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Library News
Book Suggestions
Not sure what to read? Check out this YouTube playlist of book trailers. All of these books can be found in the media center collection or the Orion Township Public Library.
YALSA's Book Awards and Book Lists
Want the Media Center to purchase a book we don't have? Fill out the Book Suggestion Form
Makerspace
Library Escape Room
Online Makerspace Activities
September
September's Makerspace theme is CARDBOARD. What can you build with cardboard?
STEM Challenge: Build a structure that you can fit inside using cardboard scraps. Send a picture to your media specialist to be featured in the school news on the website and twitter. Participants also may win prizes!
BONUS: Letsticktogether Sticker Mosaic! Please do not place more than 10 stickers per day so that everyone can share in the experience of revealing the picture. Thank you!
October
October's Makerspace theme is STOP MOTION ANIMATION. You can use either the free Stop Motion Studio app:
or use your phone and the Windows Photos app.
STEM Challenge: Use Stop Motion to make a video explaining something you learned in school.
BONUS: Letsticktogether Sticker Mosaic! Please do not place more than 10 stickers per day so that everyone can share in the experience of revealing the picture. Thank you!
November
3D Printer using Tinkercad
Directions:
- Click on Sign In and click on Sign in with Google.
- Sign in using your school email account and password
- Have fun exploring and creating!
- Your project must be your original work, not a single pre-designed shape.
- Your project must have a purpose. What are you going to do with it? It is wasteful to print things that just sit on your desk and collect dust!
- Make sure you select your entire project and group it using the button at the top or the keyboard shortcut CTRL + G. This makes your project print as one connected piece.
- Export your project as a .stl file and send it to your media specialist.
- Media specialists will print one project per student. More projects may be printed depending on volume of requests.
STEM Challenge--Design something to keep your desk tidy.
BONUS: Letsticktogether Sticker Mosaic! Please do not place more than 10 stickers per day so that everyone can share in the experience of revealing the picture. Thank you!
December
Hour of Code in Minecraft
Directions:
- Open Minecraft Education Edition. If you don't have it on your computer, go to the Microsoft Store, login with your school email, and click on the Lake Orion Community Schools tab to download.
- Select Hour of Code OR open a new world and type /code
- If you type /code, click on the red icon with the T on it to code with Tynker.
- Send a screenshot of your code to your media specialist!
STEM Challenge--after completing a coding challenge in Hour of Code or in Tynker, create your own original program.
BONUS: Letsticktogether Sticker Mosaic! Please do not place more than 10 stickers per day so that everyone can share in the experience of revealing the picture. Thank you!
January
Origami
Websites:
- Origami for Kids—this site is nicely leveled with easy projects and then more difficult ones. The projects are rated according to their difficulty.
- Very Simple Origami For Kids and Easy Instructions—less distracting ads, nice images to follow
- Origami Instructions for Kids—projects are leveled Easy and Easy-Intermediate
- 25 Easy Origami Figures for Kids to Create!—embedded youtube video instructions
- Origami Club—projects are organized by topic (ie sea creatures, flowers, bugs) and rated by difficulty. Directions are diagrams and youtube videos
STEM Challenge--create your own origami shape. Write out directions on how others can also create this origami design.
BONUS: Letsticktogether Sticker Mosaic! Please do not place more than 10 stickers per day so that everyone can share in the experience of revealing the picture. Thank you!
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February
Make a Comic
Make a Comic or Story with Make Belief Comixs or Book Creator
Looking for some inspiration? Check out the Digital Comic Museum and read old comics for free!
STEM Challenge--use Minecraft Education to design your comic/story setting
BONUS: Letsticktogether Sticker Mosaic! Please do not place more than 10 stickers per day so that everyone can share in the experience of revealing the picture. Thank you!
March
March is Reading Month!
Check your school's grade level Teams for information about what your school is doing to celebrate!
BONUS: Letsticktogether Sticker Mosaic! Please do not place more than 10 stickers per day so that everyone can share in the experience of revealing the picture. Thank you!
April
April is Poetry Month!
Check your school's grade level Teams for information about what your school is doing to celebrate!
Check out these free poetry creation apps!
- Acrostic Poems (IPad, Android)--With this app, students can choose a focus word and then decide which new words they will assign to teach letters.
- Diamante Poems (Ipad, Android)--A diamante is a poem shaped like a diamond. The app asks students to fill in the blanks to construct their own poem.
- Haiku Poem (Ipad, Android)--the app helps students identify syllables in words as they brainstorm a list of words that can be included in their poem. The app also gives options for different backgrounds to customize your final creation.
- Blackout Bard (ipad)--the site asks students to select from a pre-existing passage and then eliminate words to create their own original poem. Students can also choose from different backgrounds.
STEM Challenge--write a poem to teach a concept you learned in Math class.
BONUS: Letsticktogether Sticker Mosaic! Please do not place more than 10 stickers per day so that everyone can share in the experience of revealing the picture. Thank you!
May
Draw a Diagram:
Draw.io is a free diagramming website. Use the tool to create models and diagrams!
STEM Challenge--create a diagram of your home, school, or bedroom
BONUS: Letsticktogether Sticker Mosaic! Please do not place more than 10 stickers per day so that everyone can share in the experience of revealing the picture. Thank you!
June
Animation: Create your own animation with https://www.abcya.com/games/animate
STEM Challenge: create a 10 frame animation of a firework releasing and exploding
BONUS: Letsticktogether Sticker Mosaic! Please do not place more than 10 stickers per day so that everyone can share in the experience of revealing the picture. Thank you!