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March 31, 2010

Richland IU 8 Office


 * Agenda**

Introduction to Today's Sessions from Database

Battleship New Jersey - Buoyancy and Battleships – How Boats Float Math/Science/History

Students will learn about the physical principals involved in keeping a 45,000 ton battleship afloat. Buoyancy, equilibrium, and drag will all be explained through hands-on activities that will have all age groups entertained and engaged. They will analyze why a steel ship doesn’t sink and how submarines dive and return to the surface. Although math is the focus of this lesson, historical moments in the New Jersey’s past come to life, such as passing through a typhoon in the Pacific during WWII.

Library of Congress: “To Light Us to Freedom and Glory Again”: Civil War Poetry with a Purpose Poetry written during the Civil War was used as a vehicle for the individual to express opinions and attitudes. Using the Library of Congress's online collections, explore how poetry written by soldiers and citizenry from the North and the South helped unify citizens, inspire troops, memorialize the dead, and overcome the anger and resentment of both sides in the aftermath of the war.

Lunch

Scrambled States of America Talent Show Example of pre-scheduled multi-connection experience.

Carnegie Museum of Natural History An overview of programs offered by the museum.

Ann Arbor Hands On Museum A demonstration of the offerings by the organization. Hands-on, of course!