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L'il Maestros
L'il Maestros
L'il Maestros online music classes -Older kids who want to use their time at home to learn to play an instrument can take advantage of Ausounds L'il Maestros online music classes. The five week sessions are totally free, and teach guitar, piano, percussion, music theory, improvisation, and more. The classes also feature special appearances by famous musicians as well as industry experts. Click here to view the live virtual lessons air every weekday at 2 p.m.
Idea Tank For Kids
Idea Tank For Kids
Illinois kids age 8-13 are invited to create a video of their idea and submit their pitch to www.IdeaTankForKids.com.
Grand prize is $1,000! Deadline to apply is May 25, 2020. Finalists will pitch their idea on Zoom to a panel of judges on June 5, 2020.
Camp Wonderopolis
Camp Wonderopolis
Camp Wonderopolis® is the free online summer-learning destination that's full of fun, interactive STEM and literacy-building topics boosted by Maker experiments!
Science By Grade Level
Science By Grade Level
Engineering
Engineering
Hands On Projects and Challenges
Hands On Projects and Challenges
Use items you would throw away or recycle and make something new/useful.
Name your product, set a price and create a slogan.
Pour a rainbow in a jar while learning about molecules and density
Decorate your driveway & sidewalk with sidewalk chalk.
Show us how YOU make the BEST sandwich in a Flipgrid video .
What ingredients do you use?
Describe each step.
Do you toast your bread?
How do you you cut the bread?
This mobile of feathery clouds will twist and turn in a gentle breeze.
It even includes rain clouds with sparkling showers!
With this activity, learn to make a cool and tasty version of the ocean ecosystem at home!
Make a paper replica of the Apollo capsule ("Command Module") that flies as a free flying drogue or attached to a kite as a tail.
Watch how the water cycle works and learn about evaporation, condensation and precipitation at the same time.
Five Fun Composting Projects for Kids
If you're looking for a fun activity to do outdoors, try getting dirty with these five composting ideas!
Draw out your ideal future city.
Make a plan for zoning (residential areas, shopping areas, parks).
What laws would you enact?
What new technology would exist?
Simple science activities that create art.
Build a lunchbox that will keep popsicles cold for at least 30 minutes using the concept of insulation.
Create a complex machine to accomplish a simple task.
Use any materials
Play this game to learn how simple machines could help you.
Watch Sarah Aronson read her picture book, Just Like Rube Goldberg.
Show us your Rube Goldberg machine in action on this Flipgrid.
Create a cozy fort inside your house that is big enough to read in.
Ask your parents for permission before beginning, and remember that you will also need to clean up your fort when you are done!
Watch a video to learn tips for making a sheet fort or a pillow fort.
Give us a tour of your fort on Flipgrid .
Goodnight Peep Dioramma from Pink and Green Mama
Re-purpose a shoebox to create a diorama of your choice.
Create a scene from a book or movie, a habitat for animals, your dream room, a scene using Peeps, your dream vacation, or whatever you think would be fun!
Use any materials you have available to you at home.
Show us your finished product in this Flipgrid.
Use your creativity to create something out of a cardboard box.
Decorate your box using markers, paper, duct tape or other supplies.
Ask an adult for help with any cutting or gluing.
Post on video on this Flipgrid explaining what you created with your Not-A-Box.
Watch the origami tulip video, the kawaii corner bookmark video, or another paper folding video from Red Ted Art and follow the steps to fold your creation.
Be patient, it's harder than it looks! You might need to play the video more than once, and pause it while you do each step.
Create your own claymate.
Listen to the Claymates song!
Introduce us to your claymate with a flipgrid video.
Oobleck is a non-newtonian fluid made from cornstarch and water that is super fun to play with!
This is a classic egg drop challenge, with some optional modifications and extensions.
Students will design and build a device to protect an egg from cracking when dropped from a predetermined height.
Animals
Animals
Watch baby chicks hatch right before your eyes!
Explore Wildeverse, a NEW free mobile game that transforms your home into the jungle with Augmented Reality.
Find out what it takes to be a wildlife scientist as you track real apes living in the wild in the rainforests of Borneo and the Congo.
Animal Tails: Ivan the remarkable true story of the shopping mall gorilla
Watch the storybook reading and complete the hands-on and engaging activity as you compare your own features to that of a gorilla.
Other Great Activities
Other Great Activities
Pull out those Legos and put your imagination to work.
Pick a challenge from the calendar to complete.
Use Legos to create an artistic mural.
Combine Lego Base Plates together to form a "Lego Wall."
Decorate your Lego Wall to create a Lego picture or "mural."
School-age kids can learn the ins and outs of measuring and reading recipes and try their hand at making French toast for free thanks to America's Test Kitchen weekly program.
Watch the video to learn how to play the original version.
If you don't have 10 dice for TENzi, you can use 5 dice for FIVEzi or similar.
Visit the tenzi website to learn about other tenzi versions.
Create your own tenzi version!
Demonstrate your new version of tenzi on this Flipgrid.
Local Baker offering virtual cooking classes!
Lessons developed by the National Science Teaching Association to help kids experiment and learn about farming, how plants grow, and how farming is integral in today's society.
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