Winter Break Enrichment Activites for Students
To keep our students active over the break, the District has worked with partners to provide exciting educational challenges and opportunities for our K-12 students. Challenges range from iReady Math and Reading to high school writing challenges to earn cash prizes. For more information, click here.
In addition, over mid-winter break, have your student participate in K-12 S.T.E.A.M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) enrichment virtual field trips and activities to stay engaged. These activities include educational and fun activities that incorporate math, science, art, and design. See below.
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K-4 |
From the Monterey Bay Aquarium: “Be delighted by the antics of our sea otters or mellow out to the hypnotic drifting of our jellies. Experience the wonder of the ocean no matter where you are.” |
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K-5 |
Experience the sights and sounds of the San Diego Zoo through educational videos, activities and games about the animals at the zoo. |
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3-6 |
What happens when you send slime to space? We are about to find out! This 15-minute Nickelodeon “Slime in Space” virtual field trip answers that question. |
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5 - 8
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The Nature Conservancy allows students to travel the world and explore natural environments. Featured virtual field trips include Climate Change, The Secret Life of Corals and Borneo: The Symphony of the Rainforest. |
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6-12
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Great Lakes Now brings along students on virtual field trips to learn more about the importance of coastal wetlands, the danger of algal blooms and a deep dive into lake sturgeon. |
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7-12 |
Learn the science of art conservation in this 23-minute virtual field trip. Go behind-the-scenes at the Detroit Institute of Arts with Detroit Public TV Virtual Field Trip and go where no one has ever gone before! What lies behind the surface of a 400-year-old sculpture? Is what you see on a painting real, or did the artist mean to draw something totally different? And, what about Infrared Reflectography—what does that exactly do? |
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