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Mrs. Martinka's KAUE Science class recently skyped with Buffalo Bill Center of the West Museum. They discussed interesting animal adaptations in the Mid-West Mountain Region as well as animal adaptation in Western PA and around the globe. Below are some pictures of the skype session. To sign-up for a free skype lesson, visit https://education.skype.com. media type="custom" key="25866530"

Mrs. Kiebler's 6th grade class at Vandergrift linked up with several students (Jake Poremski, Abby Frech, Gillian Debick, and Jayne Hohman) from Mr. Smith's 9th grade United States History class to discuss U.S. entry into World War II. The students compared U.S. involvement in past wars to the country's involvement in current conflicts. Mr. Smith's students used a Prezi presentation (see below) to enforce key points and also made use of an instructional video on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Mrs. Kiebler's class asked excellent questions that led to discussion among the two groups. Below are some images of the Skype session:



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Mrs. Burns (Vandergrift 2nd Grade) and Mrs. Pityk (High School English) participated in a video conference using skype. Senior English students provided a lesson on Idioms and the 2nd grade students performed their Reader's Theater following the lesson. Below are some pictures and reactions from the event:



"Teaching the second grade students at Vandergrift Elementary was very entertaining...Putting a smile on younger children's faces makes it all worthwhile!" --Jordan K.

"My favorite thing from the experience was seeing the kids have fun while learning...Now that the technology is available, it's a great way to help them...I definitely think that we should continue to do things such as this because the possibilities are endless." --Samm S. "I believe that we should have another opportunity to Skype with the younger children because it was entertaining not only for the children, but for the teachers and high schoolers as well." --Adam R.

"I think this is something that should be done again because it gives both groups a fun, short break from school while still learning." --Nick S. "This experience helped me for my future. I want to be an elementary teacher in the future, and this has helped me with useful ideas to make learning fun." --Brandi S. "I would really enjoy if we did this again. It was a very rewarding feeling seeing how much the kids enjoyed it." --Janessa Y.