Remote Instrumentation & Data Visualizations Working Group

[Heather Weisse <>]

Title: Pew Fellows in the Arts Programs and Special VC Event on Nanotechnology

Please join us for one of these upcoming MAGPI videoconference programs - - free of charge and open to schools that have H.323 videoconferencing capabilities and who are on their national/state research and education network.

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Size Matters – Smaller is Better!
November 11, 2009 * 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EST
Grades 11-12
Open to NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION
More Information/Registration: http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Size-Matters-Smaller-Better-0
Registration Deadline: November 3, 2009

> Join Dr. Daniel Gianola for a discussion on how engineering materials deform and fail. Engineers constantly think about how structures (such as bridges) and materials (such as steels or plastics) might possibly fracture or fail.  We will interactively investigate the characteristics that make a material stiff, strong, squishy, weak, elastic, or plastic and how the atomic-level structure and processes can govern mechanical behavior.  We will then explore how what we know about the deformation of materials changes when materials have micrometer (one millionth of a meter) or nanometer (one billionth of a meter) sizes.  In particular, Dr. Gianola hopes to prove that size matters, and smaller is stronger. This event will combine a brief power point, demonstrations, videos and discussion.


2008 Pew Fellows in Painting Panel Discussion
November 10, 2009 * 1:00pm - 2:15pm EST
Grades 8-12
Open to NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION
More Information/Registration: http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/2008-Pew-Fellows-Painting 
Registration Deadline: November 3, 2009

> Artists use a variety of inspirations and techniques to arrive at creating a work of art.  In four short films about the 2008 Pew Fellows in painting – Charles Burwell, Matthew Cox, Anne Seidman and Mauro Zamora - students will learn about the influences and sources of material each artist reflects upon within their artistic practices.  An interactive discussion with the artists and filmmaker Glenn Holsten will follow the screenings.


2008 Pew Fellows in Playwriting Panel Discussion
November 12, 2009 * 1:00pm - 2:15pm
Grades 8-12
Open to NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION
More Information/Registration: http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/2008-Pew-Fellows-Playwriting 
Registration Deadline: November 3, 2009

> In four short films about the 2008 Pew Fellows in playwriting – J. Rufus Caleb, Russell Davis, Katharine Clark Gray, Edgar J. Shockley III – students will learn about the artists’ inspirations and ideas for writing their plays.  In addition, actors and stage directors along with the playwrights will be seen in readings, rehearsals and performances, providing further insight into the creative process. An interactive discussion with the playwrights and filmmaker Glenn Holsten will follow the screenings.


2008 Pew Fellows in Folk and Traditional Arts Panel Discussion
November 17, 2009 * 1:00pm - 2:15pm
Grades 8-12
Open to NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION
More Information/Registration: http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/2008-Pew-Fellows-Folk-Traditional-Arts 
Registration Deadline: November 6, 2009

> Students are invited to visit the cultures of Ghana, Ukraine and Cuba to hear the music and see the traditional folk art of these countries.  In three short films about the 2008 Pew Fellows in folk and traditional arts – Nana Korantemaa, Vera Nakonechny, Venissa Santí – they will learn about Akan drumming techniques; Ukrainian embroidering, bead-making and weaving; and the musical heritage of Cuba. An interactive discussion with the artists and filmmaker Glenn Holsten will follow the screenings. 
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Heather Weisse Walsh
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