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Packet of Educational Links and Creative Activities
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Explore Art
Explore Art
Visit Google Arts and Culture for a look inside museums around the world.
Main Home Site: https://artsandculture.google.com
Explore a global access to art and cultural sites around the world including museums, national parks and virtual tours. Dive into curated collections based on an array of themes.
The Museu de Arte de São Paulo is Brazil’s first modern museum
Today, MASP’s collection contains more than 8.000 works, including paintings, sculptures, objects, photographs, and costumes from a wide range of periods, encompassing art from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Besides the permanent exhibition of its collection, MASP organizes a comprehensive program of temporary exhibitions, courses, and talks, as well as musical, dance, and theater presentations.
its striking architectural design by Lina Bo Bardi has made it a landmark of 20th-century architecture.
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/masp?hl=en
Virtual tours of museums: (use the yellow person icon to the left of the page for a walk-thru):
The Louvre
Formerly a royal palace, the Louvre has embraced the history of France for eight centuries. Intended as a universal museum since its inception in 1793, its collections—among the finest in the world—span several thousands of years and a territory that extends from America to the confines of Asia.
https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
Photographs of art collections:
https://www.louvre.fr/en/selections?page=1
Create
Create
Wind Chime
Find what you can at home to design a wind chime.
Wind Chime Ideas
Wind Chime Ideas
Possible materials:
Recyclables – plastic/glass bottles, paper cups and bottle caps
Nature - Stones, sticks and found objects
At home - Rubber bands, string, paint
Get creative and see what you can reuse
Drums, Guïro and Shaker – All in One
Drums, Guïro and Shaker – All in One
Fill a clean can with rice or lentils, stretch a balloon over the top and secure with an elastic band.
Ideas for materials: paper, plastic, rubberbands, string, can, rice
Quaran.tv is curated daily and hourly creative and artistic video content from Baltimorians.
Quaran.tv is curated daily and hourly creative and artistic video content from Baltimorians.
Follow them on Instagram at @quaran.tv for daily schedules
Follow them on Instagram at @quaran.tv for daily schedules
Online Learning
Online Learning
Girls Who Code at Home
Girls Who Code is making CS educational activities available for download free of charge, to anyone who wants to access them.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy offers learning schedules that are self-paced, interactive content--exercises, videos and articles--for students in every grade and in most major subject areas. Comes in multiple languages.
Free Bilingual Learning: Encantos
A learning hub for children that shares learning videos and downloadable resources on a daily bases in English and Spanish. A team of artists and educators created entertaining learning videos that build on bi-lingual language skills as well as geography and cultures around the globe.
Link here: Encantos
Nature
Nature
Take a walk around your neighborhood or go to a city park
Safe things to do outside: please keep a distance from others if you encounter people in the park with you.
Search for a park near you: Use this map of Baltimore City green spaces to choose a park: https://bcrp.baltimorecity.gov/sites/default/files/ProgramGuidePoster2018.pdf
Appreciate the Land
Be present and use your senses to hear birds, notice the plants growing in the sidewalk cracks or in the park.
Take a moment to observe and draw from life the plants you see
Look for and identify plants in your local or nearby nieghborhood, street, park.
Here is information on common native plants found in Baltimore City:
Weeds are tough and resourceful, and in some cases they are beneficial to the local ecosystem. These plants hold down eroding soil, remove heavy metals, and/or provide greater soil fertility and organic matter. They grow in niches where more delicate plants cannot.
Dandelion is a plant with yellow flowers. Taraxacum officinale is the most common variety of this plant, and it grows in many parts of the world. Botanists consider dandelions to be herbs. People use the leaves, stem, flower, and root of the dandelion for medicinal purposes. Dandelion are full of antioxidants. It provides minerals like iron, calcium, magnesium and potassium. Dandelion boosts immune system, kills cancer cells and supports digestion.
Chickweed is an abundant wild edible. It's used for salad green and is a traditional spring tonic. It is very nutritious, being high in chlorophyll, vitamins A & C, and minerals such as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and potassium. Chickweed has health properties to help support the liver and the whole lymphatic system. Traditionally it is used to remove metabolic wastes and excess fats from the body.
Yellow dock loves roadsides, pastures, fields, and other disturbed areas. The leaves and roots of this plant support health digestion and have high levels of iron.
Cleavers are an annual plant that creeps along with straggling stems that branch out. They attach themselves to anything in their way with small hooked hairs that grow out of the leaves and stems. They also grow near crops, orchards, waste areas, disturbed areas, pastures, open woodlands and in gardens. Cleavers have historically been known as a medicinal plant although it is food too. The leaves and stems can be used as leaf vegetable although it is very sticky so it will not blend well in a salad. It can be used on bread in sandwiches and sautéed. Fruits of the cleavers can be collected and dried, then roasted for use as a coffee substitute. Leaves and stems can be dried and used for tea.
Clovers Grass seedings benefit from the nitrogen produced by white clover included in the seed mixture. Solid stands of white clover form a good erosion control cover on moist fertile soils, but stands may be sparse or spotty on dry sites.
Additional Resources:
Additional Resources:
Educational Sites: All ages, grades, and topics
Meals for kids in Baltimore / Comida para niños
Meals for kids in Baltimore / Comida para niños
Free meals / Comida gratis
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