Kigluait Adventures Videoconference October Special Events: Adopt a Sled Dog and Meet a Musher!
You asked, and they are back. Two popular Special events that are Multi-Point!  Virtually Adopt a Sled Dog and Meet a Musher!

**Virtually Adopt a Sled Dog**
This is a special event offered only once this year. Participating classrooms will adopt their very own sled dog, collect data on the current health of the dog and then track them through the web for the remaining for the school year through math, science, writing and art activities provided by Kigluait. Registration is limited, first come first serve basis for  virtual adoptions.
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Cost: $100 for grades 3-12 $75 for Grades 1-2
Time: October 21st, 2010
***Session 1 Grades k-2: 7:00-8:00 Alaska Time (8:00-9:00 Pacific)(9:00-10:00 Mtn)(10:00-11:00 Central)(11:00-12:00 Eastern )
***Session 2 Grades 3-5: 8:15-9:15 Alaska Time (9:15-10:15 Pacific)(10:15-11:15 Mtn)(11:15-12:15 Central)(12:15-1:15 Eastern)
***Session 3 Grades 3-5: 9:30-10:30 Alaska Time (10:30-11:30 Pacific)(11:30-12:30 Mtn)(12:30-1:30 Central)(1:30-2:30 Eastern)
***Session 4: Grades 6-12: 10:45-11:45 Alaska Time (11:45-12:45 Pacific)(12:45-1:45 Mtn)(1:45-2:45 Central)(2:45-3:45 Eastern)

Grades: 1-12
Standards: NCTM Math Standards 5-12: Data Analysis and Probability
***Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer.
***Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data.
NPH-H.K-4.6, NPH-H.5-8.6: Setting goals for good health
***Predict outcomes of positive health decisions.
***Apply strategies and skills needed to attain personal health goals.
Registration: Go to http://www.kigluaitadventures.com/adoptdog
For more information: Contact Us
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The goal of this special event is to allow students a closer connection to the dogs in our kennel by having classrooms adopt a dog in the kennel that they will examine their base maintenance level during the videoconference. Afterwards students can compare and analyze data throughout the year on the health of their adopted sled dog, through a variety of content area activities, provided free to the participating classroom.

For more information go to http://www.kigluaitadventures.com/adoptdog or to register go to http://www.kigluaitadventures.com/specialeventsreg 

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**Multi-Point Meet a Musher**
Join us for this Multi-Point Special Event to interview and investigate the life of a musher, and help us welcome our new 13 year old Junior Iditarod Musher. This special Mutli-point will investigate life as a musher from a variety of perspectives, while helping kids to understand the concept of goal setting and character building. This program is a great complement to curriculums that include Call of the Wild, Togo, Balto, The Great Serum Run, Winter Dance, and Storm Run.

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Cost: $100 for grades 3-12 $75 for Grades 1-2
Time: October 7th, 2010
***Session 1 Grades k-2: 7:00-8:00 Alaska Time (8:00-9:00 Pacific)(9:00-10:00 Mtn)(10:00-11:00Central)(11:00-12:00 Eastern)
***Session 2 Grades 3-5: 8:15-9:15 Alaska Time (9:15-10:15 Pacific)(10:15-11:15 Mtn)(11:15-12:15 Central)(12:15-1:15 Eastern)
***Session 3 Grades 3-5: 9:30-10:30 Alaska Time (10:30-11:30 Pacific)(11:30-12:30 Mtn)(12:30-1:30 Central)(1:30-2:30 Eastern)
***Session 4: Grades 6-12: 10:45-11:45 Alaska Time (11:45-12:45 Pacific)(12:45-1:45 Mtn)(1:45-2:45 Central)(2:45-3:45 Eastern)
Grades: 1-12
Standards:
NPH-H.K-4.3 REDUCING HEALTH RISK
NPH-H.5-8.1 and 9-12.4 Health promotion and Disease Prevention
*analyze how environment and personal health are interrelated.
*Analyze how the environment influences the health of the community.

Registration: Go to http://www.kigluaitadventures.com/multipointmonthreg
For more information: Contact Us
 

Gold Fever is a great way to kick off your school year. Often at the beginning of the year, teachers are setting up their classrooms and getting students comfortable in their new community. Well that is exactly what this program is all about! How to set-up a community so everyone gets along and works together to accomplish a goal.

Gold Fever sets students in the time period of the Yukon/ Klondike Goldrush, in which people from all over the world traveled to Alaska to find their fortune in Gold. As a result, diverse communities began to form and they had to have some way to work out disagreements. Thus arise the Miner's Meeting. Miner's Meetings were usually called by a miner that had a disagreement or issue with another person in the community. During the meeting both miners were given a chance to make statements and the rest of the persons in the meeting were able to ask questions and then pass a judgement. 

During Gold Fever, students will travel with a miner and his pack dogs to a mining camp in order to  simulate a Miner's Meeting to determine if the miner has legally jumped a claim or illegally jumped a claim based on facts provided.

Students will use basic logic and algebra skills to examine the gold claim and provide a judging, only after they have worked together with other classes to agree on "rules" or a "code" to judge by. Following the program, students and teachers are encouraged to create their own classroom community codes and share them in our online Social network, as well as processes for resolving conflicts in the classroom.

Students will get a nice math refresher, as well as a fun way to help set-up their classroom community. 

 December and January are some of the darkest months of the year in Alaska, but don't despair!

All that means is we get more of an opportunity to see Northern Lights in the endless night skies!

So this month, Kigluait brings to you a special event about Northern Lights: Dark Night's, Northern Lights.

We will explore what causes northern lights by examining the literature and art that has been inspired by them- not to mention the science!

The program itself will feature an honored and respected Talkeetna artist, whom will show us how to paint the Northern Lights, while learning about their scientific origin.

This months special event will only have 12 slots available, and will not be offered of any other time! So register early!