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When I was on the site last night there was a section right next to the video that was an experiment that went along with the video and they are no longer there. Does anyone know where to get them now? The videos are great and I wanted to use the experiments in class this coming week but they are now gone:(

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Permalink Reply by Mary Henton on February 8, 2010 at 10:03am: Hi, Kristy,
I set a message to the Support folks at NBCLearn to see if we can get an answer. Will let you know as soon as I hear anything.
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Permalink Reply by Mary Henton on February 8, 2010 at 10:39am: The folks at NBCLearn were very prompt in responding to the question about the experiments. Apparently here were problems with the appearance in the video player. The activities can be located at the NBC News Archives on Demand site, www.archives.nbclearn.com. Once on that page, select "Special Collections" from the left-hand menu. That will take you to the list of videos and activities. You'll see a "print" option on the bottom of the window of the activity.

There are also links on the back of every video to lesson plans and activities created by NBCLearn's partner, lessonopoly.org.

Lesson plans can also be found at the lessonopoly site at http://lessonopoly.org/svef/?q=node/9086

Hope this helps!

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Permalink Reply by Kim Lightle on February 9, 2010 at 9:04am: Just saw a free webinar on Learn Central about the NBCLearn resources - it will be Wednesday 2/10 at 7:30pm EST/4:30pm Pacific Time (US) / 12:30am (next day) GMT/UTC (international times): "Olympics Science: Online Resources for the Classroom from NBC Learn." On February 12th, the torch will light over Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Join the Learning Games Network's Alex Chisholm and special guest Norman Cohen, producer at NBC Learn, to bring the science of the Winter Olympics home to your classroom. LearnCentral Link: http://www.learncentral.org/event/52678; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kristy Templar on February 9, 2010 at 6:23pm: I found the lessonopoly site and used their information. I looked through all 33 student activities and created 8 of my own to use with my students this week. They love it!!! Thanks for the help:)

Mary Henton said:
The folks at NBCLearn were very prompt in responding to the question about the experiments. Apparently here were problems with the appearance in the video player. The activities can be located at the NBC News Archives on Demand site, www.archives.nbclearn.com. Once on that page, select "Special Collections" from the left-hand menu. That will take you to the list of videos and activities. You'll see a "print" option on the bottom of the window of the activity.

There are also links on the back of every video to lesson plans and activities created by NBCLearn's partner, lessonopoly.org.

Lesson plans can also be found at the lessonopoly site at http://lessonopoly.org/svef/?q=node/9086

Hope this helps!

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Permalink Reply by Mary Henton on February 10, 2010 at 12:26pm: Would you be willing to share the activities you developed here on MSP2? Files can be uploaded here on this forum page. Perhaps others would be willing to share how they are taking advantage of the Olympics to stimulate or support learning as well.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kim Lightle on February 11, 2010 at 10:11am: Hi all - I get the daily lesson plan from the NYT - yesterday's was all about the physics of the Olympics - looks really good.; ▶ Reply to This