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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Lifebridge Community
Today at the Learning Curve, kids from Lifebridge Community researched World War II. Hear their research discoveries with the podcacst player below.
Stop Action ANTimation!
Our summer University Heights group created some awesome stop action animations using webcams, Frames software, and some building blocks and plastic bugs n’ critters as props. Check ‘em out!
Teen Read: What Happened to Goodbye
Here’s a recommendation for a great summer read to add to your SRP stack! Popular teen author Sarah Dessen’s newest release, What Happened to Goodbye, follows the story of Mclean Sweet, who goes by a different name in each new … Continue reading
Interfaith Hospitality Network
On Wednesday, June 22nd, Interfaith Hospitality Network visited the Learning Curve and completed a version of our iMap activity using Google Earth. The students learned the basics of navigating Google Earth’s layers, and then plotted three points unique to each … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Group Visits
Tagged google earth, maps, places, summer reading program
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Animal Cinquains!
On Wednesday, June 22nd, kids from the Interfaith Hospitality Network created their own cinquains, that they then recorded and created an accompanying picture. (What’s a cinquain? Click here to find out.) Check out the pictures and audio below!
Posted in Activities, Group Visits, Podcast
Tagged Animals, art, cinquains, Podcast, Poetry, science odyssey
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More Summer Monsters
This Monday, June 20th, kids from the Center for Inquiry visited the Learning Curve, where we read a few poems from Barry Polisar’s Curious Creatures. After talking about habitats, diets, distinguishing features, and life cycles; they then created their own … Continue reading
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Tagged Animals, art, KidPix, Science, summer reading program
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Babies Play with Robot Dinosaurs – Photographers 3-9 Years Old
Our robot dinosaurs had a busy day playing during their photo shoot!
Diary of a Bug Continued
Check out the slideshow below for more insect-inspired art!
Posted in Activities
Tagged Diary of a Bug, drawing, Family Activity, Kid Pix, Science, summer reading program
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Diary of a Bug!
Hear kids observations using the podcast player below! In this activity there were 3 microscope stations and 3 insect habitats: ladybugs, ants and lightning bugs.
Posted in Group Visits
Tagged High School, Middle School, Mixcraft, Podcast, Science, summer reading program
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Buggin’ Out
Check out the insect diagrams kids created using KidPix!
Posted in Activities
Tagged drawing, Family Activity, KidPix, Science, summer reading program
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