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This image links to the Accordion Fold lesson.
Accordion Fold
All Ages
Let’s start exploring the world of illusions! Gather your paper, scissors, glue, and favorite coloring supplies to create your own illusion to trick the minds of your family and friends.
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This image links to the Art Bots lesson
Art Bots
All Ages
You might be wondering why you got a toothbrush in your box this week… Let’s take it apart and create a coloring robot!
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This image links to the Balloon Hoverboard lesson.
Balloon Hoverboard
All Ages
Repurpose some old CDs into a brand new, balloon-powered hoverboard!
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This image links to the Brick by Brick, Dream by Dream lesson
Brick by Brick, Dream by Dream
All Ages
Using your LEGO bricks and pieces, create a story about any character or place of your choosing!
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This image links to the Circus lesson.
Circus
All Ages
Learn how to juggle, balance, and use bubbles to create your own circus performance!
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This image links to the Code + Chord lesson
Code + Chords
All Ages
This activity can be completed both off and online! Play around with coding your own visual to match how the lyrics of a song make you feel.
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This image links to the Dancing with Dye lesson.
Dancing with Dye
All Ages
Check out the “Art of Experimentation” video and see how you, too, can dance with dye!
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This image links to the Design Your Own Shirt lesson.
Design Your Own Shirt
All Ages
Grab your fabric markers and t-shirt, and design your own t-shirt!
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This image links to the Finger Puppets lesson page
Finger Puppets
All Ages
Let’s create a story using finger puppets! Ada Twist, Rosie Revere, and Iggy Peck will be joining you and want to be a part of your story!
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This image links to the French Drop lesson.
French Drop
All Ages
One popular way to make something small vanish is called a false transfer, which is when you pretend to move an object from one hand into the other, but secretly keep it in the first hand. The French Drop is usually the first false transfer that a magician learns.
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This image links to the Go Play with a Touch of Magic lesson.
Go Play with a Touch of Magic
All Ages
Write a story about a game you created. What is the name and rules of your game?
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This image links to the Hopscotch & Obstacle Course lesson
Hopscotch & Obstacle Course
Grade K-2 Grade 3-5
Have you ever played hopscotch? Now you have a chance to make your own hopscotch course either inside or outside!
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This image links to the Leaf Rubbing Collage lesson
Leaf Rubbing Collage
Grade K-2 Grade 3-5
Collect some leaves and make artwork using only a piece of paper and crayons.
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This image links to the LEGO Balloon Car lesson
LEGO Balloon Car
All Ages
Zoom into this activity with whatever LEGOs you have and a balloon!
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This image links to the LEGO Bridge lesson
LEGO Bridge
Grade 3-5 Grade 6-8
Build a LEGO bridge for your LEGO minifig to cross! (It helps if you also create a river or road for the minifig to go over!)
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LEGO “Life Hacks”
All Ages
Have you ever wanted to build something that will help you turn off a light? Or hold your pencils? Then this is the challenge for you! Use LEGOs to create something to help you conquer this!
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This image links to the LEGO Six Bricks lesson
LEGO Six Bricks
All Ages
Grab a partner and your Six Bricks activity cards and see how many activities you can complete! For more activities visit the Six Bricks Booklet!
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This image links to the Make Your Own Paper lesson.
Make Your Own Paper
Grade 3-5 Grade 6-8
Don’t know what to do with your old paper? Reuse it and make it new!
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This image links to the Nature Origami lesson
Nature Origami
Grade 3-5 Grade 6-8
Here you will learn how to make things we find in nature into origami!
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This image links to the Oobleck lesson.
Oobleck
All Ages
Time to get your hands dirty and explore oobleck as a solid and liquid!
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This image links to the Overhand Shuffle lesson.
Overhand Shuffle
All Ages
Learn how to overhand shuffle a deck of cards!
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This image links to the Paper Plate Nature Face lesson
Paper Plate Nature Face
Grade K-2 Grade 3-5
Let’s get outside and collect sticks, leaves, flowers, or anything else you think looks interesting! Now, let’s make an art project!
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This image links to the Pennant lesson.
Pennant
All Ages
Using felt and markers, create a camp pennant!
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This image links to the Planting with Jack lesson page
Planting with Jack
All Ages
Let’s plant! Using seeds and soil, you will learn how to plant seeds and care for them as they grow into plants.
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This image links to the Puppet Theater lesson.
Puppet Theater
All Ages
Design a puppet and puppet theater, and then put on a puppet show for family or friends!
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This image links to the Riffle Shuffle lesson.
Riffle Shuffle
All Ages
Learn how to riffle shuffle a deck of cards, and for an added bonus learn how to do the bridge!
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This image links to the Scratch & Scratch Jr. lesson
Scratch & Scratch Jr.
All Ages
Use this guide to get familiar with Scratch!
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This image links to the Spaghetti & Marshmallow Towers lesson.
Spaghetti & Marshmallow Towers
All Ages
How tall can you build a tower out of marshmallows and spaghetti?
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This image links to the Spoon Catapult lesson.
Spoon Catapault
All Ages
Launch into this activity, where you explore how to catapult a pom pom across the room with a spoon!
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This image links to the Story Telling lesson page
Story Telling
All Ages
Use your creativity to develop a story and illustrate it! This activity will challenge you to work with someone you know and share your work with one another.
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This image links to the StoryCity: Art in the City lesson.
StoryCity: Art in the City
All Ages
Create an art installation in your city and explain your inspiration!
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This image links to the StoryCity: Fantasy/Magic/Storybook lesson.
StoryCity: Fantasy/Magic/Storybook
All Ages
Create a fantasy world full of magic deep inside your neighborhood!
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This image links to the StoryCity: Summer Festival lesson.
StoryCity: Summer Festival
All Ages
This week your story city is hosting a summer festival, and you’re the party planner! What does the summer celebration look like?
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This image links to the String Trick lesson.
String Trick
All Ages
Trick your family and friends using only a piece of butcher twine!
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This image links to the Technology: The New Step in Evolution prompt
Technology: The New Step in Evlution
All Ages
Use your creativity to develop a story and illustrate it!
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This image links to the Thumb Fan lesson.
Thumb Fan
All Ages
Learn how to smoothly spread cards in your hand to present them to your audience.
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This image links to the TinkerCAD lesson
TinkerCAD
All Ages
New to TinkerCAD? No worries! Explore TinkerCAD with our lesson and videos to see what you can create!
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This lesson links to the Unplugged Decoder lesson
Unplugged Decoder
All Ages
Complete this activity to make your own “secret code”!
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This image links to the Volcanoes lesson.
Volcanoes
All Ages
Explore a chemical reaction that causes your volcano to erupt!
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This image links to the Anamorphic Circle lesson.
Anamorphic Circle
All Ages
As you saw in “The Writing’s on the Wall” music video, there are many kinds of illusions. Let’s create another using the materials in your box for this week.
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This image links to the Art Together Now lesson.
Art Together Now
All Ages
As you saw in “The Writing’s on the Wall” music video, there are many kinds of illusions. Let’s create another using the materials in your box for this week.
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This image links to the Bird House & Bird Feeder lesson
Bird House & Bird Feeder
All Ages
Even though birds fly most of the time, sometimes they need to take a break and sit down. Let’s make them a comfortable house to rest in before they start their journey through the air again.
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This image links to the Chain Reaction lesson.
Chain Reaction Machines
All Ages
Simple machines are the simplest devices that control the way forces act on objects. Using several simple machines created from objects in your box or materials around the house, let’s create a chain reaction machine like the one in “This Too Shall Pass.”
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This image links to the Clay Keychain lesson.
Clay Keychain
All Ages
Using air dry clay, create your own camp-inspired keychain!
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This image links to the Create Your Own Camp lesson.
Create Your Own Camp
All Ages
Loving summer camp? Us, too! Use your imagination and creativity to create a camp for you and your family so camp never has to end!
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This image links to the Decorating Leaves lesson
Decorating Leaves
All Ages
Now it’s time to learn how to press leaves and draw your own designs on them!
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This image links to the Diet Cola & Mentos lesson.
Diet Cola & Mentos
All Ages
Warning: This chemical reaction is explosive.
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This image links to the Flip Book lesson.
Flip Book
All Ages
“The One Moment” music video features a giant flipbook. A smaller version of this can be created using a stack of post-it notes. It can feature a stick figure jumping on a trampoline, waving, or anything you can imagine!
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This image links to the Friendship Bracelets lesson.
Friendship Bracelets
All Ages
No camp is complete without friendship bracelets! Using your string and beads, create your own bracelet as a camp souvenir.
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This image links to the Hanging Decorations lesson
Hanging Decorations
All Ages
Want to bring the outdoors inside? Here’s the activity for you! Using a clear hanging ornament, collect anything from outside (rocks, leaves, flowers) and put them inside, seal it shut and hang your decoration!
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This image links to the Key Card lesson.
Key Card
All Ages
Learn how to use a key card to find a card somebody pulls from your deck!
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This image links to the LEGO Balance lesson
LEGO Balance
All Ages
Create a balancing scale with LEGOs and see how objects compare in weight!
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This image links to the LEGO Boat lesson
LEGO Boat
All Ages
Using your LEGOs, find a way to create a boat that floats in water! Now see how much weight it can hold!
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This image links to the LEGO Duck lesson
LEGO Duck
All Ages
Grab your LEGO Duck Kit and see how many ways you can construct a duck! Taking pictures is a great way to keep track and compare!
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This image links to the LEGO Puzzles lesson
LEGO Puzzles
All Ages
Using your LEGO Learning through Play kit, create a perfect 8×8 square with the pieces!
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This image links to the LEGO Zipline lesson
LEGO Zipline
All Ages
Use your string and LEGO pieces to create a zipline for your LEGO minifig to ride!
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This image links to the Nature Bingo lesson
Nature Bingo
All Ages
What do you see outside? By looking out the window or going on a walk, see how many different things you can find!
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This image links to the Nature Wands lesson
Nature Wands
All Ages
Grab a stick and get decorating! Now’s the time to be creative and design your stick using string, tape, glitter, or anything else to make a unique wand that you can use to cast spells!
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This image links to the Origami Caterpillar Race lesson
Origami Caterpillar Race
All Ages
Racing caterpillars? What?! You will be creating origami caterpillars and learning how to make them move!
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This image links to the Paper Airplanes & Straw Rockets lesson.
Paper Airplanes & Straw Rockets
All Ages
Fly into this week’s fun with paper airplanes and straw rockets!
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This image links to the Parachutes lesson.
Parachutes
All Ages
Design a parachute to bring your LEGO minifigure or cardboard cutout person to land safely!
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This image links to the Planetary Pasta Rovers lesson.
Planetary Pasta Rovers
All Ages
Check out this NASA-inspired lesson from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California!
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This image links to the Pop Up Cards lesson page
Pop Up Cards
All Ages
Have you ever seen a card or book that has an object pop out at you? Here you will learn how to make your own! Challenge yourself to make many different shapes pop out at you (or your family/friends) when the card is opened.
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This image links to the Ribbon Spread lesson.
Ribbon Spread
All Ages
The ribbon spread may seem easy, but wait until you try the bonus challenge: the surfing joker!
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This image links to the Rock Painting lesson
Rock Painting
All Ages
Time to gather rocks and decorate them, with an added challenge of sharing your work with your community!
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This image links to the Shoebox lesson.
Shoebox
All Ages
Perspective, or the way we see and understand things, can be tricky. Test the way your brain sees the world by creating an illusion inside of a shoebox!
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This image links to the Sparks of Knowledge Equal Infinite Possibilities lesson.
Sparks of Knowledge Equal Infinite Possibilities
All Ages
What would life be like if you were a “mad scientist”?
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Squishy Circuits
All Ages
Play with your Squishy Circuits kit to sculpt your very own circuit with conductive play dough!
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This image links to the StoryCity lesson page
StoryCity
All Ages
Use your creativity to develop a story and illustrate it! This activity will challenge you to work with someone you know and share your work with one another.
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This image links to the StoryCity: Design a Building lesson
StoryCity: Design a Building
All Ages
Remember your city you started creating in week 1? Now it’s time to continue building on it! Our challenge to you is to create a floor plan and insert a building of your choice into your city!
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This image links to the StoryCity: Space City lesson.
StoryCity: Space City
All Ages
This week’s Story City Prompt encourages you to imagine your neighborhood in space!
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This image links to the StoryCity: Transportation prompt
StoryCity: Transportation
All Ages
StoryCity is about using your imagination to design and build your own neighborhood using common materials, such as paper and cardboard.
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This image links to the Sun Catchers lesson
Sun Catchers
All Ages
Recycle a plastic bottle and turn it into a catchy piece of art!
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This image links to The Rules to Reality are Just a Suggestion lesson.
The Rules to Reality are Just a Suggestion
All Ages
What out of the box, OK Go inspired music video would you create?
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This image links to the Time to Party lesson.
Time to Party
All Ages
This week, tell a story about your favorite way to celebrate.
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This lesson links to the Unplugged Binary Numbers lesson
Unplugged Binary Numbers
Grade 3-5 Grade 6-8
Complete this activity to learn how computers use binary numbers to represent information!
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This image links to the Unplugged LEGO Maze lesson
Unplugged LEGO Maze
All Ages
Use your coding skills from last week to guide your LEGO mini figure through a maze!
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This image links to the Watercolor Postcards & Stamps lesson.
Watercolor Postcards & Stamps
All Ages
Grab your paints and postcards, and design a card to send to a family member or friend!
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