. There are several teachers that are interested in participating. We are located in Mount Sinai, NY on the north shore of Long Island.

Tara Davidson
Education: Media/Technology Specialist
Mount Sinai School District
Education: Middle/Jr. High
Mount Sinai, NY
United States
Phone: (631) 870-2720
tdavidson@mtsinai.k12.ny.us

Grade 3: Brazilian versus American Culture

We are interested in having our third grade students videoconference with classes of similar aged students in Brazil. We'd like to discuss topics such as language, clothing, food, government and geography. This should be a clearly interactive conversation between the students using visuals.

Amy Rosenstein
Third Grade Teacher
Concord Road Elementary School
Education: Elementary
Ardsley, NY
United States
Phone: (914) 693-7510 ext. 2357
rosensta@ardsleyschools.org

Grades 3-4: Myth-tery Mystery Greed Gods/Goddesses

Our third grade classes are creating trading cards based on Greek mythological figures (gods, goddesses, Titans, heroes, etc.). The front of the card will feature an image of the Greek mythological figure and the back will contain five clues for the students in the cooperating class to guess. We are looking for a cooperating class to videoconference with that is familiar with Greek mythological figures and is willing to create their own trading cards and/or guess the identities of our trading cards.

Mary Beth VanDenbergh
Education: Teacher
Waterville School
Education: Elementary
Waterville, NY
United States
Phone: (315) 841-3700 ext. 4012
mbvandenbergh@watervilleschools.org

Grade 5: Writing / virtual pen pals

We are a 5th grade class from a small school in Upstate NY looking for pen pals. We would like to share written descriptive letters telling all about us, then meet via teleconference.

Mary Beth VanDenbergh
Education: Teacher
Waterville School
Education: Elementary
Waterville, NY
United States
Phone: (315) 841-3700 ext. 4012
mbvandenbergh@watervilleschools.org