Build flying models at home with family and friends.
Science Action Club recognizes the unique challenges facing out-of-school time programs. Shifts to online learning and physical distancing require new ways of thinking. But you don't need to reinvent the wheel. Use this searchable index to find recommended SAC activities for different learning environments and feel free to modify activities to meet your program's needs. If you’d like help brainstorming ideas, contact SAC at scienceactionclub@calacademy.org.
Tips to Support Your Planning:
- Consider each activity’s mission and keep sight of the main learning goals as you make changes.
- Citizen science can be done anywhere—indoors, outdoors, even through your window.
- Some group activities can be done individually.
- Links to the digital guidebooks and printed materials are located inside each online training under Activity Leader Resources. You can screen-share images of SAC printed materials or videos if you’re teaching online. A list of video links is located near the back of each guidebook.
Looking for coronavirus (COVID-19) info? Click here for resources, FAQs, and interviews with Shannon Bennett, PhD, the Academy's Chief of Science.
Recommended for: Online Learning, Physical Distancing
Requires: Internet / Computer
Type: Video, Design Challenge, Call to Action
Assessment your local habitat and design a way to improve it.
Recommended for: Online Learning, Physical Distancing
Requires: Internet / Computer
Type: Video, Call to Action
Use your homemade anemometer to measure the wind in your neighborhood.
Recommended for: Online Learning, Physical Distancing
Requires: SAC Kit Materials
Type: Call to Action, Skill Practice
Watch a movie to learn about flight in nature.
Recommended for: Online Learning, Physical Distancing
Requires: Internet / Computer
Type: Video
Watch a video to learn about relationships between bees and flowers.
Recommended for: Online Learning, Physical Distancing
Requires: Internet / Computer
Type: Video
Watch a video to learn how we can harness wind power.
Recommended for: Online Learning, Physical Distancing
Requires: Internet / Computer
Type: Video
Play a game to race to the top of the food chain.
Recommended for: Online Learning
Requires: Internet / Computer
Type: Game
Build and fly paper models to determine how wing shape affects flight.
Recommended for: Online Learning, Physical Distancing
Requires: Internet / Computer, Printed Materials
Type: Video, Science Investigation, Design Challenge
Analyze data and design scientific models to study plants and pollinators.
Recommended for: Online Learning, Physical Distancing
Requires: Household Materials, Printed Materials
Type: Data Analysis, Art / Science Activity
Use the GLOBE app to record sky observations and share them with NASA.
Recommended for: Online Learning, Physical Distancing
Requires: Printed Materials, Internet / Computer
Type: Citizen Science, Science Investigation
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