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Maker Challenge:
Document your time of remote learning
Maker Challenge:
Document your time of remote learning
This week I challenge you to create something to document your time of remote learning. This can be a poem, video, Lego creation, cardboard creation or maybe even a skit. Happy making!
Share a picture of your adventure or creation using #rcsmakers or email it to us so we can showcase it in our maker gallery
Maker Challenge:
Nature Walk
Maker Challenge:
Nature Walk
This week I challenge you to go on a nature walk, document what you see, and then make some art from nature. Happy making!
Share a picture of your adventure or creation using #rcsmakers or email it to us so we can showcase it in our maker gallery
Maker Challenge:
Design your own board game
Maker Challenge:
Design your own board game
During the polio epidemic in the late 1940s, Eleanor Abbott, a retired school teacher, created the board game Candy Land. Designed to bring comfort and entertainment to young boys and girls impacted by the epidemic, her game is still beloved by children to this day. What new board game can you invent?
To learn more about Ms. Abbott and the history of Candy Land, visit https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/candy-land/
Share a picture of your creation using #rcsmakers or email it to us so we can showcase it in our maker gallery
Maker Challenge:
Create using old textiles
Maker Challenge:
Create using old textiles
Use any old textiles (old tshirts, ripped jeans, or pieces of fabric) you have around your house and repurpose them into something creative and new
We’re excited to see your creativity.
Share a picture of your creation using #rcsmakers or email it to us so we can showcase it in our maker gallery
Learn about the Ancient Hawaiian practice of kapa- creating beautiful textiles from tree bark.
Maker Challenge:
Build your own robot
Maker Challenge:
Build your own robot
In honor of May the Fourth, we are sharing a Star Wars inspired Maker Challenge. This week we challenge you to create your own robot.
Here are some questions to think about:
What will your robot do?
Will your robot have a name?
What colors will make your robot memorable?
Will your robot be from another world or galaxy?
Use any materials you have around your house. We’re excited to see your creativity.
Share a picture of your creation using #rcsmakers or email it to us so we can showcase it in our maker gallery
MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU!
Maker Challenge:
Build a fort and then read a book in it
Maker Challenge:
Build a fort and then read a book in it
Share a picture of your fort and let us know what you are reading using #rcsmakers or email it to us so we can showcase it in our maker gallery
You can access hundreds or ebooks and audiobooks in the RCS Digital Library. Reach out to your media specialist if you need help accessing your account.
Maker Challenge:
Part 1: Go on a virtual expedition
Part 2: Choose a scene, landmark, animal, or object that truly caught your eye and recreate it
Maker Challenge:
Part 1: Go on a virtual expedition
Part 2: Choose a scene, landmark, animal, or object that truly caught your eye and recreate it
You can use Tinkercad to make a 3D model, recreate using cardboard, lego, or playdoh. You can draw with pencil and paper. Or recreate it with any other materials you have around your house. Share a picture of your creation using #rcsmakers or email it to us so we can showcase it in our maker gallery
Explore the Virtual Expeditions below or locate one on your own. Happy exploring and making!
Maker Challenge: Build an upcycled music instrument
Maker Challenge: Build an upcycled music instrument
Use any materials around your home to create a new musical instrument. Share a picture of your creation using #rcsmakers or email it to us so we can showcase it in our maker gallery
Bonus challenge? Create a video of you playing your instrument and let us know what inspired you to make it, then share it out so we can all see
Check out these Great Big Story videos about innovative ways to make music
Explore the Chrome Music Lab to explore fun, hands-on experiments with sound
Maker Challenge: Invent a new sport
Maker Challenge: Invent a new sport
Use any materials around your home to help create your new sport. Share a picture of your creation using #rcsmakers or email it to us so we can showcase it in our maker gallery
Bonus challenge? Create a video of you playing your sport and explaining the rules, then share it out so we can all see
Check out these Great Big Story videos about sports around the world you might not know about.
Maker Challenge: Design your own theme park
Maker Challenge: Design your own theme park
Use any materials from your home to construct a model of your theme park. Share a picture of your creation using #rcsmakers or email it to us so we can showcase it in our maker gallery
Bonus challenge? Look at your theme park design and ask yourself:
How can I make my design more accessible for all?
How can I re-imagine my rides and overall park layout so that everyone--no matter age or ability--can feel included?
Inspiration and ways to learn more:
Inspiration and ways to learn more:
In this Khan Academy course, go behind the scenes with Disney Imagineers and learn how artists, designers and engineers work together to create theme parks.
Maker Challenge: Build a model of your dream house
Maker Challenge: Build a model of your dream house
Use any materials from your home to construct a model of your house. Share a picture of your creation using #rcsmakers or email it to us so we can showcase it in our maker gallery
Want more of a challenge? Set your build time to 30 minutes or less and see what you create.
Check out these Great Big Story videos for some maker inspiration!
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