Invite SLCC to your School
Know Better Heroes
- SLCC Athletic Department
- Days/Semesters Offered: Fall/Spring
- Level: K-6
- Group Max: 800 students
- Fee: None
Student Athletes from Salt Lake Community College’s seven sports visit schools throughout the fall and spring semesters as part of the Know Greater Heroes program. The athletes lead students through a high-energy, action-packed educational elementary school assembly where they sing, dance with the audience and perform skits to teach and emphasize:
- the language of leaders
- moving their bodies through dance, exercise and sports feels good
- anything is possible if they are committed
- drugs are a trap – they must stay far away
Classroom or Assembly Guest Presenters
- School of Health Sciences
- Days/Semesters Offered: Upon Request
- Level: K-6
- Fee: None
General information about our nine health science programs, including length of schooling, pay, number of students accepted, job description, etc.
Appropriate for career week presentations in classrooms and grade-level assemblies.
Beloved Community Program
- School of Arts, Communication and Media
- Days/Semesters Offered: Fall (Class Instruction); Spring (Exhibit)
- Level: 6-8
- Fee: None
To honor and apply Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision for societies that embrace cooperation, unity, and connection, the Beloved Community Program encourages photography by local students that showcases their own cherished neighborhoods. This program provides students access to cameras and instruction on how to use them by SLCC photography faculty and students. After participating in classroom activities that explore Dr. King's legacy, led by a faculty member from the SLCC English department, the students take photos that highlight their own "beloved” connections with their communities, which are displayed in a public gallery exhibit each February in the Eccles Art Gallery at SLCC's South City Campus. More information can be found at slcc.edu/beloved.
Program involves a 1 to 1.5 hour visit to participating class, with subsequent follow up in coordination with participating teacher.
College Knowledge 101 for Students
- Early Outreach / Community Engagement Team
- Days/Semesters Offered: Upon Request
- Level: K-6
- Fee: None
The College Knowlege 101 presentations at the elementary level provide foundational knowledge for students to help empower and equip them to pursue a successful future. This requires an understanding of essential skills necessary for success in both school and workplace, an awareness of why people work and how that is connected to school, and introduction to the idea of college, an exploration of career choices and the role money plays in achieving both short and long-term goals. The presentations are divided into K-3 and 4-6 grade levels and include active, hands-on work with concrete materials, authentic tasks and appropriate technologies. There are up to six modules for each of the two levels that can stand alone or build on each other. Individual module information available upon request.
Appropriate for individual classrooms and grade-level assemblies.
College Knowledge 101 for Parents
- Early Outreach / Community Engagement Team
- Days/Semesters Offered: Upon Request
- Level: K-6
- Fee: None
The College Knowlege 101 presentations for elementary school parents addresses the realities of summer learning loss, common misconceptions about college, importance of foundational soft skills, and provides tips to help integrate college and career topics into everyday conversations with their students. There are up to six modules that can stand alone or build on each other. Individual module information available upon request.
Appropriate for PTA meetings, Community Council meetings, Family Engagement Center presentations, Staff Meetings, Parent Nights.
Culinary Institute Presentation
- Gail Miller School of Business
- Days/Semesters Offered: Upon Request
- Level: K-6
- Fee: Determined by Activity
A member of the Culinary Insititute will discuss the program and opportunities in the culinary industry.
Appropriate for presentations in classrooms and grade-level assemblies, including career week.
Portable Planetarium Astronomy Instruction
- School of Science, Math and Engineering
- Days/Semesters Offered: Upon Request/Limited Availability
- Level: K-3
- Fee: $40 / hour
Bring the Universe to your students with SLCC's inflatable portable planetarium. Explore the cosmos with live interactive planetarium shows. The inflatable dome requires 16 feet by 16 feet of open floor space and an 11-foot ceiling for clearance. Carpeted areas are preferred.
Appropriate for classroom presentations with a max space for 40 children or 25 adults.
Clouds, Thunderstorms, Tornados – Oh My!
- School of Science, Math and Engineering
- Days/Semesters Offered: Upon Request
- Level: K-3
- Fee: None
Explore how clouds form and create one in the classroom in a fishtank using dry ice and water. Identify the four major cloud types and learn the cloud dance. Discover how thunderstorms create tornadoes and witness tornado formation from wind shear and updrafts in the Tornado Machine.
Activities:
- Cloud Formation - Fish Tank Cloud Demo
- Types of Clouds - Cloud Dance & Cloud Worksheet
- Thunderstorms & Tornadoes - Tornado Machine
Appropriate for 1-2 classrooms of students per presentation. May be modified for larger groups.
What Makes the Wind Blow?
- School of Science, Math and Engineering
- Days/Semesters Offered: Upon Request
- Level: K-3
- Fee: None
Explore what temperature is and how the sun and Earth's orbit create temperature differences. Identify the differences between high and low pressure and the forces they cause. Demonstrate how differences in pressure create wind.
Activities:
- Understanding Temperature - Temperature Dance
- Temperature Differences - "Sunlight" and Temperature Experiment
- High and Low Pressure - Egg in a Bottle Demo
- Creating Wind - Balloon Demo
Appropriate for 1-2 classrooms of students per presentation. May be modified for larger groups.
Meteorological Measurements & Weather Maps
- School of Science, Math and Engineering
- Days/Semesters Offered: Upon Request
- Level: 4-6
- Fee: None
Explore the key meteorological measurements that are depicted on weather maps. Analyze meteorological data to create a weather map and identify variations in temperature and pressure and their impact on weather. Practice taking meteorological measurements and identifying variations on small scales.
Activities:
- Identify Meteorological Variables - Weather Observation Brainstorm
- Data Analysis - Weather Map Contouring
- Meteorological Measurement - Handheld Weather Meters
Appropriate for 1-2 classrooms of students per presentation. May be modified for larger groups.