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Take a break with Heidi

Welcome to Virtual Camp 2020!

I'm so excited you've found your way to this page! Here you'll discover new activities, suggestions, and projects to help make your summer fun and exciting! Each week you can expect to find: a video featuring the activity of the week, a puzzle to attempt, a nature project, and a chance to send in something special you create!

Week 9!

Crawl through an index card!

Find out the trick to making an index card grow to fit over your head!

Get Outside!

Listen up

Whether you've had a busy or relaxing summer, you'd be surprised at how good it feels to stop everything you're doing for a few minutes. What can you hear when you pause to take the time to listen? Go outside and find out. Sit still for 5 minutes (try not to make any noise) and count how many different sounds you can hear. Try putting a scarf over your eyes or just closing them to focus your attention even more. Can you hear a bird singing, the wind in the trees, a plane overhead, cars driving by? Once your time is up, write down or describe all the different sounds you heard in your noticing journal.

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Puzzle Time!

This week we come back to where we started with another word search! Try to find this small sampling of special Dunkley's favorites!

*Note: You'll now find answers to last week's toothpick puzzle's below

Activities & Resources from past weeks

Week 8!

Minute to Win it - Oreo challenge!

Grab an oreo, animal cracker, or whatever small, flat edible snack you can find for this camp favorite!

Keep your eye out for next week's video on how to stick your head through an index card!

Get Outside!

Make a nature sculpture!

See what you can find around the yard or down the street to make your very own nature sculpture (Andy Goldsworthy style!)

Learn more about the British environmental sculptor here and check out this video for a little extra inspiration!

Remember to take a photo to add to your nature journal and send along to me!

Email: Dunkleysstaff@gmail.com

Subject: Attn: Heidi

Also add it to our Summer 2020 Facebook group!

Sculptures in nature by Andy Goldsworthy

Puzzle Time!

This week we have three more toothpick puzzles! (Go back to Week 5 and Week 2 as a warm-up if you'd like :)

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Remove 3 toothpicks to get only 3 triangles

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Remove 2 toothpicks so you're only left with 2 squares

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Move 3 toothpicks to get 9 squares

Answers Below

No peeking until you've tried it!

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Week 7!

Leaning Tower of Pasta

A few of you may recognize this challenge from special sessions at camp. But whether or not you've done it before, it's a great engineering activity to try or try again. See if you can learn from previous attempts and figure out ways to make your tower a little taller each time. Send me pictures of your tower (and let me know its height if you want)!

Email: Dunkleysstaff@gmail.com

Subject: Attn: Heidi

Also add it to our Summer 2020 Facebook group!

Get Outside!

Take your nature journal outside and take a closer look at the world from a new (or not so new) perspective, upside down! Find a wall or a tree to help you balance in a handstand while you can focus on observing the world around you. Describe, or better yet, draw, the landscape just how you've seen it. Send in your pictures!

Email: Dunkleysstaff@gmail.com

Subject: Attn: Heidi

Also add it to our Summer 2020 Facebook group!

Puzzle Time!

Back to boggle! Here's three more game boards filled with words to find. If you've forgotten the rules, scroll down to week 3 to remind yourself.

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Week 6!

No-Mess Magic

Learn how to stick a pencil through a bag full of water without spilling!

Get Outside!

Head outside to collect some treasure!

Take an old egg carton and as you walk around, find one treasure to put in each egg cup. Once your carton is full, bring it inside and use a magnifying glass to take a closer look at a few of your findings. Draw what you see in your nature journal from Week 1.

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Puzzle Time!

This week's puzzle can be combined with your egg-carton treasure box if you'd like. See if you can find an item outside or in your house that starts with each letter of the alphabet. You can put the items in your egg-carton or just take a picture if it's too big.

(Scroll down to Week 5 to see answers for last week's puzzle)

Week 5!

Learn how to start growing your own avocado plant

Get Outside!

Find a nice spot in the grass or on a bench to lie down on your back and look up at the sky for a few minutes. See what color it is today, and what shapes and pictures you can see in the clouds. Set a timer and lie there for at least 3 minutes just looking.

Then, when you're ready, take out your nature journal (from Week 1) and use some colored pencils to draw what you see. If you don't feel like drawing, see if you can capture the sky and clouds in a photograph to print out and tape into your journal.

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Puzzle Time!

This week, we bring you another toothpick challenge! If the first one (Week 2) didn't take you very long, you might find this one a little trickier. If you haven't tried the first one yet, scroll down to Week 2 to check it out!

The challenge this week is to move 3 toothpicks to make 5 squares.

Again, it may be helpful to find some sticks or toothpicks to build your own model to play around with.

Solution

Here's a picture of how it should look when you finish, but if you'd like to know exactly how to get here, email Dunkleysstaff@gmail.com and I'd love to give you some hints

Week 4!

Let's make oobleck!

Mess alert! Make sure you choose a spot that’s easy to clean up (outside is always a good call) and wipe everything up with a sponge or some wet paper towels when you’re finished!

Get Outside!

Self-portrait Outside

Just like a few weeks ago when you had the chance to spell Dunkley's using things you found outside, now try creating a self-portrait!

If you're in the mood for drawing with chalk, that's also a fun way to draw a self-portrait.

Remember to send it in!

Take a picture for your nature journal and then I'd love to see it too!

Email: Dunkleysstaff@gmail.com

Subject: Attn: Heidi

Also add it to our Summer 2020 Facebook group!

Puzzle Time!

Dunkley's Classics Crossword

This week we have a special Dunkley's crossword puzzle for you

Tell your family about your favorite Dunkley's activities while you solve this puzzle!

Week 3!

See how many drops of water fit on a penny

Curious about how the water stays on the penny for so long before it spills off?

The magic that holds the water droplets together so they don't fall off the penny is called surface tension. Learn more about it here!

Get Outside!

Let's design a mandala!

A mandala is a circular design that's symmetrical across any line going through the center. That means each ring of the design will look the same all the way around.

Getting Started

Find a spot outside to be your canvas, it could be in the grass, dirt, or on the driveway.
Gather your materials. Find rocks, acorns, pine cones, fallen leaves, anything you might want to add.
Try out a design. Make your circles of each item and try out different patterns to see what you like the best

Don't forget to send it in!

Take a picture to add to your nature journal and then send it along to me too!

Email: Dunkleysstaff@gmail.com

Subject: Attn: Heidi

Also add it to our Summer 2020 Facebook group!

Puzzle Time!

Let's play boggle!

Time yourself for a minute (or two) and see how many words you can find. The letters have to be touching backwards, forwards, diagonally, even around corners is fine. Just don't use the same letter cube twice in one word. Try to find words that are at least three letters long.

Tip: If you're looking for a little competition, play against a parent or a sibling. 1 point for each word you find that your opponent doesn't also have on their list.

**Check out the answer key for last week's puzzle below, in the week 2 section.

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Game 2

Game 3

Week 2!

Week 2 Wind chimes!

Just like last week, I'd love to see your final product! Send me a picture by email and add it to the Facebook group!

Email: Dunkleysstaff@gmail.com

Subject: Attn: Heidi

Also add it to our Summer 2020 Facebook group

Puzzle Time!

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Your challenge is to figure out how to only move 1 stick to make the house face the other way. It might be helpful if you build a model to play around with yourself (toothpicks work great)!

**Check out the answers to the puzzle from week 1 (if you haven't tried it yet, scroll down and give it a shot before you peek at the solutions)

Answer Key

Get Outside!

Time to Try a Bark Rubbing

Find a crayon, any color you want, and peel off the paper. Take a few pieces of paper and head outside to find a tree. Put the paper up against the tree's bark and rub the crayon (sideways) gently on the paper. Try it again with a different kind of tree and compare the rubbings. When you're finished you can glue your work into your nature journal from last week.

**Again, please feel free to send in anything you create so we can show it off to your friends on next week's page!

WEEK 1

See what treasures you can find that will help you spell Dunkley's!

Note: You can also look around your house for items that might be helpful

Send it in!

Once you finish, don't forget to take a picture and send it in!

Email: Dunkleysstaff@gmail.com

Subject: Attn: Heidi

Also add it to our Summer 2020 Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/254323012342417/?ref=bookmarks

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Puzzle Time!

See how many words you can find as you tell your loved ones about your favorite special session or explain to them how to play the favorite bunk game, piggly-wiggly : )

Get Outside!

Make yourself a nature journal!

Start with 5-10 pieces of paper (some card stock or thicker paper would work well if you have it, if not printer paper is good too). You can three-hole-punch the edge and tie ribbon or string through it to bind it. (Stapling would also work!) Then decorate the cover, you can draw, paint, add stickers, glitter, or even things you find outside.

Find yourself a noticing spot!

Someplace special where you can sit and observe whenever you need a break or a few minutes of quiet. Go ahead and add the first entry to your journal when you're ready. Draw or write about what you see, hear, feel, and smell from your special spot.