Encourage creativity and spatial reasoning with building, making, and crafting-based activities. Check out this Newsela Text Set for more about the Maker Mindset! Here are some tips, resources, and ideas for helping students exercise their Maker Muscles during this break!
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Build a Confetti Popper - Potential + Kinetic energy = explosive fun!
Design Challenge - All about energy, the transfer of energy, and collisions.
Build a Solar Oven - Big Activity for physical science, check out the Resources to see how it works!
Magic Milk - Create fabulous colors using chemical reactions all from your kitchen!
Inspire students to get active, stay healthy, and spend some time away from their screens with these activity ideas and resource recommendations.