Think!
A Program Designed to Encourage Kids to Think Outside of the Box
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Week Forty -- Aluminum cans
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Place three cans (soda cans are easier to work with but other cans will work) on the table along with some paper, tape, and string. Tell yo...
Monday, May 25, 2009
Week Thirty Nine Solutions -- Perfect Pulleys
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Noah (7) and his mom Nathalie built this contraption using 1 wire hanger, 1 wooden spool, some string and a paperclip. Noah used it to pull...
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Week ThirtyNine-- Pulleys
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This week, experiment with making a pulley using your choice of the following materials: wire coat hanger wooden spool(s) cardboard tube(s) ...
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Week Thirty Eight Solutions - Earth Homes
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Here are the mud houses that Doviegirl (11) and BananaBerry (13) made: House 1 used: 4 pieces of bark, 11 sticks,and 6 bits of wood for 21 i...
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Week Thirty-Eight -- Earth Homes
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To celebrate spring, go outside and pick 25 items. Then, use them to build an earth home. It should be at least 5 inches tall and 5 inches...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
One Man Bands
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Guess this week's challenge was hard because we only got one solution so far! But it is pretty awesome! Way to go Lime Green. I must a...
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
Week Thirty-Seven -- One Man Band
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Use any/all of the following materials to create a one man band contraption that you can wear and play. This is a great one to videotape! b...
Monday, May 4, 2009
Silly Stories - Solutions Week Thirty Six
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This week we got some marvelous participation! Lime Green created a magnificent story. You can read more about it here . Grace and her mom ...
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Week Thirty-Six -- Magazines
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Give your student one magazine. Give them 2 minutes to cut out as many phrases as they can. At the end of 2 minutes, tell them to put the p...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Kool Krazy Kaleidoscopes - Solutions
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We had some magnificent entries this week. Moomintroll and Snufkin both began with a layer of shiny clear plastic with a layer of black pap...
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Week Thirty-Five -- Kaleidoscopes
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Use the following materials to make your own kaleidoscope. clear plastic a clear plastic sheet protector (it is doable if you don't hav...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Giant Geometrics Solutions -- Week Thirty-Four
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Orca and Alce joined us for the first time this week, creating some amazing structures -- a cube/triangular prism and a square/pyramid. You...
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