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Mystery
Club
This
summer there are many mysteries to be solved and
I need YOU to crack the case! What do you need to solve these
mysteries? Your five senses! Become a sense detective with me.
Your senses will help you identify the clues. Use your listening
skills. Shh! Did you hear that? Clue number one, the fun has just
begun. Mmm, taste a mystery treat. Clue number two, this snack
is just for you! Use your sense of sight to see the clues around
you. Clue number three, what’s that you see? Use your sense
of touch if you dare! Clue number four, is it rough, smooth, or
does it have hair? It’s time to use your nose to smell the
last clue. Clue number five, use your super sniffer, that’s
what you’ll do! So hurry sense detectives! This is where
you need to be, unraveling the mystery of your five senses with
me as we learn about them through stories and exploration.
Aimee
Dyrek and Stacey Huebner, Teachers, Oak Creek Elementary School,
District 2
Passport To the World (An Encore)
Use
your imagination to come along on a whirlwind
“trip” that will span six continents. We will see
what it would be like to travel the world by hot air balloon,
planes and trains. Come with us and have high tea with the Queen
in England. Travel to France and see the famous landmarks of Paris
and the beauty of the French countryside. Explore the mysteries
of India on the back of an elephant as we learn about Indian customs
and traditions. Visit the great continent of Asia and collect
artifacts from Japan and China. Dance to the rhythms of African
drums, learn to count in Swahili, and go on a virtual safari when
we travel to Central Africa. Create Australian Aborigine art,
learn to throw a boomerang and discover secrets of the “land
down under”. Take in sights and sounds from around the world
and meet intriguing people along the way. Get your passport ready
and your imaginations packed!
Melodie
Roberts, Teacher, Home School Academy, District 20
Turtles,
Lizards, and Toads Oh My!!
What
has a dry scaly body, lives on every continent except Antarctica,
has a tongue that helps them smell, and has snakes as its closest
relative? Did you guess a lizard? Are you
curious about frogs, snakes, lizards, salamanders, alligators
and crocodiles? If so, come discover our planet’s most amazing
and ancient animals. A flying dragon uses wing like flaps to glide
through the air. The paradoxical frog grows backwards! It shrinks
from a large tadpole down to a two inch frog. Alligators can survive
for nearly two years without a meal. Salamanders range in length
from one inch to five feet! How do fascinating traits like these
help these unique creatures survive in their environment? What
might happen if their environment was changed? Dive into the world
of amphibians and reptiles through observation, literature, games
and art. Use your imagination to design an undiscovered reptile
or amphibian. Transform our classroom into a world filled with
your creations in their unique environments.
Kathleen
Burch, Teacher, Antelope Trails Elementary School, District 20
Weather
Watchers
Do
you wonder what the weather will bring each day? Get
ready to recreate every kind of weather right inside the classroom.
We will get swept up in a tornado, shiver in a blizzard, feel
the wind of a hurricane, get drenched in a tsunami and dodge lightening
in a rainstorm. How would you like to create clouds, rainbows
and crystal snowflakes? Learn how to use the Beaufort scale to
grade the wind from a gentle breeze to a hurricane. We will even
explore some weather lore from days past. You will learn to forecast
the weather and calculate temperature in either Fahrenheit or
Celsius. As budding meteorologists we’ll make our own barometers,
anemometers, hygrometers, rain gauges and weather vanes. If you
find yourself watching the weather, gazing at the clouds, splashing
in rain puddles or catching snowflakes on your tongue, you’ll
love learning about the world’s weather.
Jennifer
Litchenberg, Teacher, Oak Creek Creek Elementary School, District
2
Brain
Works
You
are about to take charge of your brain’s future. Join
us in an in-depth study of our most powerful organ. You will dissect
a sheep’s brain and learn how our sensational senses take
in the dynamic world around us. Enjoy a variety of brain games
centered on creative and critical thinking. Put heads together
with classmates and jump into problem solving with a twist. All
ideas count in the class. Experience the challenge of thinking
that tickles your brain and sharpens your wit. You never know
where your brain power will take you.
Jennifer
Wakeen, Teacher, Timberview Middle School, District 20
It's
Easy Being Green
The
talk of the town lately is living green. What
does it mean to really be green? In this class students will calculate
their carbon footprint and then investigate ways to reduce it.
We will learn that being green is a lifestyle choice, which will
help the longevity of the planet. This class will give students
the tools needed to make living green easy. Students will learn
how to reduce waste by recycling and composting. Also, they will
find out the benefits of alternative energy by creating solar
ovens and experimenting with wind and water energy. Guests will
come and share their ideas and tips for living green and caring
for the planet. Students will have a solar oven cook-off, an alternative
energy expo, a recycled art show and create a kids’ guidebook
to green living to share their ideas of a green future. Even Kermit
the Frog would have to sing a new tune after taking this class.
Suzie
Hodges, School in the Woods, District 20
Math
Alive!
Have
you wondered how you could measure the height of a mountain?
Do you like to build things with your hands? Are you talented
at creating your own games? Do you often wonder when you’ll
ever use the “stuff” you learn in math class?
If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, then this
is the class for you! Join us as we explore how to make
math come alive. We’ll dive into geometry by building
kites and folding intricate origami. We’ll discover
patterns in and make predictions about numbers using bungee cords
and Barbies. We’ll look at games from around the world
(and familiar ones too) and find out what it takes to make a game
worth playing. You’ll even get to create your very
own games showing off your creativity and logic skills and play
them with your classmates. Just bring your brain and your
enthusiasm and together we’ll find out just how fun math
can be!
Hannah
Joiner, Teacher, District 11
“Tis Almost Fairy Time”
“Dost
thou like to act? Come join the Summer G.T.
Shakespearean Players in Fairyland as we perform scenes from William
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in full Elizabethan
costume. There, Oberon and Titania (king and queen of the fairies)
are quarreling which causes chaos everywhere! Four young lovers
are under a spell which causes many misunderstandings, a band
of terrible actors puts on a silly, hilarious play for Duke Theseus’
wedding that is meant to be a tragedy, one actor is turned into
a donkey, and the mischievous fairy, Puck is to blame for it all!
While rehearsing the play—which will be performed for two
audiences—you will learn acting techniques that will lead
to a “polished” performance in just three weeks! You
will also paint backdrops and explore the Renaissance, fairy lore,
and Shakespeare’s life. So come join our merry little band
as we have fun with one of Shakespeare’s most loved comedies!
Dedra
Montoya, Teacher, Steele Elementary School, District 11
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