Thursday, September 17, 2020

Bonus Activities for When You Get Done with All Activities

Happy September 18th! I know, this is an incredibly random proclamation. In this post, I am offering out some links you can visit if you are done coming up with your design for next week's engineering challenge as well as Khan Academy. I will be adding to this post over time, making an extensive list of things you can try. 


Math Bonuses:

- Sudoku:If you have never tried one of these puzzles before or if you have and really enjoy them, they require you to put on your mathematical "thinking caps".  https://sudoku.com/

- Can You Solve the Temple Riddle? TED Ed: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-temple-riddle-dennis-e-shasha

- Can You Solve the Time Travel Riddle?  https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_finkel_can_you_solve_the_time_travel_riddle?language=en

- New Ordering Decimals Game: Lunch Line: Check off JUST decimals before you play the game: https://mrnussbaum.com/lunch-line-online-game

- Try these decimal place value riddles! https://www.bunscoilris.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Decimal-riddles.pdf


Science Bonuses:

- How to Build a Paper Tower: Actually, really cool site: https://www.scienceprojectideas.org/paper-tower.htm

- Learn about a whole other type of egg drop challenge from Science Bob! https://sciencebob.com/try-the-egg-drop-challenge/

- Small demonstration: Make a paperclip float: Home learners, you may have these items around your home to try this out: https://sciencebob.com/make-a-paperclip-float/

- Another neat demonstration: Make Plastic Milk: https://sciencebob.com/make-plastic-milk/

- Watch Sick Science demonstrations from Steve Spangler:   https://www.youtube.com/user/SteveSpanglerScience


Check out these cool places today: 

- Go on virtual hikes at the Grand Canyon out west:  https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtour.htm

- Virtual Museum of Molecules and Minerals: https://virtual-museum.soils.wisc.edu/

- Tour the 9/11 Museum with Google Street View: https://viewing.nyc/you-can-now-take-a-virtual-tour-inside-the-9-11-memorial-museum-in-google-street-view/