Pinnacle Education Collaborative Festivals
Spring into Digital Learning PEC Festival is February 27th, 2020.
Join the CILC Pinnacle Education Collaborative (PEC) for a day of exciting educational programming. All programs are FREE! Every hour from 9:00am EST to 3:00pm EST CILC Content Providers will be providing 30 minutes of programming followed by 15 minutes of Q & A time from the audience. Look below and register for either one track or all. You can join us for one event or all events and drop in and out throughout the day.
An email from Zoom will be sent to you with a Zoom Link for connection prior to the event when you register for the event, 24 hours before the event and 1 hour before the event.
- Track One
- 9:00 AM EST
Content Provider: Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Program Name: Balto-A History of Humans, Huskies, and Health in Alaska
Grade Level: K-8
Description: Why is this famous husky from Alaska at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History? Hear heroic tales of dogs and mushers in Alaska, from the 1925 Serum Run to the Iditarod of today. You’ll learn how Balto became the "spokesdog" for this unique event in US history!
- 10:00 AM EST
Content Provider: Greenville Zoo
Program Name: We Built a Zoo
Grade Level: 3-6
Description: Join us as we explore all the topics that we take into consideration when we build an exhibit. We will even take a trip to see how we transformed an elephant exhibit into an anteater and rhea exhibit!
- 11:00 AM EST
Content Provider: Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Program Name: Sculpt-a-Saurus
Grade Level: 2-6
Description: Science and art collide to bring the past to life! Your students will use real fossil evidence to sculpt their very own dinosaurs. Piece together clues about dinosaurs and explore how scientists and artists work together to understand the deep past. Each participant will need clay or a similar material.
- 12:00 PM EST
Content Provider: Royal BC Museum
Program Name: BC Indigenous History
Grade Level: 4-5
Description: Join Leslie McGarry from the Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw – Kwagiulth First Nation on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, at the Royal BC Museum. Explore the pre- and post-contact histories represented in the First Peoples gallery and the cultural diversity of Indigenous people in BC.
- 1:00 PM EST
Content Provider: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
Program Name: Jamestown: Three Cultures, One Land
Grade Level: 3-6
Description: This program will carry students on an inquiry-based exploration of the three cultures that converged at Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. Using reproduction artifacts and primary sources, students will compare and contrast the cultures and legacies of the Powhatan Indians, West African, and English.
- 2:00 PM EST
Content Provider: Michigan Science Center
Program Name: Science Spectacular
Grade Level: K-6
Description: Discover the wonderful world of science through interactive live demonstrations. Topics include: centripetal motion, air pressure, chemistry, electricity, and much more!
- 3:00 PM EST
Content Provider: Alaska SeaLife Center
Program Name: Marine Mammals of Alaska
Grade Level: K-4
Description: Meet our furry friends who call Alaska's cold seas their home! We'll learn about the lives and adaptations of seals, sea lions and sea otters here in Alaska.
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- Track Two
- 9:00 AM EST
Content Provider: Fizzics Education
Program Name: Creative Chemistry
Grade Level: 3-6
Description: Students will perform chemical reactions during the conference using materials provided by your school as viewing us perform a variety of experiments covering: kitchen chemistry found at home, physical changes vs. chemical reactions, acids vs bases and indicators to detect them, energy changes and more.
- 10:00 AM EST
Content Provider: Pro Football Hall of Fame
Program Name: Movement and Motion
Grade Level: 1-5
Description: This program examines 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.
- 11:00 AM EST
Content Provider: Sea Turtle, Inc.
Program Name: Meet the Resident: Fred
Grade Level: K-12
Description: Discover the story of Fred, the entangled sea turtle. Learn characteristics of Loggerhead sea turtles and ways you can help sea turtles in the wild. Program includes a Live visit from Fred!
- 12:00 PM EST
Content Provider: Texas State Aquarium
Program Name: Read With Sharks
Grade Level: K-2
Description: Your students will enjoy a story and then virtually meet the superstar animal of the book. Read along, make animal observations, recall facts, and investigate shark biofacts. Get an up-close look at our resident sharks though real time cameras, and identify threats to these ocean hunters.
- 1:00 PM EST
Content Provider: McMillen Health
Program Name: Body Friendly Foods
Grade Level: 1-4
Description: Students are encouraged, through interactive activities, to fill their plates with healthy food as recommended by My Plate. The truth is revealed regarding how television media persuades students to eat junk food. A segment on exercise motivates kids to play one hour daily.
- 2:00 PM EST
Content Provider: Mote Marine Laboratory
Program Name: Seeing Yourself in Science: African Americans in Marine Science and Beyond
Grade Level: 6-12
Description: This program will highlight African Americans working in zoos and aquariums. Connect with a panel of biologists, educators, and conservation leaders working with aquatic animals and learn about the significant contributions of African Americans to animal science.
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- Track Three
- 9:00 AM EST
Content Provider: Author Valerie Marsh
Program Name: Snowflakes Action Science: Cut & Tell A Snowflake Story, Apply It to Push/Pull, Incline, Gravity!
Grade Level: K-2
Description: Art, storytelling and science! First, Valerie shares a fun story about snowflakes! Then, students create their own paper snowflake and use it to explore the concepts of push/pull, gravity and incline. We 'predict' that your students will love this!
- 10:00 AM EST
Content Provider: Virginia Museum of History & Culture
Program Name: Different Paths to Freedom: Slavery and the American Revolution
Grade Level: 4-8
Description: Discover the implications that the American Revolution had on ideas of freedom and liberty. Students will examine the relationship between enslaved African Americans and the American Revolution through an investigation of Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation, James Lafayette’s petition, and Peter Sublett’s manumission.
- 11:00 AM EST
Content Provider: Royal Botanical Gardens
Program Name: Insects in Winter
Grade Level: 3-6
Description: We see insects in the summer as part of our natural world, but what happens to them in the Winter? We'll explore how different insects survive the winter in a variety of ways and at different life cycle stages. Your school yard or garden may be a winter refuge!
- 12:00 PM EST
Content Provider: Saint Louis Zoo
Program Name: Spring into Summer
Grade Level: K-3
Description: Learn how animals celebrate the return of spring as we explore the different ways animals make the switch from cold winter days to warm summer nights.
- 1:00 PM EST
Content Provider: Hank Fincken: A National Theatre Co. of One
Program Name: EDISON: Man and Myth
Grade Level: 4-12
Description: We will discuss the invention process, reasons he was so successful, one invention in particular (according to audience interest), answers from the audience, and how he handled failure.
- 2:00 PM EST
Content Provider: Ohio History Connection
Program Name: Snapshot
Grade Level: 9-12
Description: Did you know the photographs on your phone are primary sources? Join Ohio History Connection staff to learn how to use photographs as primary sources! During this program, students will learn how to examine photographs with the eye of a historian and how to incorporate visual materials into their research.
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