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Hannah, Education Director • May 28, 2020

A Message from our Education Director, Hannah...

Hi all! 

My head is spinning from all these fun activities from all around the club! This week, you can create your own spinning toys, just follow along in our STEM video! After learn how to make your own solar oven, reuse and old book, make some tasty summer snacks, and check out cool polar bears!

Enjoy and be safe!

Hannah 

Weekly Fun Activities:

Check out this sweet online jigsaw activity  for post memorial day celebrations!


After, challenge your geometry skills in creating different shapes with tangram tiles . Can you make a tree, house, or cat? 

Let's Spin!

Join me while making your fun spinning toys! Grab a few crayons and create your own designs on individualized discs. After you can create your own spinning tops! 


VIDEO

TEMPLATE

Fun with Solar Energy

Grab an adult, some marshmallows, and create your own solar oven to make s’mores! 


Why does this work? Check out this great introduction to solar energy with Tim and Moby on Brain Pop.


After join the Cyber Chase Crew on their lesson on solar energy


R Fair City is in trouble! Help the Cyber Chase Crew in providing renewable energy to power up the rides in this game!




Test your skills at blackout poetry!

 Do you have any old books around that are not intact? You can reuse the old pages to create poetry! Check out the directions below for ideas. 


STEP 1: While scanning different pages, look for anchor words. These are words that stand out to you and might hold a lot of meaning. 


STEP 2:  Once you have found an anchor word, read the entire page. In pencil, circle any other words that mean something to you or to your anchor word. Try to spread these choices throughout the page. 


STEP 3: Using a separate sheet of paper, list all of your words in order. You have a choice to keep them in this order, or to mix it up later. 


STEP 4: Select different words (writing down the new order if you messed it up) to create lines of a poem. Poetry can take any form that you would like. You can have multiple lines, or one long run-on thought. Whatever speaks to you! 


STEP 5: Circling the words in marker, create a flow for the lines to be read by creating connections. This is where you can add extra designs and be creative! 


Check out this example before you start brainstorming. Have fun! 



Let's make popsicles!

Now that the weather is warming up, check out this yummy recipe to create your own Apple Banana Chillers


If you are interested in exploring more popsicles, check out these different recipes with tasty




Motivational Word Scramble

Can you find these motivational words in this word scramble? 


WORD SCRAMBLE

ANSWER KEY


Let's go to the San Diego Zoo!

Check in on Polar Bears, Platypus, and Hippos, with the San Diego Zoo! 





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