We are inspired by our Mount Vernon Community of students, families, and staff who are showing great resilience, determination, and creativity to stay connected with one another and to support student learning. Their efforts to continue to make Every Day Count during this unprecedented time are amazing! Teaching & Learning staff are excited to share resources and ideas for staying connected and supporting student learning. Students are likely to hear from their classmates, teachers, and school sites with ways to stay engaged. Maintaining our sense of community supports our social-emotional health and will help each of us to remain engaged in learning. We hope you engage with and enjoy the ideas we post on our Every Day Counts! student learning blog. Stay tuned--we plan to begin posting on Monday, March 23rd! Many of the resources we will be sharing are available to all students via the MV TECHSMART K-12 DIGITAL LITERACY site.


Friday, April 24, 2020

4-24-2020 Cardboard Challenge

Check out this great video about a boy named Caine who created his own arcade out of cardboard!  What games would you create for your arcade?  What other materials do you have around your home that you could use to construct a game? 



Challenge:  Create a game that you can play out of cardboard and other recycled items around your home.

Materials Required

  • Cardboard boxes of different sizes and shapes
  • Scissors
  • Masking tape or painter’s tape which can be removed easily
  • Household recycling items (cardboard tubes, egg cartons, plastic containers, etc.)
  • Craft supplies for decorating (markers, pipe cleaners, buttons, pom poms, glitter, bells, paper, aluminum foil, etc.)

Instructions

  1. Come up with a creation using cardboard boxes of different sizes and shapes that can be played with. To help spark ideas, consider these questions: What might the creation look like? What part of the creation do you want to start with?
  2. Using household recycling items and crafts supplies decorate the cardboard creation.
  3. Create a narrative to go along with the creation.
  4. Share the creation with others.  Post a picture or video of your creation.  
Martha Thornburgh: Mount Vernon Schools Teaching and Learning

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