Create a Quarantine Time Capsule!
This is a year like no other....... document it so that you never forget! Materials:
Think about the year..... especially the beginning of this school year. Gather artifacts that will remind you of the year when you look back at it a long time from now. Some ideas:
Math Challenge: Math Scavenger Hunt: Do as many of these as you can!
Writing Challenge:
Grouchy Pants Describe a day when you were grouchy. Give lots of details. :) Math Challenge: Here is a Perplexor to complete. Use your deductive logic to find the answer. Some of the clues will tell you what something is and some will tell you what it is not. Circle and cross off options accordingly.
Writing Challenge:
Introduce Yourself! Use one true detail and one untrue detail about you or your life. As you write, try to make both the true and untrue details sound equally believable. Math Challenge: STEM Challenge: Make an X-Wing Fighter from Office Supplies For directions and materials, click here. If you don't have some of the supplies, get creative and use what you have!
Math Challenge: How Much Does It Cost? 1. If a dozen donuts cost $3.00, how much does each donut cost? 2. If a pound and a half of raisins cost $1.50, how much does a pound of raisins cost? 3. If a 15 inch stack of tuna cans cost $3.50, how much does a 45 inch stack cost? 4. Which is a better buy, 5 candy bars for 80 cents or 4 candy bars for 60 cents? 5. Rich bought six 30 cent stamps. How much change did he get from a $20 bill? Writing Challenge:
If you didn't do last week's Write to a Senior Challenge (below), I encourage you to do so. Here's another one: Write a sentence that makes sense reading either from left to right or right to left. Example: Bob liked Mary and Bill. It can also read: Bill and Mary liked Bob. See how long you can make the sentence. Math Challenge: New Challenge this week:
Writing Challenge: Write a Letter to a Senior Most Assisted Living and Senior Living Facilities are on lockdown and the residents are feeling very isolated. Write a letter to cheer someone up! Click here for addresses to some local senior living facilities that would love to hear from you! Math Challenge: STEM Challenge:
Basketball Tower Create a tower that can support a basketball using only newspaper and tape. A basketball is pretty heavy...... do you think you can make a tower out of newspaper (or regular paper) that can support it? Materials: Basketball (if you don't have one, use another type of ball) Newspaper or plain paper Tape Extra Challenge: Limit the amount of newspaper (or tape) used or try to make the tallest tower possible that will still hold the weight. Math Challenge:
Fencing I have a miniature collection of farm animals and I would like to fence in a rectangular area to put them in. I have only 20 centimeters of fencing.
STEM: Sounds (Sound Discrimination: the ability to recognize different sounds) Can you create a game using items around the house to test if someone can hear different types of sounds? |
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