Hands on Family Challenges/Activities

WATCH: How to turn stuff from your yard into stunning insect sculptures

https://youtu.be/oW804tc_wm4

TALK: What are the steps Raku takes to create his sculptures? Do you think they look realistic? Are they easy to make? How do you think he chooses which animals to make? What do you have in your backyard? What could you use to make a sculpture? What insect would you choose?

DO: Create an insect out of stuff in your backyard.

Go into your backyard/garden or anywhere you can access outside (with your parents). Collect a range of natural items like leaves, twigs, flowers etc. Bring them back home and lay them out. Think of an insect you would like to try to create and use your items to rearrange into the shape of it. What can you create?

WATCH: The colour changing milk experiment.

https://youtu.be/hPFwDaR1g70

TALK: Do you believe that really happens when you add those ingredients to milk? Why or why not? Could it work with any other ingredients? Should we believe everything we see in videos? How do we prove whether someone is real or not? How could we prove whether this experiment is true?

DO: Test out the milk experiment to see whether it really works or not. You are going to become a scientist and prove whether or not the video is accurate. Follow the instructions in the video and test it out. Was the video telling the truth? Did you get the same results?

WATCH: How Smart is Chica? Then follow up with 'How smart is your dog?' (you can find that video at this link https://youtu.be/HyVLqH_VA28)

TALK: How many dogs do you know? How smart do you think they are? Rank all of the dogs you know from 'definitely the smartest' to 'maybe not so smart'. What are the things a dog needs to be considered smart? How would you invent an IQ Test for a dog? What things could you put in your test?

DO: Create your Dog IQ Test.

It must have 3 parts to it. Each part has 10 points. Contact the humans of the dogs you know and ask them to do your test and report back with a score. Which human has the smartest dog?

Do we even dare suggest you extend this to a cat v dog championship?

WATCH: How to make a bouncy egg.

https://youtu.be/JbwPul86jjU

TALK: Is it real? Why do you think so or think not? What do you think is inside the egg? What has the vinegar done to the egg? Is it cooked?

DO: Make a bouncy egg.

Test whether or not the bouncy egg experiment is true by making your own. Follow the steps in the video. How many days did it take? Was 24 hours enough or did it need longer? Did it work? What happens if you cut it open?

TIP: Add a drop or two of food colouring - does that change the experiment?

WATCH: The Egg Wizard, a DIY LEGO and cardboard egg decorating machine

https://youtu.be/cqCZEWs2Ti0

TALK: What did the people in the video use to make 'The Egg Wizard'? Why do you think that they came up with the idea? How do people come up with inventions? Would anyone invent something if there wasn't a need for it? Think of a problem you have and would like solved in your daily life - just something to make things easier, what would it be? What could you invent as a solution?

DO: Design an invention to solve a problem.

Think of the problem you have in your every day life. What sort of device could you invent to solve the problem? Design your own invention to solve it. If a solution already exists, think about what you can change on it to make it even better. Draw a diagram of your invention and make sure you label all the parts and their purpose.

WATCH: How to make homemade butter in a mason jar

https://youtu.be/3a75ObmDsYM

TALK: What was the equipment used to make the butter? What were the steps? Can you remember the name of the two different parts the cream turns into? Would it be difficult to make butter that way? Could you do it at home?

DO: Make homemade butter.

Write an instructional text explaining the steps of how to make butter. Remember to include all the details needed including equipment, ingredients, numbered steps in chronological order. Test how accurate your instructions are by following them and making your own homemade butter.

WATCH: Nice one Dad (not watch really but click through on the screen).

http://niceonedad.com/?fbclid=IwAR3z2yTmirpGAiDEj30mPR3owCsOuWRRpJzIH8Z6fEtt4zyp3zUVu_yc-hc

TALK: What's your best joke? What's your dad's best joke? What's your bubble's best joke? Call some people up and ask them for their best joke? Ask your bubble grown ups to ask their facebook friends for their best jokes.

DO: Now you have a lot of jokes. Make a survey where you get people to rate all of your jokes out of 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ so you can find the best one. Now take the best ones and make a joke book for your bubble.

Remember that in a joke book you can't have the answer to the joke next to the joke. So maybe make a little fold over corner or something so you can hide the answer for each joke.

WATCH: Why don't country flags use the colour purple?

https://youtu.be/CYB-pmNs4VQ

TALK: Why didn't countries use the colour purple on their flags? Is the same reason still true? What does a flag represent? If you could design a flag to represent you what would it have on it? How about your family? What is important to the people in your bubble?

DO: Design your own flag for your house. Think of the different people that make up your bubble, the different personalities and what would be a good representation of you all.

WATCH: Make a 3 minute origami butterfly

https://youtu.be/cZdO2e8K29o

TALK: What skills are needed to do origami? What do you think origami means? Do you think origami is hard to do or easy? Why do you think people came up with origami? What is the purpose?

DO: Make an origami butterfly.

Follow the instructions on the video to create an origami butterfly, think about the different skills you will need to do it well. Was it easy or difficult? Go even further and find another origami animal to fold.