Activities
CHALLENGES & ACTIVITIES
Please take a photo of each of your completed creations using the iPad camera and e-mail the photos to Mrs. Herrmann.
Paper & Crafts
1. Make Post-It art designs or Post-it origami boxes.
http://www.post-it.com/3M/en_US/post-it/ideas/articles/7-tips-for-creating-post-it-super-sticky-note-pixel-art/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Origami-Post-it-box/
2. Make an origami animal, flower, etc. We have origami books with instructions.
3. Make an animal out of pipe cleaners and other craft supplies. See example here:
http://frugalfun4boys.com/2017/05/11/kids-craft-pipe-cleaner-monkeys/
4. Popsicle Stick Crafts - 30+ Ideas! Who knew you could make so many different things with popsicle sticks?
https://fromabcstoacts.com/popsicle-stick-crafts-for-kids/
Photography
1. Take your own “book face” photo using the iPad camera.
http://www.lifebuzz.com/bookface/
Green Screen Photography/Video
1. Make a READ poster featuring you with a favorite book. Use Do Ink green screen app and then add words to the image using the Typorama app. Search https://www.pexels.com/ for your background image. Pexels images are all free to use without attribution.
You can find written instructions HERE.
2. Put yourself in the vacation location of your dreams! Take a photo of yourself in front of the green screen and then use the Do Ink app to add the background location of your choice. Search https://www.pexels.com/ for your background image. Pexels images are all free to use without attribution. You can add text using the Typorama app on the iPad.
3. Make a green screen video using the Do Ink app or the TouchCast Studio app. Find Do Ink instructions HERE.
Student-created TouchCast Studio example: http://www.touchcast.com/orrjhs/tips_on_classes
Stop Motion Video
1. Make a stop motion video. Use iMotion app.
Student-created example: https://vimeo.com/194263018
iMotion tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHjbEGe6E9I
Digital Images
1. Make a school-related or maker-related meme.
https://memegenerator.net/create
See some student-made examples HERE.
You can save your meme by taking a partial screenshot: CTRL + Shift +" Switch Window"
Keva Plank Challenges
1. Build a marble run. (We'll use the small gold balls to test it.) For cool sound effects, include one or more staircases.
2. Build the highest structure you can using only 20 planks.
2. Build a car, boat, or plane.
4. Build an animal.
Engineering & Electronics Challenges
1. Index Card Challenge - We'll do this together to start.
2. Pom Pom Launcher Challenge - Instructions are in the makerspace.
3. Boat Challenge - Instructions are in the makerspace.
4. LittleBits Challenge cards
5. MakeyMakey Challenges
Please take a photo of each of your completed creations using the iPad camera and e-mail the photos to Mrs. Herrmann.
Paper & Crafts
1. Make Post-It art designs or Post-it origami boxes.
http://www.post-it.com/3M/en_US/post-it/ideas/articles/7-tips-for-creating-post-it-super-sticky-note-pixel-art/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Origami-Post-it-box/
2. Make an origami animal, flower, etc. We have origami books with instructions.
3. Make an animal out of pipe cleaners and other craft supplies. See example here:
http://frugalfun4boys.com/2017/05/11/kids-craft-pipe-cleaner-monkeys/
4. Popsicle Stick Crafts - 30+ Ideas! Who knew you could make so many different things with popsicle sticks?
https://fromabcstoacts.com/popsicle-stick-crafts-for-kids/
Photography
1. Take your own “book face” photo using the iPad camera.
http://www.lifebuzz.com/bookface/
Green Screen Photography/Video
1. Make a READ poster featuring you with a favorite book. Use Do Ink green screen app and then add words to the image using the Typorama app. Search https://www.pexels.com/ for your background image. Pexels images are all free to use without attribution.
You can find written instructions HERE.
2. Put yourself in the vacation location of your dreams! Take a photo of yourself in front of the green screen and then use the Do Ink app to add the background location of your choice. Search https://www.pexels.com/ for your background image. Pexels images are all free to use without attribution. You can add text using the Typorama app on the iPad.
3. Make a green screen video using the Do Ink app or the TouchCast Studio app. Find Do Ink instructions HERE.
Student-created TouchCast Studio example: http://www.touchcast.com/orrjhs/tips_on_classes
Stop Motion Video
1. Make a stop motion video. Use iMotion app.
Student-created example: https://vimeo.com/194263018
iMotion tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHjbEGe6E9I
Digital Images
1. Make a school-related or maker-related meme.
https://memegenerator.net/create
See some student-made examples HERE.
You can save your meme by taking a partial screenshot: CTRL + Shift +" Switch Window"
Keva Plank Challenges
1. Build a marble run. (We'll use the small gold balls to test it.) For cool sound effects, include one or more staircases.
2. Build the highest structure you can using only 20 planks.
2. Build a car, boat, or plane.
4. Build an animal.
Engineering & Electronics Challenges
1. Index Card Challenge - We'll do this together to start.
2. Pom Pom Launcher Challenge - Instructions are in the makerspace.
3. Boat Challenge - Instructions are in the makerspace.
4. LittleBits Challenge cards
5. MakeyMakey Challenges
6. Cardboard Boat
Using cardboard and duct tape, make a boat that will float in a plastic bin filled with water. See how many pennies you can load into it before it sinks.
7. Pencil Catapult
Using No. 2 pencils and rubber bands, build a catapult. Directions are available HERE. See how far you can launch a variety of items.
8. Paper Chain Challenge
What is the longest chain you can make out of one piece of construction paper? You can use scissors and glue in addition to the piece of construction paper.
Poetry
1. Write original poems using the Magnetic Poetry Kit and steel bookends.
2. Make Blackout Poems using pages out of old books. Find directions and examples HERE.
Please remember to take photos and share them with Mrs. Herrmann!
Using cardboard and duct tape, make a boat that will float in a plastic bin filled with water. See how many pennies you can load into it before it sinks.
7. Pencil Catapult
Using No. 2 pencils and rubber bands, build a catapult. Directions are available HERE. See how far you can launch a variety of items.
8. Paper Chain Challenge
What is the longest chain you can make out of one piece of construction paper? You can use scissors and glue in addition to the piece of construction paper.
Poetry
1. Write original poems using the Magnetic Poetry Kit and steel bookends.
2. Make Blackout Poems using pages out of old books. Find directions and examples HERE.
Please remember to take photos and share them with Mrs. Herrmann!
