| Organization |
Related
School Subject Areas |
Description |
| Alice
Peck Day Memorial Hospital-Rehabilitation
Lebanon, NH |
Physical Education;
Health Sciences; Special Education |
Tour the facility.
Learn about physical therapy. View a rehabilitation treatment.
Shadow an occupational or physical therapist. |
| ANSYS,
Inc.
Lebanon, NH |
Math: Calculus;
Science: Physics |
Understand
how Fluent's computational fluid dynamic (CFD) software is used
by engineers to analyze problems involving fluid flow and/or
heat transfer. Learn first hand how the software works by working
through a simple application. |
| AVA
Gallery and Art Center
Lebanon, NH |
Arts |
Tour
behind the scenes at AVA’s teaching studio and art galleries.
See what resources are available for integrating arts into other
curricula. Engage in conversation about community arts programming.
Questions are welcome. |
Britton
Lumber Company, Inc.
Fairlee,
VT |
Communication,
Math, Computer Skills, Voc. Ed., Industrial Arts. |
Tour
the company’s wholesale building materials distribution
and lumber manufacturing operations. The wholesale operation
includes warehousing facilities and sales and back office operations.
The manufacturing tour includes our sawmill, dry kilns, wood fired
boiler, planermill and maintenance facilities. |
| City
of Lebanon
Lebanon, NH |
Social
Studies; Civics; Government; Geography;
Computer Science/technology; Math; History; Earth Science. |
Visit the City Planning
Office. Learn about city planning, resource conservation, historic
preservation; learn about how development plans are reviewed by
the city staff and the Planning Board; see a demonstration of
GIS (geographic information system). |
| City
of Lebanon
Lebanon, NH
|
Social Studies:
Civics; Science: Earth Science, Chemistry |
Visit
the Wastewater Treatment Plant and see the processes and equipment
used to remove pollutants from the wastewater before it is discharged
to the Connecticut River. Learn about the Wastewater Treatment
Plant’s role in protecting the environment. |
| City
of Lebanon
Lebanon, NH
|
Social Studies:
Civics; Science: Earth Science, Chemistry |
Visit
the water treatment plant. See what the city removes from drinking
water before it is piped into homes. |
| Co-op
Food Stores
(A-Publishing) |
English: Communication,
Writing; Media: Publication |
Tour the
Co-op's Publishing Dept. Learn what goes into the production
of the bimonthly newsletter, the store's website, and other
materials. |
| Co-op
Food Stores
(B-Dietician) |
Language
Arts; Health; Living Arts; Consumer Education; Nutrition; Health
Sciences; Research |
Dietician:
Spend time with a registered dietitian working in a retail setting.
Learn how she uses speaking, writing, critical thinking, and
research skills to answer consumer questions and provide trustworthy
information on nutrition and food issues. Emphasis will be on
research techniques, critical evaluation, and use of the scientific
process to assess the validity of information available, especially
on the internet. |
| Co-op
Food Stores
(C-Cooking) |
Living Arts: Cooking
|
Participate in
a hands-on cooking demonstration.
|
| Co-op
Food Stores
(D-Power Point) |
Classroom
Presentations, Communication |
Learn about PowerPoint.
View a demonstration of what goes into preparing a PowerPoint
presentation. |
| Co-op
Food Stores
(E-Graphic Design) |
Arts: Graphic
Design |
Participate in
a hands-on demonstration of graphic design in the production
of brochures, posters, display materials and handouts using
Photoshop, PowerPoint and PageMaker. |
| Dartmouth
College Dining Services
Hanover, NH |
Special
Education; Communications; Language Arts; Culinary Arts; Nutrition;
Health Sciences |
Find
out what goes on behind the scenes as Dartmouth Dining Services
prepares and serves a variety of meals for approximately 5,000
students. Visit their almost waste-free location, discuss menu
options including local and specialty foods, and find out about
local employment opportunities. Learn from two Summer Externs
who worked with Dartmouth Dining Services: these special educators
focused both on ways to prepare their high school students for
employment, and on training dining managers to communicate effectively
with employees who have developmental disabilities. |
| Dartmouth
Printing Company
Hanover, NH |
Arts:
Graphic Arts; Media: Printing, Publication |
Have
you ever wondered how magazines, catalogs, and journals are
printed? Observe the printing process from beginning to end
by following an image through each phase of printing technology.
See information technology working hand-in-hand with manufacturing
technology. |
| DHMC
Media Services
Hanover, NH |
Arts:
Film, Photography; English: Communication, Writing; Media: Videography,
Television |
Tour
the facility and watch the process of creating a video, including
concept development, scripting, videotaping and the editing
process. Get tips on video production in schools. |
| DHMC
Videoconferencing Services
Lebanon, NH |
Technology,
Distance Learning, Foreign Language, Videoconferencing; Media:
Videography, Television |
Learn how DHMC uses technology
to communicate world wide and explore the differences between
distance learning using two-way video, web-based systems and
streaming video. Some hands on work may be included. Discussion
on how services may be accessed by schools. |
| The
Eagle Times
Claremont, NH |
English:
Communication, Writing, Journalism; Media: Publication; Arts:
Graphic Arts and Design; Business: Accounting, Marketing; Technology |
A walk
through of the complete newspaper manufacturing process, beginning
with the daily compilation of news and advertising and ending
with prepress and press operations. |
| FUJIFILM
Dimatix , Inc.
Hanover,
NH |
Math: Algebra,
Geometry, Trigonometry, Calculus, Statistics; Science: Chemistry,
Technology |
Observe engineers,
physicists and chemists building and testing products. See a
"clean room" assembly facility. Learn about high-tech, computerized
component manufacturing. |
Hood
Museum of Art
Hanover,
NH |
Art,
History, Writing, Geography, Music, Literature, Social Studies. |
This
will be a multi-disciplinary exploration of the Hood Museum of
Art's six Assyrian relief sculptures. These panels come from
the palace of King Ashurnasirpal II (883 - 859 B.C.) in what is
now Iraq.
These works lend themselves to the study of many different disciplines,
including history, geography, the Bible, music, literature, the
history of
writing, and social studies. The Hood Museum's Docent Drewry Logan
will
offer insight into how to use these ancient works as a basis for
study in
some of these areas. |
| Hypertherm,
Inc.
Hanover, NH |
Communication;
Foreign Language
Science; Engineering |
Experience
how Hypertherm uses foreign languages extensively in its technical
manuals, marketing materials and other locally produced “collateral”
that supports this local company’s global marketing, sales
and service. Load up with some information to engage students’
interest when they wonder whether it’s worthwhile to learn
one or more foreign languages, because the answers include “Marketable
skills,” “Higher pay,” and “Working
abroad.”
Learn what Hypertherm’s kind of plasma is, what Hypertherm’s
name means, and see how plasma cuts metals cleanly, safely,
and effortlessly. Tour Hypertherm’s world-class research
and manufacturing facility, and get an idea of the wide range
of the company’s products. Headquartered in Hanover, Hypertherm
truly is the world leader in its high-tech niche. |
| Kendal
at Hanover
Hanover, NH |
Math:
Calculus; Science: Computers; Technical and Vocational Education |
See
a demonstration of state-of-the art computer-automated heating/AC/lighting
system during a facility tour. |
| King
Arthur Flour
Norwich, VT |
Consumer
Science: Baking; Business: Marketing |
King Arthur is
a premier baking resource for bakers all over the world. See
how baking products go from an idea to a product finally, ending
up on our shelves. Watch an old world style bakery in action.
Learn how a catalogue company chooses its products, makes them
available to customers, then gets then into the customers hands. |
LaValley's
Building Supply
West Lebanon, NH |
Math,
Communications, Vocational |
Take a tour of LaValley Building
Supply and learn how the skills you teach are put to use in helping
community members through the home repair, maintenance, and customization
of their homes. See the role that math, communications, listening
skills, and problem solving play in the modern home center. You
will also discover what is necessary to design floor plans, trusses,
floor systems, kitchens, stairways, and other areas of the home. |
| Ledyard
National Bank
Hanover, NH |
Math,
Communication |
Observe customer
service interaction by tellers behind the teller windows. Skills
displayed in this job include math, professional customer service
behaviors needed for interacting with customers. |
M2S,
Inc.
West Lebanon, NH |
Math; Science: Anatomy |
M2S
provides 3D modeling, measurement, and patient data registry services
for vascular applications (specifically AAA, TAA and Carotid)
to assist with pre-operative strategy, surgery, post-operative
evaluation, and long term surveillance. Visit M2S for a behind-the-scenes
glimpse of how our proprietary modeling software is utilized to
help physicians treat patients with abdominal and thoracic aneurysms.
Learn about our Lebanon College training program--it may be of
interest to your future graduates! |
| Mascoma
Savings Bank
White River Junction, VT |
English:
Communication; Living Arts: Math |
Do you wonder how
ATM cards work? Do you know how checks travel the country to
get paid? What's involved in getting a car loan? Tour our banking
facilities to understand these and more! We will visit a branch
environment, our operations center and our lending operations
area. You will learn what skills it takes to work in a bank
in the 21st century. |
| Mt.
Ascutney Hospital and Health Center
Windsor, VT |
Health,
Math, Physical Education, Science |
Tour a variety
of departments at the hospital to learn how school subjects
are used everyday and what career opportunities await students.
Visit the lab, radiology, respitory therapy, nursing, physical
therapy, emergency medicine and pharmacy. |
| Nassau
Broadcasting
Claremont, NH |
English: Communication;Social
Studies;Music |
Tour the business office,
recording studio, and on-air studio. Observe commercial production,
weather forecast recording, and possibly live broadcast. See
examples of broadcasting equipment. |
| NH
Employment Security
Lebanon, NH |
Job
Searching/Career Exploration; Guidance |
See
a "hands-on" demonstration of technologies available to assist
students in career exploration, including CHOICES, Information
Transfer System, America's Talent Bank and America's Job Bank
, WinWay resume. Learn what resources are available for career
guidance, job searching, and resume writing. |
| Northern
Stage
Wilder, VT |
Arts:
Theater; Social Studies: History; English: Communication, Literature;
Math |
Learn
about the many Educational opportunities while touring Northern
Stage's offices, the theater and production areas. Observe Northern
Stage’s Ensemble, a free professional theatre training
program for young artists ages 8 - 18. Discover ways theater
can be used for more than just entertainment: history, life
skills, literature, research, cultural studies, etc. |
| Pike
Industries
West Lebanon, NH |
Math:
Statistics; Science: Chemistry, Earth Science; English: Communication |
Tour
the excavation site. Meet staff chemists and see them in action.
Learn about communication and building working relationships
between skilled and unskilled workers. |
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
Cornish,
NH |
Art,
History, Social Studies |
Tour
will highlight the work of our sculptor in residence, the work
of rangers who make the cultural landscape of the park accessible
to many different kinds of people, and the work of our curator,
who is an expert in the art of the Gilded Age and how that period
of history, and the people who lived in the Cornish Colony effected
the region and the nation. Rangers will lead visiting teachers
on a tour of the historic home, art, studios and grounds of the
sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. |
Spaulding
Press
Bethel, VT |
Math,
English, Computer Science & Graphic Arts |
Tour
a locally owned and operated print shop. Observe what goes
into a print job from start to finish. Learn how graphic
design choices impact the finished print product. Additional
questions welcomed. |
| Stryker
Biotech
West Lebanon, NH |
Biology,
Chemistry, Engineering, Math, Business and Information Systems |
Tour
a state-of-the-art biotech manufacturing facility. Tour the microbiology
and the process development labs. View the regulated environment
of the manufacturing operations. www.stryker.com |
|
Sweet
Spot Digital
South
Pomfret, VT
|
Arts,
Music |
Tour
a studio that provides a variety of music composition and audio/visual
engineering services. See the software used for different types
of projects, and see some examples of finished projects. Talk
about the various industries and sub-industries that use these
services, the skills required to work in these industries and
the schools that offer education in these areas. |
| Synergy,
Inc./Simbex
Lebanon, NH |
Science:
Biomedics, Physics, Technology; Math: Geometry, Calculus, Physical
Ed.: Sports Safety |
Visit
the lab and see examples of the high tech innovation process
for prevention of trauma, rehabilitation, mobility aids, compact
power sources and more. Observe new technology in the developmental
stage, i. e. an in-bed exerciser, smart variable geometry socket,
head sensors in a helmet for sports injury prevention. Also
learn about materials processing and minature engines. |
| Tally
Systems
(International Sales)
Lebanon,
NH |
Foreign
Languages; Communication, Translation. |
Visit
the international sales department. See how foreign language
skills are used in overseas sales and marketing efforts. Learnabout
translation as it relates to English-based software used in
foreign markets. |
| Tally
Systems
(Publication)
Lebanon,
NH |
English:
Communication, Writing. |
Visit
the publications department and learn about PR activities and
communications. Meet a technical writer and learn what is involved
in writing software documentation and manuals.
|
| Tally
Systems
(Marketing)
Lebanon,
NH |
Classroom
Presentations; English: Communication |
Visit
the marketing department. See a demonstration of PowerPoint
as it is used in sales and marketing presentations. |
Tele
Atlas North America, Inc.
Lebanon, NH |
Social Studies:
Geography; Science; Math |
Tour
Tele Atlas to see how a nationwide street database is maintained
for business applications and www-mappers. Participate in a
Global Positioning System (GPS) demo ("scavenger hunt")
, weather permitting. Learn about TeleAtlas' recent GPS/GIS
projects at local schools. Brainstorming session and Q&A
on application of TeleAtlas subjects in teachers' curricula. |
| Timken
Aerospace, Lebanon NH |
Math;
Science; Engineering |
Known
for consistent performance and backed by stringent quality standards,
Timken aerospace products are found in aircraft engines, gearboxes,
helicopter transmissions, auxiliary power units, landing wheels,
airframes and instrumentation. Visit the manufacturing facility
to learn more about the comprehensive line of aerospace quality
bearings, along with a select range of turbine engine components
and maintenance and repair operations (MRO) services. Interact
with manufacturing Engineers to see how Science and Mathematics
are used in todays precision manufacturing environment.
|
| United
Developmental Services
Lebanon, NH |
Special
Education |
Tour
the facility and learn about the work done at UDS. Visit a group
home, meet with residents and a nurse. See what adaptations
can be made for individuals with special needs and how individuals
who formerly would have been confined to institutional living
can enjoy their community and still receive the supports they
need. Learn about the Americans with Disabilities Act and how
it affect individuals. |
Upper
Valley Radio
Lebanon, NH |
English: Communication;Social
Studies;Music |
Observe broadcasting
and how music is received through the Internet. Learn how DJ's
use their solid knowledge base of English , geography, current
events, and social and political issues on the air. See the
technology involved in advertising production. |
US
Army CRREL
Hanover,
NH |
Math;
Science: Chemistry; Engineering |
Tour
the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory and learn
how the Army Corps of Engineers supports the military and civil
works programs in the world's coldest regions. Bring a sweater,
it could be a chilling experience! |
Valley
News
West
Lebanon, NH |
English: Communication,
Writing, Journalism; Media: Publication; Arts: Graphic Arts and
Design; Business: Accounting, Marketing; Technology |
Tour the different departments
within the paper: Visit the prodcution area and see how the paper
is put together. Visit the news room and see how information is
received. See the business aspect of the paper: circulation, advertising,
etc. |
| Vermont
Institute of Natural Science
Quechee, VT |
Science |
Tour
the new VINS Nature Center - live raptor exhibits, nature trails,
classroom, and see the amazing "Predators of the Sky"
program. Learn about all the educational opportunities and programs
that this center has to offer. |
Yankee
Barn Homes
Grantham, NH |
Math,
Computer Tech (CAD) |
Visit
Yankee Barn Homes to see how we turn a customers dream home into
a reality. Our designers and drafters use technology such as cadworks,
builders cad, and autocad to produce house plans. Your visit will
include a tour of our production floor, sawmill, and timber frame
shop. |
