Extra STEM Distance Learning Resources 

So many incredible educators and school districts from around the world are providing engaging resources for students and their families to use while at home.  Learning and innovation happens in the every day through creating, trial and error, observation, and curiosity.  The challenges, projects, and links you see below provide opportunities for students to be creative, think critically, and have some fun!  Use the materials you already have at home! Save those toilet paper and paper towel rolls once they're used.  Use recycled canned goods as "happy trash" building materials. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions. I'll continue to update this page as more ideas/information are gathered! ​Miss you! Stay safe, Miss Roth

Flipgrid: Click Here
To my McKinley Elementary family, I miss you all! Feel free to click on the Flipgrid link in gold above (connected to your SGUSD email accounts) to leave a video message, check-in, or show me something that you've made or are working on. I'll make a video back to you! I also have a 2nd topic on that link called, "Seeing Math & Science All Around Us" where you can tell me where you're seeing math and science in your everyday life! Rufus & I send our love!

Flux's Daily STEAM Challenges:
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Flux is posting daily STEAM challenges that can be completed at home with everyday materials.  Kids can share their designs with others virtually and even win a prize! 

the Daily STEM:
​Click Here 
Created by Chris Woods
"A FREE one page weekly “newspaper” to help inspire kids to engage with STEM in the real world."  Once you click the link above, click on the various PDF issues to dive in. 

STEM Challenges
Created by Amy Melissa Farkas
Click on the images below to enlarge and read the challenges. I'll be adding them every day or 2, so scroll through the thumbnails to see them all!

 
​Go Noodle: Click Here
Get your body and mind moving with some kinesthetic workouts and dances--and silly songs! I love silly songs & dances! Note: Two of my favorite stations on Go Noodle are Koo Koo Kanga Roo & Moose Tube! 
Bonus Clip: Learn 3 different whale parts in the video below! (Dorsal fin, pectoral fin, whale flutes!) Thank you to the person in charge of PD who taught this to me years ago! 

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​Stuck at Home Science 
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Created by California Science Center 
Daily lessons and activities "designed for families to explore, investigate, and learn together" with everyday objects and materials found at home. New lessons are posted weekdays at 10am.
​(Photos from last year's field trip to the CA Science Center.)

Explore National Parks Digitally:
Click here (parks are already bookmarked!)
Take a tour and see the wonders found in our country's incredible national parks via Google Earth! 
Bonus: Look at the picture below. Can you figure out the national park I got to explore in February 2020? 

​STEMy Movie Connections:
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Created by Chris Woods
Click on the link above and scroll down to find a list of "Super STEM Movies" with STEMy connection. On the PDF, each movie includes: ideas of projects, the top scenes & noted times, a big question, and further study. Note: All movies should be viewed by a parent.

CoderZ
​Click Here
Created by Amazon Future Engineer
A digital platform where students learn coding and robotics by programing  "virtual 3D robots." During COVID-19, this platform is free to teachers and students in the US that have school closures. 

​Sharpen
​Click Here
A digital platform that randomly generates challenges for students to invent, build, engineer, draw and create. 

LIVE Breakout EDU Games
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We LOVE Breakout EDU! Click on the link above to play a LIVE Breakout EDU game, Monday-Friday, at 11am PST! One winner each day will get the new Home Breakout EDU Game and a Breakout EDU game for your teacher's classroom! 

77 x 2 Simple STEM Activities for Families
Click Here (for the PDF format & interactive links)
Created by Chris Woods
​Lists of ways to get kids moving, creating, and exploring. Click on the images below to enlarge and read the challenges or click on the link above to get the PDF version & interactive links. (Spanish is available, too.)