Away We Go!!! Virtual Field Trips for the Classroom

Want to take a field trip but there’s no money in the budget for school field trips?  Virtual field trips are a way that you can take your entire class to places unknown, to visit students from other countries and to make learning more tangible and real to your students.  Virtual field trips are guided field tours through the Internet that provide an organized collection of web pages designed to provide a structured online learning experience.  Various options are available for classes to explore.  Teachers can use videoconferencing and audio conferencing technologies to set up dates for their students to meet and learn from other students in other states and countries. Using free services like Skype and a web cam teachers can set up interviews with authors, scientists and other professionals and take advantage of videoconferencing opportunities established by museums and zoos.  Hundreds of opportunities exist for virtual field trips; here is a brief list that can expand your teaching from the pages of a textbook to the real world. 
            La  Louvre 

Experience a 360 degree panoramic view of many of the museum's valuable attributes.  Tours include Egyptian Antiquities, Remains of the Louvre Moat, and the Galerie d’Apollon. 
Arctic Adventures 

Free to the K-12 community, Arctic Adventures uses exciting Arctic dogsled expeditions and Arctic research to help students understand natural and social sciences in the cultures of the Arctic.
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History   

Students can take a virtual, self guided tour, room by room, of the National Museum of Natural History.  Students can use their own computers or smart phones to follow museum map arrows to see exhibits for a virtual experience that makes them feel as if they are standing right in front of the exhibit.  
White House 
Students can take a virtual tour of the White House by watching inclusive “Inside the White House” videos and tours to the West Wing, East Wing, Residence and South Lawn.  For study on presidents, teachers can use the White House’s slide presentation of the presidents and historical information. 
Outer Space

No virtual field trip is complete without a trip to outer space through NASA’s downloadable field trip.  Students can explore areas on Earth that have been identified as sharing common traits to various Mars regions.  Younger students can take a trip to the Moon. 

How to Renew Your Library Materials

Three ways that you can renew your library materials:

• Renew at either Circulation desks or at a self-check station                                                     

• Renew by phone 317-873-8340 to reach the Circulation desk                 

   ***If you’d like to extend the checkout period for any materials, please call or ask while you’re checking out in person.

• Renew online using  My Account  (You will also need your Library card number or username and your account password)

Hussey-Mayfield Public Library Teacher Card

Hussey-Mayfield Public Library Teacher Card

Features:

1. Borrow a variety of materials for use in your classroom or lesson planning, including youth, young adult and adult books, audiobooks,  music CDs, and DVDs.  There are no restrictions on the types of materials they can borrow. Borrow up to 100 items
2. Request extended loan period: Videos/DVDs: 14 days [usually 7 days], Books: up to 6 weeks [usually 3 weeks.] Extensions may be obtained by calling the Circulation desk, 317-873-8340 or while checking out in person.
3. Place holds on up to 20 items
4. Your library card will give you access to our rich database resources such as:

•   Overdrive(download free AudioBooks and eBooks using your Library card.)
•   Freegal (Download up to 3 free songs per week to your audio device using your Library card!)
•   Rocket Languages (Learn as many as 11 languages using this free, fun interactive program!)
•   NoveList (an electronic fiction readers' advisory database of over 120,000 fiction titles including Author  Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Feature Articles.)

We hope this card will allow you to take advantage of the Library’s rich collection for your students!
Applying for a Teacher Library Card

Who can apply for a Teacher Library Card?

• Teachers, student teachers and paid workers in the classroom not classified as a teacher, who reside outside the Library District, but work in local public and private schools. 
• Teachers in day care centers located inside the Library District.
• Teachers who also reside in the Library District may receive the same benefits of a teacher's card  on materials checked out for classroom use.

How do you get a Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library Card?

When you apply for this card,  be prepared to show their Driver’s License showing your current residence address and proof of school employment, i.e. a paystub or school ID. 

Cards issued to those who do not live in Zionsville will expire 1 year from the issue date or be deleted from the file if the cardholder no longer works in the classroom in the Library District. The card may be renewed if the teacher or classroom assistant is still employed in the position during the subsequent school year.