Teachers...Need More Information on Educational Opportunities?
Teachers...Need More Information on Educational Opportunities?
University Circle. One Amazing Place. University Circle Incorporated, Community Education Department 10831 Magnolia Drive, Cleveland, OH www.universitycircle.org
The Community Education Department of University Circle Incorporated introduces a comprehensive Teacher Resource Guide. This publication lists more than 500 exciting field trip and outreach programs that are available to Northeast Ohio schools and offered by world-class institutions affiliated with University Circle. Some programs are free and all are affordable for most school districts.
Organizations included in this guide:
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Children's Museum
Cleveland Play House
HealthSpace Museum
Lake View Cemetery
Western Reserve Historical Society
Crawford-Auto Aviation Museum
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art
Cleveland Institute of Music
The Cleveland Orchestra
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Dunham Tavern Museum
Karamu House
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes
Interested in attaining this guide? Contact Sandy Kreisman for more information at 216.707.5021 or skreisman@universitycircle. Allow two weeks for processing and shipping. Quantity discounts available.
Be sure to inquire about Teacher Resource Guides available for specific UC Organizations: The Cleveland Museum of Art - Services for Schools and Teachers, 216.707.2462; Cleveland Museum of Natural History - School Services & Teacher Resources, 216.231.8002.
The Playhouse Square Teachers Resource Guide provides information on shows, professional development programs and more! This is a FREE resource. For more information please call Colleen Porter, 216.348.7906 or visit the website to order your catalog and guide online.
IDEA CENTER at Playhouse Square Arts One Playhouse Square Building 1375 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH
The redevelopment of historic One Playhouse Square in Cleveland for WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastreamTM and Playhouse Square programs and technologies represents a national model for state-of-the-art educational outreach of media and performing arts organizations. 216.771.4444.
The zoo is a living classroom offering programs for all ages and interests, from overnight camps to college courses. Each program targets a particular age group. Biofacts and/or live animals provide an up close, "hands on" experience that will be both enjoyable and long remembered. Teacher resources are available year round. For information, call Sarah Bender at 216.635.3391. Be sure to ask about the Mobile Zoo Program and night tracks! Aligned with the State of Ohio Science Standards are:
Suitcase for Survival - Middle school and high school activities focusing on illegal wildlife trade. This program teaches you and your students about endangered species. You get to borrow actual wildlife products confiscated at the US border!
To Save a Species - High school level, computer-based program that teaches how zoo curators decide which animals will breed and why some will not breed at all.
Activities that prepare students for study trips to the Zoo (required). $1500 teacher scholarships to accompany Zoo staff on conservation trip to the mountains of Venezuela.
Travel to The WILDS, beautiful 10,000-acre wildlife conservation center just two hours from the zoo, and learn how your class can join all Ohio zoos in saving rare butterflies.
Homeschool Special at the zoo. Educator workshops that help you prepare your kids for great science experiences at the zoo. Student Career Days for high school students.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum 1 Key Plaza, Cleveland, OH 44114 www.rockhall.com
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum's Education Department is proud to announce a program of interdisciplinary classes for grades K - 12. In addition to purchasing tickets to tour the Museum, your student groups of 20 or more can purchase tickets for the Rockin' the Schools education program, which gives students the opportunity to learn about music, music history, self-expression and social change.
The Rockin' the Schools education program includes lectures with demonstrations, musical examples, videos, audience participation and stage visuals. Classes take place Monday - Friday at 10:30 and last 50 minutes.
Suggested subjects include: Kids Rock- Build blocks of rock, The Roots of Rock and Roll-current songs that have deep historic roots, Rapper's Delights : Hip-Hop as Self Expression, Rock Around the Worlds, We're Not Gonna Take It: Rock and Roll and Social Change. For more information and to make a reservation, contact Sharrona Burns at 216.515.1228.
Great Lakes Science Center 601 Erieside Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114 www.greatscience.com
Good science education can be a matter of timing. Learn more about the GLSC Traveling Exhibitions-- these award winning, limited-time-only exhibits are great fun and great learning. In order to make all exhibits more interesting for students from the second grade through the twelfth, Great Lakes Science Center offers special exhibit programs that are structured trips through exhibits with the intent of instilling specific learning outcomes. For a film experience that's out of this world, enjoy a special showing of an OMNIMAX® film. Contact: Trish Rooney 216.696.4679.
Feel like extending your stay? Innovative Camp-Ins to let students stay overnight and learn even more than before!
NASA John H. Glen Research Center 2100 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44135 www.grc.nasa.gov
Workshops: At training workshops provided by the Glenn Educator Resource Center, teachers can participate in training related to NASA missions and programs in the following five content areas:
Aerospace Technology
Biological and Physical Research
Earth Science
Human Exploration and Development of Space
Space Science
Contact: Brenda Morgan 216.433.3156
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