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Some of the programs available via distance learning

Institution and contact	Targeted Grades	Description
Albany Institute of History & Art http://www.albanyinstitute.org/resources/ distlearning.htm	3 - 12	The Albany Institute’s lessons are exciting and engaging real-time interactions between schools and the museum’s educators, using objects, images and lively, inquiry-based teaching methods to offer students “virtual field trips” focusing on the museum’s strong collections in American and regional history and art from Ancient Egypt to 21^st century America.
Aquastic Research Institute http://www.arii.org/Main/Main1.htm	K - 12	presents Project AquaQuest, a series of live, interactive distance learning programs designed to integrate with existing curricula to provide direct application in the areas of math, science engineering and technology. Programming is on a set schedule (see the ARI webpage for a calendar)
Arts4All, Ltd http://www.arts4all.com	K - 12	Arts lovers, K-20 school across the country, and institutions around the world are currently participating in live, interactive educational programming and performance events in Theatre, Music, Dance, Literature and the Visual Arts originated and distributed by Arts4All. This content, provided by an International Roster of renowned Artists, leading Educators and acclaimed Arts Institutions, has been lauded by the London Daily Telegraph, U.S. Secretary of Education, Colorado council of the Arts and the Wall Street Journal, amount others.
The Bronx Zoo http://bronxzoo.com/bz-distancelearning/	K - 12	The world famous Bronx Zoo is now offering videoconferencing programming for elementary, middle and high school students. The tire-tested and teacher endorsed curricula on which the Zoo’s videoconference programs are based are aligned with the New York State and the National Science Education Standards. All videoconferencing lessons include several live-animal “guests.” Most are under an hour and come with teacher support materials.
Brownsburg Challenger Learning Center http://challenger.brownsburg.k12.in.us/ distance_learning.html	5 - 12	- The simulated mission is the central activity at the Brownsburg Challenger Learning Center. As part of a Mission Control or Spacecraft Team, you might Rendezvous with a Comet, Return to the Moon, Encounter Earth, or Voyage to Mars. You and your trained crew must use your abilities to successfully execute mission directives. Your job may be to navigate a spacecraft, build a probe, or support and protect the lives of your crew. Mission success depends on you!
The Buffalo Zoo http://www.buffalozoo.org (distance learning is under the education link)	K - 12	The Buffalo Zoological Gardens is the nation’s oldest zoo. Education is a vital part of the institution’s mission as it is through education that we can help save our world’s wildlife. Outreach tools such as the Zoomobile and Distance Learning take the Zoo’s message beyond the 23.5 acre grounds to educate those that are not able to visit the Zoo in person. Many of our programs use live animals, biofacts, tours, and/or crafts to give our audiences an educational experience to be remembered.
Camden Children’s Garden www.camdenchildrensgarden.org/education.html	K - 12	A project of the Camden (New Jersey) City Garden Club, the Camden Children’s Garden is a “special place for the young and young at heart to explore and discover the natural world.” Programs cover most aspect of nature, from plants and insects to DNA or the ocean environment.
Center for Puppetry Arts http://www.puppet.org/edu/dis_programs.shtml	K - 12	in Atlanta, Ga., provides a variety of curriculum based learning activities incorporated while children learn the art of puppetry by making their own puppets.
Challenger Learning Center http://challenger.brownsburg.k12.in.us/ distance_learning.html	K - 8	The Brownsburg (OH) Challenger Learning Center “integrates science, math, and technology to provide a learning experience that incorporates communications, teamwork, responsible decision making, and critical thinking skills. [Their] mission is to encourage curiosity, discovery, and the pursuit of lifelong learning.” The CLC programs cover space travel, the planets, comets, and more.
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis www.childrensmuseum.org/teachers/dislearn.htm	K - 12	invites students to virtually visit the museum located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The museum can bring its galleries and exhibits to your classroom over videoconferencing. Seventeen experts are on hand to guide the programs – extremely popular, reservations are required weeks in advance, often at set times. Many have downloadable outlines or pre- and post – program activities.
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens http://www.cincinnatizoo.org/education/ SchoolPrograms/distance%20learning/ distancelearning.html	K - 12	One of the oldest zoos in the country, this zoo opened its doors in 1875. Via videoconferencing, students can take part in activities designed to engage the learner. Theme programs, problem-based learning and zoo careers highlight the zoo’s distance learning offerings. Accompanying materials are often provided or can be downloaded off the internet.
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo http://www.clemetzoo.com/learn.asp	K - 12	in Cleveland, Ohio, brings education to life in their zoo adventures. Join zoo educators in program where “biofact and/or live animals provide an up close experience” that will be both “enjoyable and educational.”
Cleveland Museum of Art http://www.clevelandart.org/educef/ distance/html/4312127.html	K - 12	Distance Learning at The Cleveland Museum of Art allows students to connect with the CMA through interactive videoconferencing and discover works of art from the collection without having to leave their school. Using television monitors, cameras and wiring for transmission of signals, students can participate in conversations that are live and fully interactive in a real time with museum educators. Teacher In-Service workshops are a great way to introduce fellow teachers to videoconferencing. Workshops are available free of charge to all schools.
Clowes Memorial Hall of Butler University http://www.cloweshall.org/education/ distancelearning.lasso	K - 12	For almost 40 years, Clowes Memorial Hall has remained one of the Midwest’s premiere performing arts facilities. Keeping in line with our mission of lifelong learning in and through the arts, Clowes programs a performing arts series each year,, focusing on internationally, artistically and culturally diverse live performance. With our Education Programming, students K-12 are able to experience 3 live performance with their classmates-throughout their school career.
The Columbus Zoo & Aquarium http://www.colszoo.org/education/ dist_learn.htm	1 - 12	in Powell, Ohio is one of “only three facilities outside of Florida to care for and exhibit manatees, a rare marine mammal” found along the Florida coast. The zoo offers pre- and post- videoconference educational packets for students and teachers.
Conner Prairie http://www.connerprairie.org/Education/ distanceLearning.asp	K - 12	Conner Prairie is a place to hear, see and participate in the stories of our American past. It’s a large, open-air living history museum make up of over 1,400 acres of natural Indiana beauty. Conner Prairie’s mission is to serve as a local, regional and national center for education and activities exploring the lives, times and values of the 1800s in America. It’s a place where stories are preserved for the future. Conner Prairie staff members strive to accurately research and interpret the past and to create public programs that bring 19^th century events and situations into clear focus for visitors. Conner Prairie offers you several unique ways to not only learn about our cultural past but also have fun.
COSI Columbus http://www.cosi.org/programs/ee.htm	2 - 12	the “fascination destination” is in the heart of the Buckeye State – Columbus, Ohio. Join the beautiful new science center (320,000 square foot space) via a videoconference where students will virtually be “dazzled, amazed and delighted.” Fresh new programs feature hands-on participation from students as well as demonstrations.
COSI Toledo http://www.cositoledo.org/programs/ p_index.htm	K - 12	in Toledo, Ohio makes “science click.” COSI Toledo science specialists “offer a fresh perspective on the educational field trip concept.” Some of the more popular videoconference modules that go behind the traditional classroom learning are “Motion Mania and “COSI WOW!”
Cumberland Science Museum http://www.cumberlandsciencemuseum.com/ distance	K - 12	Located in Nashville, Tennessee, the Cumberland Science Museum is, at its heart, a children’s museum. It has always been and always will be a place where imagination and curiosity are encouraged, where touching is expected – a place here all the senses are engaged in learning the excitement and fascination that all of the sciences engender.
The Elephant Sanctuary http://www.elephants.com	K - 8	is a natural habitat refuge located in Hohenwald, Tennessee. Students can take a videoconference trip to the Sanctuary – the only way to visit. “Image and voice are transported live, allowing the visitor to view an elephant’s daily life without causing any intrusion.” Visit Shirley, Tarra and Jenny – the elephants that “ loaded up their trunks and moved to Tennessee!”
The Health Museum of Cleveland http://www.healthmuseum.org/ education/education.asp?detail=9	4 - 12	The Health Museum of Cleveland is committed to providing children and adults with the most current and up-to-date health educational programming. Our Experienced education staff takes pride in teaching the public about health and wellness issues that include nutrition, fitness, decision making and physiology. The best part of all is that your group doesn’t have to leave its location to take advantage of our education programs.
Historic Cold Spring Village http://www.hcsv.org	K - 8	The Historic Cold Spring Village is a 19^th century living history museum. The Village is dedicated to preserving the crafts, trades, lifestyles and architecture of a small south Jersey rural community of one hundred fifty years ago.
Hook’s Discovery & Learning Center http://www.hooksdlc.org	K - 12	Hook’s Discovery & Learning Center is Indiana’s life science education center, providing quality experiences that promote science learning for students, educators, and the general public. HDLC provides participants with lively demonstrations, experiments, and hand-on life science discovery based on educational standards.
Indianapolis Museum of Art http://www.ima-art.org/	K - 12	Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, the IMA offers students the chance to discover connections between art at the museum and a variety of subjects from mathematics to foreign languages. Customized programs are available. Ask for the newly created free, seven minute “Learning Comes Alive” video (available on request from Serena Smesny) that profiles the museum’s videoconference programs.
Indianapolis Zoo http://www.indyzoo.com/ content.aspx?cid=267	K - 12	Zoos have the power to carry us from the frozen tundra of Antarctica to the deepest jungles of Africa. With a Distance Learning Program, your class can reach across the miles for an amazing learning experience. The Indianapolis Zoological Society (IZS) invites you to connect with that power right in your own classroom.
Lee Richardson Zoo http://www.garden-city.org/zoo/ education/distancelearning.htm	K - 12	The Lee Richardson Zoo Education Department offers free educational programs on a variety of “Zoo-ey” topics. Students of any age can connect for a one-on-one visit with our education staff and some of our special animal ambassadors. Choose one of our pre-planned program topics, or let us create a program to fit your interests. Programs can be adapted for any grade level.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art http://www.lacma.org/lacma.asp	9 - 12	“A treat for the eyes as well as the mind, distance learning with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art offers students, teachers, and community members an opportunity to experience the museum’s collection of nearly 100,000 works of art spanning ancient times to the present. During each interactive videoconference, participants will look at and discuss works of art representing a variety of artistic movements and styles, gaining insight into the social, political, and cultural reasons behind their creation.”
Louisville Science Center http://www.louisvillescience.org/ programs_distance.shtml	2 - 12	“The Louisville Science Center aims to educate and inspire you, while keeping you entertained and engaged with one of the most unique experiences you will ever have.”
Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts http://www.capemaymac.org/	K - 12	Get an introduction to the Victorian lifestyle from the Carriage House gallery on a Victorian estate built by Emlen Physick in 1879 in Cape May, New Jersey. Using artifacts from the collection, reproductions and historic engravings, museum educators point out the differences and similarities between life today and as it was lived over 100 years ago.
Mote Marine Laboratory http://www.moma.org/education/ distance_learning.html	4 - 8	is a leader in marine science education housed in Sarasota, Florida. The distance learning program, which is known as “Sea Trek,” offers a variety of videoconference programs. Favorites include “Sharks: Devouring the Myths” and “Sea Turtles: Amazing Reptiles of the sea.” Downloadable materials
The Museum of Television and Radio http://www.mtr.org/edu/index.htm	-----	can be found in Beverly Hills, California. It has a unique mission to collect and make available its thousands of television and radio clips from the past. The education center provides opportunities for students to explore that social impact that these mediums have on society. “Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Right Years” is a videoconference program that has students explore television’s powerful role in the struggle for equal rights in America.
Museum of Tolerance http://museumoftolerance.com	6 - 12	Los Angeles, California, is part of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Today, it is an international center for “Holocaust remembrance, the defense of human rights and the Jewish people.” The Museum of Tolerance offers speakers that include Holocaust survivors and presentations by former neo-nazi skinheads. This can be done over a videoconference along with other museum programs. Often programs focus on the dynamics of racism and prejudice in the United States
NASA – Glenn Research Center http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/CoE/Presentation_Descriptions111.html	K - 12	Located at Lewis Field in Cleveland, Ohio, the GRC offers workshops using video conference technology to teach a variety of scientific, aeronautic, and mathematics lessons. On the following page, each videoconference topic represents a link on the GRC website where you will find detailed information about each program.
NASA - Johnson Space Center http://alperstein.home.att.net/distance_learning/ nasa_distance_learning.htm	K - 12	Adjacent to Clear Lake, Texas, the JSC is about 20 miles from Houston. It was established in 1961 as one of NASA’s prime locations for the training of astronauts. Visit the Johnson Space Center by way of a videoconference! Hourly videoconferences take students on a tour in a mock up of the International Space station’s habitation module where the astronauts will live during their stay in space. Also offered are “Subject Matter Expert” programs in areas of astronomy, space farming, geology, and amore.
New York Hall of Science http://www.nyhallsci.org	K - 12	The New York Hall of Science is Now York City’s only hands-on science and technology center. The Hall features more than 225 hands-on exhibits. Visit us and explore the wonder and excitement of biology, chemistry and physics.
North Carolina Museum of Natural Science http://www.naturalsciences.org/ education/distance.html	1 - 12	Science education is an essential part of the Museum’s mission. We offer a wide range of programs and materials for North Carolina teachers and students, newly revised and expanded in conjunction with the opening of our new Museum.
The Ocean Institute http://www.ocean-institute.org/ edu_programs/catalog.html	K - 12	on Dana Point, California helps kids discover their ever-shifting marine environment. Videoconferencing enables student to enhance their education with a number of programs. Programs are available at any level.
Ohio Historical Society http://www.ohiohistoryteachers.org/ 05/index.shtml	K - 12	The Ohio Historical Society’s distance learning programming transports students through time to historic venues ranging from river boats to Civil War parlors to prehistoric mounds to “safe houses” on the Underground Railroad. Video streaming, remote cameras, blue-projections, and theatrical sets and costumes are among the innovative techniques used to make history come to life for students from kindergarten to high school.
Philadelphia Museum of Art http://www.philamuseum.org/ education/distance.shtml	K - 12	Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the PMA is one of the great art institutions of the world. It has students and teachers look at new ways to explore the world through videoconferencing. Art Line, the museum’s distance learning initiative, will take students and teachers on a virtual art collection tour. Participants interact with live museum educators.
Queens Botanical Garden http://www.queensbotanical.org/	K - 12	Each year, more than 320.000 people who visit the Queens Botanical Garden experience nature’s beauty along shaded and sun-drenched paths, while enjoying seasonal displays of tulips, roses, and annuals, as well as an outstanding collection of plants and trees exhibited in five teaching collections and six backyard demonstrations. The distance learning programs introduce students to elementary botany and ecology; they are also used to supplement and stimulate learning of basic reading and mathematics skills. Curricula for advanced and secondary school students, and in-depth sessions for teacher training can also be planned with the Garden’s Education Department. Many of the programs can be adapted to meet the needs of special Education classes.
Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts http://rcca.camden.rutgers.edu/ arts_ed_darts.php	K - 12	Rutgers University’s D’ARTS (Distance Learning in the Arts) program offers real-time, interactive experiences via videoconference technology in a museum or theater setting, lead by RCCA’s professional teaching staff. D’ARTS education programs combine dynamic, responsive teaching with high quality artistic content conveyed in a curricular-related context. You can download RCCA’s 2005-2006 program brochure using Adobe Acrobat
Tennessee Aquarium http://www.tnaqua.org/KidsTeachers/ Distance_learning.asp	-----	Home to more than 9,000 animals representing 575 species of fish, crustaceans, mussels, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, the Tennessee Aquarium tells the story of fresh ecosystems. We follow the Tennessee River from its Appalachian beginnings through the swamp waters of the Mississippi River and into the Gulf of Mexico making side trips to some of the world’s other great rivers. Live, interactive videoconference programs introduce students to some of the animals in these ecosystems.
Toledo Zoo http://toledozoo.org/edzoocation/ ed_distancelearning.html	-----	Known as “the world’s most complete zoo,” the Toledo Zoo is located in Ohio. State-of-the-art exhibits together with historical architecture are fully blended to provide our animals with the best possible environment and offer visitors an exciting experience. The Toledo Zoo is home to over 4,000 animals representing 600 species.
Walden Theatre http://www.waldentheatre.org/ distance_learning.asp	-----	Louisville, Kentucky’s Walden Theatre is a youth performing arts conservatory specializing in professional theatre training. The mission of the Outreach Program is to introduce theatre arts to students in public, private and parochial schools; community organizations and those not exposed to theatre and education in the arts. Their programs currently focus on Shakespeare and Greek Theatre.