The Money Museum of Colorado Springs Colorado
 MEET ME AT THE CORNER, Virtual Field trip for Kids takes you to  the Money Museum in Colorado Springs. This episode features coin collecting and informationabout the new Lincoln penny.
For more Virtual Field Trips for kids visit our website at www.meetmeatthecorner.org. Each episode includes links to fun websites and a Learning Corner of questions and extended activities. 
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Interview with a Veteran: Evacuation of Saigon
(Professionally produced video with both history and present-day
information.)
This video is a virtual field trip of the U.S.S. Midway with s retired naval officer who was involved in the evacuation of Saigon. It is a great story!
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Pencil Portrait in About 7 Minutes
Suitable for older middle school and high school students. From "You Can Draw!" series by Lon Haverly www.lonhaverly.com, Virtual Drawing Institute.
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Bisection Lesson
Understand and learn how to construct points, segments, and rays of bisection. There is a free Bisection virtual manipulative that complements this lesson from Brainingcamp Middle School Math Software: www.brainingcamp.com/resources/math
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"I Hear America Singing" Poem by Walt Whitman
A virtual movie of Walt Whitman (photograph of head with moving lips) "reading" his great homage to the working people and industry of America, "I Hear America Singing."  (1:13) 
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Transformations - Translations and Reflections
This lesson focuses on explaining two types of geometric transformations: translations and reflections.  The instructor uses a virtual white board to give examples and chances to select the correct answers. 

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The GeometricTransformations
Many times in mathematics and in geometry in particular,
visualization of the concepts that are being taught is difficult for
students. This problem can be avoided with the use of a tool such as
Geometers Sketchpad. One of the best attributes of this program is that it is not a drill and practice program, but instead it requires the
students further develop their understanding of mathematical concepts. This lesson was designed to help make the concepts of translations, ro
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Olympics, Ancient Early Games
The ancient Olympics began in about the eighth century, B.C. How important were those games to the Greeks? What honors were bestowed on the winning athletes? Why did they end, after twelve hundred years? (9:54)

Take a virtual trip to the ancient world to discover more about it.  Move the video forward - to 6:00 - to begin the trip.
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THE COMIC BOOK PROJECT
MEET ME AT THE CORNER, Virtual Field Trips for Kids takes you to New York City. Learn about THE COMIC BOOK PROJECT in an interview with Michel Bitz, founder of the Comic book Project at Columbia University. Children learn about the history of comics and how to create their own comic book hero. Links to Fun Websites and a Learning Corner of questions and Extended Activities.

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Combining Travel With Home School Geography with Virtual Field Trips
Learn how to combine travel with home school geography.  An experienced teacher and home school authority discusses field trip packets for people can't travel to teach geography.  These are virtual field trips on podcasts with journal stories, and activities for all ages. 

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Lichen World 2 : Lichen Biology and Surveying
This package is not primarily about lichens, but about measuring species diversity in ecological communities. It explores various aspects of measuring species diversity and abundance, using data from lichen communities growing on gravestones in graveyards in the Yorkshire Dales, England. 'Lichen World' includes a virtual sampling program, based on throwing quadrats and counting the number of species in each quadrat, which provides data that can be used to plot a variety of different speci
Author(s): Biodiversity Consortium / Bryan Shorrocks

Computing in the Cloud - Part 1: "Introduction" – January 14, 2008
"Computing in the cloud" is one name for services that run in a Web browser and store information in a provider's data center — ranging from adaptations of familiar tools such as email and personal finance to new offerings such as virtual worlds and social networks. This workshop will bring together experts from computer science, law, politics and industry to explore the social and policy implications of this trend. Part 1 includes introductory remarks by H. Vincent Poor, and a survey talk by
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Computing in the Cloud - Part 1: "Introduction" – January 14, 2008
"Computing in the cloud" is one name for services that run in a Web browser and store information in a provider's data center — ranging from adaptations of familiar tools such as email and personal finance to new offerings such as virtual worlds and social networks. This workshop will bring together experts from computer science, law, politics and industry to explore the social and policy implications of this trend. Part 1 includes introductory remarks by H. Vincent Poor, and a survey talk by
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Computing in the Cloud - Part 2: "Possession and ownership of data" – January 14, 2008
"Computing in the cloud" is one name for services that run in a Web browser and store information in a provider's data center — ranging from adaptations of familiar tools such as email and personal finance to new offerings such as virtual worlds and social networks. This workshop will bring together experts from computer science, law, politics and industry to explore the social and policy implications of this trend. Part 2 includes the first panel of the workshop, entitled "Possession and own
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Computing in the Cloud - Part 2: "Possession and ownership of data" – January 14, 2008
"Computing in the cloud" is one name for services that run in a Web browser and store information in a provider's data center — ranging from adaptations of familiar tools such as email and personal finance to new offerings such as virtual worlds and social networks. This workshop will bring together experts from computer science, law, politics and industry to explore the social and policy implications of this trend. Part 2 includes the first panel of the workshop, entitled "Possession and own
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Computing in the Cloud - Part 3: "Security and risk in the cloud" – January 14, 2008
"Computing in the cloud" is one name for services that run in a Web browser and store information in a provider's data center — ranging from adaptations of familiar tools such as email and personal finance to new offerings such as virtual worlds and social networks. This workshop will bring together experts from computer science, law, politics and industry to explore the social and policy implications of this trend. Part 3 includes the second panel of the workshop, entitled "Security and risk
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Computing in the Cloud - Part 3: "Security and risk in the cloud" – January 14, 2008
"Computing in the cloud" is one name for services that run in a Web browser and store information in a provider's data center — ranging from adaptations of familiar tools such as email and personal finance to new offerings such as virtual worlds and social networks. This workshop will bring together experts from computer science, law, politics and industry to explore the social and policy implications of this trend. Part 3 includes the second panel of the workshop, entitled "Security and risk
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Computing in the Cloud - Part 4: "Princeton Research" – January 15, 2008
"Computing in the cloud" is one name for services that run in a Web browser and store information in a provider's data center — ranging from adaptations of familiar tools such as email and personal finance to new offerings such as virtual worlds and social networks. This workshop will bring together experts from computer science, law, politics and industry to explore the social and policy implications of this trend. Part 4 includes a presentation and discussion of Princeton research. Sponsor
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Computing in the Cloud - Part 4: "Princeton Research" – January 15, 2008
"Computing in the cloud" is one name for services that run in a Web browser and store information in a provider's data center — ranging from adaptations of familiar tools such as email and personal finance to new offerings such as virtual worlds and social networks. This workshop will bring together experts from computer science, law, politics and industry to explore the social and policy implications of this trend. Part 4 includes a presentation and discussion of Princeton research. Sponsor
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Computing in the Cloud - Part 5: "Civics in the cloud" – January 15, 2008
"Computing in the cloud" is one name for services that run in a Web browser and store information in a provider's data center — ranging from adaptations of familiar tools such as email and personal finance to new offerings such as virtual worlds and social networks. This workshop will bring together experts from computer science, law, politics and industry to explore the social and policy implications of this trend. Part 5 includes the third panel of the workshop, entitled "Civics in the clou
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