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A Conversation with the International Space Station & Astronaut Kjell Lindgren
- Astronaut Kjell Lindgren — on board the International Space Station – talks with friends, staff, and students from his alma mater, Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, Virginia. Audience: Grades 9-12
- Based at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Aerospace Educators-in-Residence teach the scientific theories, historical aspects, and key terminology of aerospace aviation. Audience: Grades K-8
The Art of … Musical Improvisation
- Members of The Moxie Strings show students how to improvise with any instrument and any music genre. Audience: Grades 6-12
Author Insights from Meet the Author
- Guest authors offer writing strategies to inspire students to “keep writing, keep reading, keep dreaming.” Audience: Grades 3-12
- The Fairfax Network and George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate, Museum & Gardens partnered to provide engaging videos for the classroom. Audience: Grades 8-12
- Students get a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of george WASHINGTON, an orchestral work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Roger Reynolds. Audience: Grades 9-12
- The Flight School series examines historical, scientific, and technological aspects of aviation and its impact on exploration, communication, commerce, and national defense. Audience: Grades 4-8
In Our Backyard: The Opioid and Heroin Crisis
- This program explains how opioids impact the brain and body, how people become addicted to opioids and heroin, who is most vulnerable to addiction, and ways to prevent addiction. Audience: Grades 7-12, Parents and Educators
Innovation Workshop: Building Discovery
- Students discover how engineers created one of the most magnificent machines ever built — a reusable space plane. Audience: Grades 6-8
Innovation Workshop: Electronic Circuits
- Students explore the cutting-edge science of electronic circuits and visit the National Institute for Standards and Technology. Audience: Grades 6-8
Innovation Workshop: Harnessing the Sun
- Students discover the power of this renewable energy source, its impact on our lives, and its future in energy development. Audience: Grades 6-8
Innovation Workshop: Nanotechnology
- Students explore the cutting-edge science and engineering of nanoscale matter. Audience: Grades 6-8
- In these mock trials, fairy tale characters retell their sides of the story in a court of law. Audience: Grades 4-8
- During these webcasts, guest authors share their personal stories, offer writing tips, and encourage students to “keep reading, keep writing, keep dreaming.” Audience: Grades K-12
- Irene Fogel Weiss, a Holocaust survivor, talks about her life as a child in Hungary, the changes she witnessed as the Nazis took power, and all manner of degradations imposed on the Jewish people. Audience: Grades 10-12
Tricked: Inside the World of Teen Sex Trafficking
- This program looks at how teens are scouted, manipulated, and trapped in what has become a 9.8-billion-dollar underground industry. Audience: Grades 9-12, Educators, Parents
- History comes alive as the people of America's past come to life to tell their powerful and unique stories: Jamestown, The Explorers, The First Americans, Geography of America, Voices of the Revolution, and The Civil War. Audience: Grades 4-6
- Dr. Esperanto and his trusty sidekick Unum Pluribus lead students on an investigation of words. The goal is to give students greater knowledge and the ability to see everyday relevance of words. Audience: Grades 4-6
- Dr. Helen Rountree from Old Dominion University and Dr. Michael Barber from Virginia Department of Historic Resources discuss the history, culture, geography, and language of different Virginia Indian tribes. Audience: Grades 4-6
- Students explore the sounds, writing systems, basic idiomatic phrases of the Spanish language, and examine the culture including geography, language, history, art, religion, and music. Audience: Grades 5-7
- High school seniors, diagnosed with AD/HD, share what teaching strategies and learning techniques worked, or failed, as they face the myriad of challenges of a high school setting.
Best Practices for Teaching and Learning
- This collection of videos explores various instructional strategies that improve student engagement and achievement in the K-12 classroom.
- Dr. Darryle Craig presents her ideas and strategies for becoming "Culturally Competent.”
Discourse Strategies for Inquiry Science
- Discourse can clarify misconceptions and help students take risks in a structured environment with many support pieces in place.
In Our Backyard: The Opioid and Heroin Crisis
- This program explains how opioids impact the brain and body, how people become addicted to opioids and heroin, who is most vulnerable to addiction, and ways to prevent addiction. Audience: Grades 7-12, Parents and Educators
- This series identifies different aspects of the FCPS Learning Model by highlighting instructional best practices and student learning.
Portrait of a Graduate Attributes
- These videos show how FCPS educators are teaching attributes each student needs to become a successful Portrait of a Graduate.
- This video collection offers educators an understanding of the writing process, student engagement, and showcases strategies and methods used in the approach to literacy.
- Each Teach 2 Teach video represents best instructional practices to foster student success, promote a caring culture, and develop a premier workforce.
Tricked: Inside the World of Teen Sex Trafficking
- This program looks at how teens are scouted, manipulated, and trapped in what has become a 9.8-billion-dollar underground industry. Audience: Grades 9-12, Educators, Parents
- Local and national experts, school staff, community members, parents, and students present topical talks and panel discussions around important topics affecting school communities.
Encouraging Words: Language Development From Birth to Age Five
- An early childhood educator, a speech and language professional, and a pediatric neurologist discuss how children are getting ready to read from birth on; and language development milestones in the process of learning to read and write.
Family Involvement Equals School Success
- Educators and parents share their perspectives on ways families can communicate effectively with the school, get involved at school through volunteer opportunities, set up an effective home learning environment, and stay involved throughout a child’s teenage years.
In Our Backyard: The Opioid and Heroin Crisis
- This program explains how opioids impact the brain and body, how people become addicted to opioids and heroin, who is most vulnerable to addiction, and ways to prevent addiction. Audience: Grades 7-12, Parents and Educators
- Multicultural Parent Panels consist of a selected group of parents who represent various racial, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds. Panelists speak from personal experiences, cultural research, and interactions with families from their cultures. These videos offer strategies on how to set up panels as a vehicle to increase cultural awareness and how to make schools more responsive to families of diverse backgrounds.
Small Wonders, Big Gains: The Preschool Autism Classroom
- This video highlights the principles of instruction and how nuggets of learning are conveyed in a preschool autism classroom.
Tricked: Inside the World of Teen Sex Trafficking
- This program looks at how teens are scouted, manipulated, and trapped in what has become a 9.8-billion-dollar underground industry. Audience: Grades 9-12, Educators, Parents
Tricked: Inside the World of Teen Sex Trafficking Parent Guides
- This overview of teen sex trafficking is primarily for parents. This video includes testimony from the mother of a teen sex trafficking victim, as well as tips from law enforcement and specific “look-fors” that parents need to know to protect their children.Available with Arabic, Korean, Spanish, and Vietnamese Subtitles.
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