Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Harmless Holder

For Students 3rd - 8th
Design and construct an environmentally safe holder for a six-pack of cans that is sturdy and easy to carry.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Confetti Launcher

For Students 3rd - 8th
Show your creativity by designing and building a device that will launch confetti to your target!
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Floating Box Pop Up Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Make a cool greeting card with floating box pop-ups for a friend or make a bunch for invitations to a party!
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Box Pop Up Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Follow these instructions to make pop-up greeting cards for your friends.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Hack a Greeting Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Transform an old musical greeting card into a surprise for your friend.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Glow Sticks

For Students 3rd - 8th
Test your electrical skills! Can you make a working glow stick with a nine-volt battery and a strand of lights?
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Build a Better Lunchbox

For Students 3rd - 8th
Follow the directions to build a lunchbox that will keep a frozen treat from melting.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Bristle Bots

For Students 6th - 8th
Are you up to the task of making a mini robot? It requires a small motor, a button battery, wires, and a toothbrush.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Balloon Joust

For Students 3rd - 8th
Prepare your balloons, using barbeque skewers and straws, for a balloon joust with your friends.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Balance Magic

For Students 3rd - 8th
See if you can balance a sculpture on the end of a toothpick!
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Air Cannon

For Students 3rd - 8th
Make your air cannon using simple items like a paper cup, a plastic bag, and pom poms; then see how far you can shoot the pom poms.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Treasure Grab

For Students 3rd - 8th
Grab all the treasure you can and test your driving skills with your Treasure Grabber made with string, paper clips, and a straw.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: String Puppet

For Students 3rd - 8th
Make your own puppets that move, bend, and twist at your command simply using straws and fishing string.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: 4 Wheel Balloon Car

For Students 3rd - 8th
Create your own 4-wheel balloon cars with simple household items and race them across the floor.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Marshmallow Blaster

For Students K - 1st
Shoot marshmallows across the room with your own Marshmallow Blaster.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Robo Wheel

For Students K - 1st
Make your own Robo Wheel to race or do freestyle tricks using simple household items like paper bowls, string, and rubber bands.
Website
Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Teachers Lounge

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Although this is considered a teachers lounge, it has many activities for students too. Teachers will love this because there are many lesson plans as well as other activities to do with their students.
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Betsy Byars

For Students 6th - 8th
This site can be used as a comprehension check of the work of Betsy Byars. There is a matching game, flashcards, concentration, and a word search.
Interactive
Other

Tv Cultura: Alo Escola: Brincar E Bom

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In Portuguese. Interactive games, cartoons, a brief history of popular toys, and online children's games, from the TV Cultura channel, a widely admired broadcaster of children's television programs.
Interactive
Ready

Ready: Kids: Be a Hero

For Students 3rd - 8th
How prepared are you and your family if a disaster would occur? Kids, parents, and teachers can use this site to find tips to help prepare for multiple disaster situations. Included are learning games for kids, FAQ's and an emergency kit...
Website
California Institute of Technology

Welcome to Cool Cosmos!

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides a cosmic classroom, an image gallery, science resources, fun and games, and much more!
eBook
LM Digital Media

Kids World Fun: Tyrone the Cheater [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This ebook shares the story of a small dinosaur named Boland who keeps being the victim of a bully named Tyrone the T-Rex. In this story, Tyrone keeps cheating in games. Can Boland and his friends devise a plan to stop the cheating?...
Website
US Mint

United States Mint: h.i.p. Pocket Change

For Students 9th - 10th
The H.I.P. Pocket Change (HPC) Web site was launched in July 1999 by the U.S. Mint. HPC is designed to be a fun, educational tool that generates interest in coins, the mint, and U.S. history. A constantly evolving site, HPC works to...
Website
NASA

Nasa: Space Place

For Students 3rd - 8th
NASA offers games, animations, and projects to help kids explore earth, space, and technology.