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Dear Third Grade GTD students,
Thank you for visiting this site! I hope you're able to find some fun, challenging opportunities to engage in. Please remember to share any responses that you'd like me to include on our Student Gallery page.
If you have any questions, or just want to touch base, email me at beth.wakefield@district196.org.
<3 Ms. Wakefield
ENGINEERING FOR FUN!
Explore the endless videos to watch and activities to try at
https://thekidshouldseethis.com
This site should provide you with plenty to keep you busy!
Watch how this young inventor created a seed-launching backpack to grow plants that attract bees and butterflies. What can you invent to help the world?
EXPLORE CREATING NEW WORLDS at Imagineering in a Box - Khan Academy & Disney collaboration, start with this link:
CHECK OUT THESE PUZZLEMENTS FROM IAN BYRD! How can YOU re-imagine how to create art?
Puzzlements from Ian Byrd
Puzzlements from Ian Byrd
From pinecone to pine tree! Three hundred days in under two minutes. Oh, the drama at 0:55!
Doing an a cappella rendition of a song with no words is quite a flex. Here's Pentatonix's version of Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy – which I'd say is the second creepiest Christmas song after Carol of the Bells (and that's the live Trans Siberian Orchestra version – the perfect way to close out the last four minutes before break! Turn it up! 🤘).
Gotta love jingle wrenches, especially the unexpected glissando as he cleans up at the end! (What other objects could we perform with?)
It's a winter classic! What happens when you freeze bubbles? (Annotated with moments to pause, ponder, and talk at Byrdseed.TV!
He's got a new movie out, but why not invite Godzilla into your home for the holidays? (Love the stockings, too!)
Test your skills with these Analogies Puzzles! These are especially great practice for WordMaster Challenge participants. Play the first several levels for free!
https://www.criticalthinking.com/software-demos/thinkanalogy-puzzles-level-1/index.html
Tired of being trapped in your home? Take a field trip to the Empire State Building, The Pyramids, The Louvre, and more!
This link Field Trips for Kids offers 15 Virtual Field Trips to amazing places around the world for kids! Check it out! (Some of my favorite places to visit are here.)
Dear students and parents,
The Dyson Foundation has provided a wide range of Science and Engineering Activities to try at home. Most of these require the help of an adult. Please be sure to share if you've tried these at home! Take a picture or short video and I will post them to our student gallery.
www.jamesdysonfoundation.com/content/dam/pdf/US%20challenge%20cards%20with%20cover.pdf
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