Science delivered at the speed of light!
What is Videoconferencing?
Science Delivered at the Speed of Light
Videoconferencing connects your students with scientists, doctors, and experts in their fields with a LIVE interactive two-way experience with your school or from COSI.
With COSI's Videoconferencing Programs, You Can...
- Give your students a surgeon's-eye view of a live knee replacement procedure.
- Have your class view a tape of an actual autopsy narrated by a forensic pathologist.
- Discuss cutting edge research with professionals in science, math, engineering, and other exciting fields.
- Learn videoconference etiquette and be professional during a program.
If your school does not have videoconferencing technology, bring your class to COSI and participate in In Depth: Autopsy or Surgical Suite: Total Knee Replacement from our Galaxy Theater.
What Equipment Do I Need for a Videoconference?
You need full motion videoconferencing equipment. This technology allows COSI and your class to see and hear each other in real-time. Common manufacturers of this equipment include Tandberg, Polycom, and PictureTel. This is not webcasting, so you need more than a camera and a computer.
What Are My Options for Methods of Connecting to COSI?
COSI can accept ISDN calls (H.320 - via phone lines) from anywhere. We also can accept IP calls (H.323 - over the Internet), though the quality is not as good, and the connection is not as reliable as ISDN. For good video quality, we strongly recommend a connection speed of 384kbps or higher.
What Videoconferencing Programs Does COSI Offer?
In Depth: Autopsy
Grade 10 through Adults
Follow a videotape of an actual autopsy accompanied by live narration by a forensic pathologist. Participants must work through the "case" and solve for cause of death. 90 minutes.
Details & Academic Standards
Surgical Suite: Total Knee Replacement
Grade 6 through Adults
See live surgery, ask questions, and interact via videoconference with surgeons and medical personnel in a real hospital operating room. 90 minutes.
Video Visits: Weather Watch
Grades 4 through 7
Use readings from barometers and thermometers to predict weather patterns, explore air pressure using everyday objects, and understand why changes in weather often occur around cold and warm fronts. 60 minutes.
Video Visits: Gadget Works
Grades 2 through 6
Pick from Force & Motion or Simple Machines! In Force & Motion, learn about forces and motion by taking apart wind-up toys. Trace the energy flow through the toys and help solve a puzzle involving the motion of a toy car as a post-visit activity. In Simple Machines, help identify simple machines inside wind-up toys. Hypothesize what’s inside the toys before your program, then take them apart with the COSI demonstrator during the show.
Experts
Grades 2 through 12
Connect your students with COSI demonstrators, scientists, doctors, and other experts in their fields in a live interactive two-way experience. 45-60 minutes.
Videoconference Teacher Training
Join COSI for a fun and interactive introduction to videoconferencing. Learn about the programs COSI has to offer and how they compliment your curriculum.
Videoconference Equipment Provider
Have Program or Technical Questions?
Electronic Education Team
614.228.2674
electroniceducation@mail.cosi.org
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