Higher education faculty, staff and students are challenging teaching and learning paradigms through innovative connections with other colleges, universities, research labs, performing arts centers and an immense array of other resources over advanced networks.

Cell Signaling and Targeted Therapuetics for the Treatment of Cancer
Students in Grades 11-12

Join Dr. Matthew J. Lazzara, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, for a discussion of cell signaling and 'targeted' therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. This presentation will outline the basic concepts underlying receptor-mediated cell signaling in health and in disease with a special focus on how improperly regulated cell signaling processes...

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Does Climate Change Equal Global Catastrophe?
Grades 9-12

Join Dr. David Robinson, Chairman of the Department of Geography at Rutgers University and New Jersey 's State Climatologist.for a discussion on the facts and fiction of Climate Change. Scenarios presented in the movie, A Day After Tomorrow, will serve as a starting point for the discussion. Students should be familiar with the movie,  (at minimum, the portions listed below) and...

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Enhancing STEM education through interactive technologies over Internet2 and MAGPI
Educators across the K20 Community

Digital library and learning objects, virtual field trips, remote instrumentation, virtual worlds - - join this session for an overview of various resources available over the Internet2 and MAGPI networks that can enrich and support STEM initiatives in your classroom or institution. Participants will be provided with a resource handout and activities that they can integrate into their...

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It’s Electric! THE LORAX
Grades 9-12; and others interested from the Higher Education and Non-Profit Communities

Students from Methacton High School will share their 'secrets of success' during this highly engaging and interactive event! Learn about their Electric Car Club and why it's important to look into alternative energy sources. This program will show how battery electric vehicles work by using their electric car, how solar cells produce electricity while showing their solar cells and sensor...

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Multi-International Videoconference
Educators interested in international programs and collaboration opportunities

Join MAGPI at the at the PaCIE Annual Conference Oct. 1-3, 2009

International Education is a topic that has received a lot of attention lately. There is an organization in Pennsylvania that has known the...

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NASA DLN Presents "Earth Day with Kenji Williams"
Middle and High School Students, College and University students also welcome

Program Description: 

Help NASA Digital Learning Network celebrate Earth Day and join musician/artist Kenji Williams for a special...

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Origins - Hour 2: How Life Began
Grades 9-12

Join Dr. Dr. Chi-hua Chiu, Assistant Professor in the department of Anthropology at Kent State University, for a discussion about the origins of life. NOVA’s Origins: How Life Began provides the basis for the discussion. How did things go from non-living to living? How did it go from something that could not reproduce to something that could? Do we really know? Is there a recipe for life?...

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