Virtual Makerspace & STEM Enrichments
Grades K-2: Choice Board
Using materials around the house, create a boat! Can your boat float in a sink or bathtub full of water? Can it hold pennies? How many pennies? |
Help your parents with dinner. Can you measure the ingredients in the recipe? How would you double the recipe? Halve the recipe? |
Can the computer guess your drawing? QuickDraw with Google
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Go outside and write down your weather observations. What do the clouds look like? Can you tell what direction they are moving? |
Host a paper airplane contest!
Check out Fold 'N Fly for different techniques for creating paper airplanes. |
Build a shelter or fort that will fit you and at least one other person. Be creative and find building materials that are inside or outside. Ask permission from an adult first! |
Grades 3-5: Choice Board
Go outside and create an obstacle course. Calculate your time to complete the course. Can you do it faster the second time? Get your family involved! |
Materials: deck of playing cards Directions: Read the story If I Built a House by Chris Van Dusen Challenge: Build a house using a deck of playing cards. Build another house for some toys to live in. Math Connections: How high can you build a house using mostly triangles? How high can you build using mostly squares? |
For this challenge, you will design and build a catapult! The catapult should be able to launch a projectile (ping pong ball, cotton balls, marshmallows, soft objects that won’t do any damage) across the room and into a target (container, bowl, bucket, etc.). |
Build a Rube Goldberg machine! A Rube Goldberg machine is a series of complicated, unique and fun chain reactions that result in completing a simple task. The goal of your contraption is to feed a sibling, parent or pet! Check out “The Lemonade Machine” on YouTube! |