COSI Connects Live (formerly IVC or Interactive Videoconferencing) programs connect your students with scientists, doctors, and COSI educators for a LIVE interactive two-way experience.
Bring an On-Demand Workshop into your classroom digitally to have your students experience the fun and excitement of hands-on learning.
Or join a Pre-Scheduled Connection to get an up close look inside a career in STEMM.
COSI uses Zoom, an online videoconferencing service, for all Connects Live programs. Sites have the option to connect with a compatible videoconferencing codec or PC, Mac tablet or even smartphone. See our Options for Connecting page for more information.
On-Demand Workshops
Explore engineering by disassembling a windup toy to reveal its inner workings.
Grade Levels: Grades 2-5
Use MIT’s Scratch platform to explore the fields of computer programming and video game design in a creative and artistic challenge based experience.
Grade Levels: Grades 5-8
Bring the science fiction of comic books to life through the eye of a scientist as you explore levitation, flight and more.
Grade Levels: Grades 5-8
Pre-Scheduled Connections
Follow a step-by-step forensic analysis of a complex forensic case involving claimed insanity.
Grade Levels: Grades 9-12
Join Matt Pastore, pediatric genetic counselor at The Regional Genetics Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, for a discussion on how genetics impacts our lives.
Grade Levels: Grades 9-12
Follow along with a recorded human autopsy narrated by a pathologist from The Ohio State University.
Grade Levels: Grades 10-12
Get an inside look at organ donation as you view the surgeon's perspective in both the donor and recipient surgeries, and then speak live with a member of Lifeline of Ohio.
Grade Levels: Grades 9-12
Get a close up view of an arthroscopic surgical procedure performed LIVE while the operating room staff answers your questions!
Grade Levels: Grades 6-12
Get a surgeon’s-eye view of a LIVE total knee replacement surgery and interact with the operating room team in real time.
Grade Levels: Grades 6-12
Take on the role of pharmacist as you counsel the patient with the advice of an Ohio State University College of Pharmacy student.
Grade Levels: Grades 7-12
STEMM Connections Availability
Please use the calendar below to view all available program dates. Use the dropdown menu to select a specific program. To reserve a program, please visit your reservation dashboard or click the link below.
Reserve Connects Live Program
COSI is proud to be a recipient of the 2017-2018 CILC Pinnacle Award. “The Pinnacle Award is given annually, by the CILC, to organizations that receive outstanding scores on program evaluations submitted by educators and Activity Directors. Receiving the award indicates remarkable quality of educational content and exceptional skill at program delivery.”