Check out this post about the world record cat, Sophie!
Sure, most cats are soft and furry. But this one has gone bonkers. Sophie holds the world record for the longest cat fur. Measuring more than 10 inches long, Sophie’s fur might be longer than your own hair. Judging from the look on her face, we’re not sure she likes having all that fur…and you can’t blame her. Her owners have to brush her out 2-3 times every week to keep it neat. But now that she holds the Guinness World Record for furriest cat, maybe it’s worth it.
Your Turn
1. Create a pic collage with the topic from this and some of the facts from the article.
2. Choose a math question to answer from the list below depending on your age.
3. Add question and the the answer to your pic collage.
4. If you want to do more of these challenges, add the Bedtime Math site to your homescreen on your ipad.
Wee ones: If Sophie’s fur is 10 inches long and your hair is 6 inches long, whose is longer?
Little kids: The previous record holder, Colonel Meow, had fur 1 inch shorter than Sophie’s. How long was Colonel Meow’s fur? Bonus: They say eating salmon (a type of fish) makes your hair soft and healthy. If Sophie eats salmon twice a day, how many times does she eat it in a week?
Big kids: If Sophie’s fur grows 1 inch every 2 months starting now, could it be 14 inches long by next May? (We’re starting September now.) Bonus: If Sophie needs 2 more brushings this week (Wednesday through Saturday) on any 2 days, how many different pairs of days could she be brushed?
Learn how to draw a 3D ladder and chair. These are optical illusions from Trick Art for Kids by artist Jon Harris.
Spark your thinking!
1. Set up your STEAM mini spark recording page: #36: Draw a 3D Art
2. Learn how to draw a 3D ladder.
3. Gather you materials. Materials used: cardstock, Grey Bic Marking Pen (any gray marker will work), Black Sharpie Pen, toy car. Take a picture of your materials and add them to your recording sheet.
4. On your recording page, write about what is going to be hard about this art and what is going to be easier, in your opinion.
5. Using the video as a guide, make the ladder.
6. Recreate the optical illusion of cars driving under the ladder. Capture your work with your ipad camera.
7. Create this image as well.
8. Capture your work with your ipad camera.
9. Share your STEAM mini spark recording page and your two art pieces. with your teacher/EY coordinator.
Image from Artist Howard Lee.Image from Artist Howard Lee.Image from Artist Howard Lee.
This week’s EY Weekly Challenge has you cooking up something in the kitchen!
For this Weekly Challenge, please choose one of the following options:
Ask a grandparent, relative, parent(s), etc. for a family recipe. Is it something you always have at a holiday gathering? Something only prepared on a special occasion? Submit a family recipe along with an explanation of its significance to you/your family.
Make something in the kitchen and take a picture/video of the process and/or final product. Make sure your creation has a name and that you provide the ingredients necessary to make your recipe. Make sure to get an adult’s approval first before you start.
Wow! Over 80 mask submissions for our first Weekly Challenge!
Thank you all for submitting your fun, fashionable, functional and fitting mask designs for the first EY Weekly Challenge! Each week, we will pick out a few of our favorites to highlight.
Calista from Loveland went the fashionable route for her mask. Check out the reversible Halloween mask that her and friend Katie sewed themselves!
Calista’s Reversible Halloween Mask
Calista’s Reversible Halloween Mask
Whitney from Rockbrook sewed a mask with her Grandma. The pleats make for a functional and comfortable fit!
You will need to collect a small quantity of three types of materials .
Here are the items you will need
Your job is to imagine and build a prototype of something that will make our school a better place.
A prototype is a model that represents an idea. It does not have to be built to scale or actually work.
The purpose of the activity is to dream and imagine new solutions.
You only have 10 minutes of work time.
Afterward your timer goes off, make a pic collage and present your prototype and describe what they chose to build and why it will help our school. Share your idea with your teacher.
Starting August 24, Do Space will be offering a 100% free After-School Club that will feature computer programming, coding, engineering, and other STEAM related activities!
Elementary After-School Club @ 4:35 PM Monday-Thursday (ages 6-10)
Middle School After-School Club @ 3:35 PM Monday-Thursday (ages 11-15)
Westside Community Schools does not sponsor or endorse the organization or activity described in this material. The distribution of this material is provided as a community service.
Learn about shadows, including what they are and how they form. Discover the way solid objects block light to form shadows and how shadows can change shape when the light source changes
Spark you thinking!
1. Set up your science mini spark recording page: #2: Shadow Science
2. How are Shadows formed? Watch this video. Record all of the vocabulary words tha pop up on your recording sheet. If it is a new word for you, write a short definition as well.
3. Shadow puppetry is the art of using the shadows of puppets to entertain the audience. Research this art form at Wonderopolis and make a fact page about its history. Add a picture of your project to your recording page.
4. A long time ago, people observed the way shadows were formed by the sun and utilized this principle in making the world’s most primitive clocks, the sundials. Learn about sundials. Take notes about the process on your recording sheet.
5. Share your science mini spark recording page with your teacher/EY coordinator.
Check out the Shadow Science Badge at the EY Website.
Ever wonder how glass is made? It’s like making a giant cookie: you mix sandy quartz with some lime and a sprinkle of sodium bicarbonate, then bake it in a super hot oven until it turns into a shiny, crunchy treat—just don’t eat it!
Spark you thinking!
1. Set up your science mini spark recording page: #1: How Glass is Made
2. Watch a video about glass from Mystery Doug. Take a 5 notes on your recording page as you watch.
3. Watch this animated step video about glass from Mocomi.
4. Draw a picture timeline or use pic collage showing several of the different glass making processes that were shown in the video. Include at least 3 science words in your visual.
5. Share your science mini spark recording page and your chatter pic with your teacher/EY coordinator.
Masks are required in school and each day, more and more public places are requiring masks before you can enter. Whether you agree with wearing a mask or not, if you have to wear one, it’s important to find something you like.
QUESTION: When it comes to wearing a mask, do you want it to be Fashionable? Functional? A good Fit?
For the 1st Weekly Challenge of the 2020-2021 School Year, please submit a design for a mask.
You can make a physical mask using materials you have at your house. Take a picture of the mask and/or you wearing the mask and upload & submit it using the Google Form link below.
You can draw your mask design on a piece of paper labeling the materials needed, parts of the mask, etc. Take a picture of your paper and upload & submit it using the Google Form link below.
You can use an application on a computer or iPad to design your mask. Export your project as a .pdf or picture file and upload & submit it using the Google Form link below.
Learn how to draw a 3D ladder and chair. These are optical illusions from Trick Art for Kids by artist Jon Harris.
3. Take a snapshot of anything that reminds you of a math concept/problem.
Ever wonder how glass is made? It’s like making a giant cookie: you mix sandy quartz with some lime and a sprinkle of sodium bicarbonate, then bake it in a super hot oven until it turns into a shiny, crunchy treat—just don’t eat it!