Make a Cotton Ball Launcher

 Have a go at making your own Cotton Ball Launcher.  You only need a few items you will have at home.

Cotton Ball Launcher

Take a video of it in action and post it on Hero under Learning at Home or add it to the Facebook page. Fire Away!

Pets

Who has a pet at home?

Here are some fun pet activities that you might like to try during our last week at home, especially since your pets may miss you next week.


Try out Whaea Natalies STEM pet challenge.

STEM Challenge - Design something for your pet.

Dress up your Pet.

Have some fun dressing your pet (if they are happy about it) and take some fun photos.  They make great cards and pictures for the wall.

Create a Dog Obstacle Course

If you have a dog who loves to run set up an obstacle course for them to do with you.

Make a 3D Goldfish Bowl

Mice Corner Bookmarks

Minecraft Pet World

Make a pet world or farm in Minecraft.  Think about what the animals need, shelter, food, and so much more.

Lego Dog Building Instructions

Origami Fun

Origami is lots of fun.  Try some of the activities we made on zoom and then challenge yourself to attempt some new ones.

Origami Fox

Origami Dog

Origami Tulip

Origami Cup (video)

Origami Butterfly (video)

Jet Airplane (video)

Satellites

The satellites are back over New Zeland again and you can track them at night with this great web page

See a Satellite Tonight

What are Satellites? - Video 

Make a Cardboard Satellite

Easy to Make Satellite from a Bottle

Float Your Boat - STEM Challenge

Another great STEM challenge on Friday with Whaea Natalie

If you missed out or want to try again here it is

STEM Fun - Design a Chair

Whaea Natalie ran a fantastic STEM activity via Zoom today.  You might like to try it yourself or try again if you had a go already.

Become a Photographer

Everyone loves a great photograph and taking pictures for memories.

If you are wanting something different to do then why not try a bit of photography.

You can take great photos with a phone, camera or ipad and there are many tips to help you get the perfect shot.

All of these photos have been taken by children at school. Can you work out where they were taken?

Take a lesson on snapping some good shots!

Composition

The Rule of Thirds

Creative Portraits

Perspective

Close up Photographs

You could try to do some of these great activities once you have had some practice.

• Take a photograph of anything and write a story about it. It could be of bears that you see in windows or some plants in the garden. It might be a journal of your time at home.
• Have someone create a list of things to find in the house or in the yard. Go and photograph them and be creative.  Perhaps just take a photograph of part of the object and try to get people to guess what it is.
• Photograph something that starts with each letter of the alphabet
• Create a blog to keep your pictures on.  You can make it private for only family to view if you choose. You can post their images, add captions, and record what you are learning.

Create a blog

You can add your work to your Learning at Home page on Linc Ed to show your great shots.

Lego Fun

Lego Fun
With the weather being a little wet at the moment this could be a great inside activity for all the family.
You can use Lego or use any blocks you have.  Something new for each day to try.

You can even enjoy Lego online at Lego ideas and enter competitions, suggest new ideas to make and lots more.
If you have lego packs at home you can use these for making the items (great for following instructions, visual language, and problem-solving) then use them to make something new.

At Lego.com you can play games as well as explore all kinds of lego. 

If your parents have Facebook there is even a Lego Facebook page with lots of ideas!

Most of all have fun, play, be creative and enjoy Lego.

Virtual Museum Tour

I love nothing more than going through a museum, especially places I have never been to before.

Although we can't physically go anywhere at the moment we can virtually look through some of the most amazing museums in the world
The Smithsonian Museum is one place you can spend hours virtually touring.  Take a look.

Smithsonian Museum

There are many other museums that you can take a virtual tour of. Explore some of these amazing sites.

Virtual Museum tours