education centerprogramsed news policies & pricingteaching resourcesstudent rescourcesgrantsscout programs PLANNING A FIELD TRIP? Here are some tips... (CLICK HERE) Hall of Fame Education Programs Grades 6-12 . NEW! Mega-Champs Character Development Civics CE4 “Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress and working together is success.” By participating in team building and interactive problem solving activities such as  “team juggling” and “blind polygon”, students will learn that communication skills, cooperation, planning, roles and expectations all impact the outcome of a team effort. Drive-Thru Nutrition Healthy Lifestyles Math: 6.1 Science: 6.1, LS.1, PS.1 Students will learn how to interpret information from food nutrition labels. They will conduct investigations of the nutrition information of fast foods from famous restaurants such as Taco Bell, McDonald’s, and Wendy’s. Using information from charts and tables, students will determine calorie content and be challenged to identify activities that would burn those calories. The percentage of fat per serving will also be calculated. Students will be challenged to experience the effect of extra body fat using “the fat belt” while participating in aerobic exercise. Finally, students will be given examples of simple visuals that aid in judging portion size. “Portion Distortion: Seeing the Healthy Way to Eat” (20-Minute DVD) Healthy Lifestyles Math: 6.1 Science: 6.1, LS.1, PS.1 Teens will learn how to choose the right food portions for their body type and metabolism and visualize these portions in memorable ways.  They will learn how to correctly measure food portions using everyday analogies.  Classroom activities will follow.  A post-visit packet is available. My Big Fat Sweet…Donut Healthy Lifestyles Science: 6.1, LS.1, PS.1 An understanding of the nature of science is reinforced as students investigate the cause and effect relationship of fat and sugar on the body. By observing and participating in classroom demonstrations, students will learn the content of sugar and fat in some common food and drink items. The effects on the heart, because of too much fat, will be investigated using fat and artery models. Using tennis balls, students will model the blood pumping through the heart. Then they will estimate and draw conclusions about the amounts of blood pumped at rest, during activity, and during a whole day. Students will learn how to take their own heart rate. Road to the Olympics… Probability and Statistics Math: 6.19, 6.20, 7.16, 7.18, 8.12 What does it take to make it to the 2008 Olympics as part of the men’s or women’s basketball team? Students will analyze and compare data of professional men and women who play for the NBA and WNBA. Mean, median, and mode will be determined based on stats from box scores. Students will suggest a probable winning team of players from both the NBA and the WNBA. Then a mini mock-Olympics trial will help students determine their own possibilities based upon the stats they will calculate using ratios, decimals, and percentages. Olympians--Born, Made, or Both? Genetics Science: 6.1, LS.3, LS.13, PS.1 Does your DNA affect your ability as an athlete? Students will investigate the hypothesis, “Great athletes are born with the ability to perform at outstanding levels.” Based on the research of Claude Bouchard, perhaps much of our performance ability is determined at birth. Students will investigate DNA models and differentiate between traits that are inherited and those that are not. They will draw conclusions based on the researched effects of DNA on the body systems using a hands-on body torso model. Students will then test some inherited traits: grip strength, arm strength, and balance. Energy: Pass It On Potential/Kinetic Energy Science: 6.2, LS.1, LS.7, PS.6 Students will discover that the same basic principles of energy are applicable in nature, living organisms, and human technology. They will experiment with balls of different masses, yo-yos, wind-up toys and other familiar objects to compare and contrast kinetic and potential energy. They will analyze the energy a person uses in a 24-hour period and determine the sources by examining an energy pyramid. Observing various types of tools, students will identify forms of energy and their transformations, including heat and sound. Newton’s Toy Box Laws of Motion Science: 6.1, 6.8, LS.1, PS.1, PS.10 Students will use scaled-down applications to master Newton’s three laws of motion and the vocabulary of physics. They will make predictions and then freely experiment with familiar toys and objects, such as hockey pucks, basketballs, small cars, ramps, and Newton’s Cradle. Their observations and repeated trials will prove the laws of motions as well as reinforce the concepts of inertia, gravity, acceleration, mass, force, and speed. They will also investigate and predict the behavior of the toys in a microgravity environment. NEW! Roller Coaster Physics Science 6.1, 6.2 Physical Science PS.1, PS.6, PS.10 Physics PH.1, PH.3, PH.4, PH.5, PH.6 Science can take you for the ride of your life! Carefully designed mechanisms of physics, roller coasters demonstrate the principles of friction, potential and kinetic energy, velocity, momentum, inertia, centripetal force, acceleration and more. Students will build their own scream machine and compete in the ultimate roller coaster contest. NEW! It's Not My Fault: Earth in Motion Science 6.1 Physical Science PS.1, PS.10 Earth Science ES.1, ES.2, ES.8 What does it take to construct a building durable enough to survive a catastrophic earthquake?  Students will construct their own miniature buildings and test the distribution of weight, variation of shape and other construction variables using the Hall of Fame earthquake generator. PROGRAMS FOR GRADES K-2 PROGRAMS FOR GRADES 3-5 OTHER PROGRAMS WE TRAIN THE WHOLE CHILD TO STRENGTHEN THE COMPETITIVE EDGE More Questions? Contact Shirley Martin at (757) 393-8031 ext 14.