"Something Large and Wild"

Listen to an episode of the This is Love Podcast entitled "Something Large and Wild." 

This episode features "an unconventional love story aout a teenager, the Pacific Ocean, and an ecounter with something wild--- a baby whale." 

"Something Large and Wild"

Listen to an episode of the This is Love Podcast entitled "Something Large and Wild." 

This episode features "an unconventional love story aout a teenager, the Pacific Ocean, and an ecounter with something wild--- a baby whale." 

100 Things To Do Before Kindergarten

List of fun things to do with your child before they enter kindergarten.

Alphabet Walk

Go for a walk and look for letters of the alphabet all around you! For example, two branches on the ground might form the letter T. The goal is to find the letters without having to move items around to create the letter. Mark off each letter as you find it!

Backyard Fort

Backyard Fort

Backyard Fort

Beach Treats

Beach Treats

Beach Treats

Camp Out or In Mission #2

Camp Out or In Mission #2

Camp Out or In Mission #2

Captain's Log

Captain’s logs and ship’s logs have a rich history, and provide insight into how life on seafaring vessels went (and still go today). Continue this tradition by keeping track of what, where, and how you read this summer. 

Community Building

Community Building

Community Building

Crystal Geode Eggs

With a little bit of science magic, transform leftover eggshells into a crystal geode!  Using leftover pieces or upcycling things for a new purpose is an egg-cellent (not sorry for the egg pun) way to nuture nature. 

This task will require parental/ caregiver support and may not be appropriate for very young children. 

Crystal Geode Eggs

With a little bit of science magic, transform leftover eggshells into a crystal geode!  Using leftover pieces or upcycling things for a new purpose is an egg-cellent (not sorry for the egg pun) way to nuture nature. 

This task will require parental/ caregiver support and may not be appropriate for very young children. 

Crystal Geode Eggs

With a little bit of science magic, transform leftover eggshells into a crystal geode!  Using leftover pieces or upcycling things for a new purpose is an egg-cellent (not sorry for the egg pun) way to nuture nature. 

This task will require parental/ caregiver support and may not be appropriate for very young children. 

Design Challenge Mission #1

Can you craft a castle out of cardboard, mold a mountain from modeling clay, or design a hiking pack out of a plastic sack?  We want to see your Adventure inspired designs. 

Design Challenge Mission #1

Can you craft a castle out of cardboard, mold a mountain from modeling clay, or design a hiking pack out of a plastic sack?  We want to see your Adventure inspired designs. 

Design Challenge Mission #1

Can you craft a castle out of cardboard, mold a mountain from modeling clay, or design a hiking pack out of a plastic sack?  We want to see your Adventure inspired designs. 

Egg Carton Animal Portraits

Famous Ocean Explorers

Famous Ocean Explorers

Help Save the Bees!

You have probably heard or seen a plea to help save the bees - maybe on a tshirt, a bumper sticker, poster, or even a commerical. Bee populations are on the decline due to pesticide use, habitat loss, and environmental factors.  But why are bees so important? 

Bees are pivotal for our food systems and the very air we breathe: 
- Help produce 1/3 of our food supply
- Help provide 1/2 of the world's fibers, oils, and raw materials
- Help create medicines
-Provide food for wildlife
-Help prevent soil erosion

To satisfy this mission, take an action that will help bees such as making a bee watering station or planting a pollinator garden. 

Help Save the Bees!

You have probably heard or seen a plea to help save the bees - maybe on a tshirt, a bumper sticker, poster, or even a commerical. Bee populations are on the decline due to pesticide use, habitat loss, and environmental factors.  But why are bees so important? 

Bees are pivotal for our food systems and the very air we breathe: 
- Help produce 1/3 of our food supply
- Help provide 1/2 of the world's fibers, oils, and raw materials
- Help create medicines
-Provide food for wildlife
-Help prevent soil erosion

To satisfy this mission, take an action that will help bees such as making a bee watering station or planting a pollinator garden. 

Help Save the Bees!

You have probably heard or seen a plea to help save the bees - maybe on a tshirt, a bumper sticker, poster, or even a commerical. Bee populations are on the decline due to pesticide use, habitat loss, and environmental factors.  But why are bees so important? 

Bees are pivotal for our food systems and the very air we breathe: 
- Help produce 1/3 of our food supply
- Help provide 1/2 of the world's fibers, oils, and raw materials
- Help create medicines
-Provide food for wildlife
-Help prevent soil erosion

To satisfy this mission, take an action that will help bees such as making a bee watering station or planting a pollinator garden. 

Here Be Sea Monsters

Inspired by the Ocean

Inspired by the Ocean

Inspired by the Ocean

Jellyfish art

Jellyfish art

10 Pts

Kindness Counts

Do something nice and show kindness to others! These activities are great ways to show your generosity.

Learn about the "50 Yard Challenge"

Learn about the "50 Yard Challenge"

Learn about the Mariana Trench

Learn about the Mariana Trench

Leave the Trail Better than You Found It

Leave the Trail Better than You Found It

Listen to a Circle Round Podcast

Circle Round isa podcast “Created and produced by parents of young children, WBUR's CircleRound adapts carefully-selected folktales from around the world into sound- andmusic-rich radio plays for kids ages 4 to 10. Each 10- to 20-minute episodeexplores important issues like kindness, persistence and generosity. And eachepisode ends with an activity that inspires a deeper conversation betweenchildren and grown-ups.”

This mission challenges you to listen to at least one podcast episode and reflect on what you have heard. 

Listen to a Circle Round Podcast

Circle Round is a podcast “Created and produced by parents of young children, WBUR's CircleRound adapts carefully-selected folktales from around the world into sound- andmusic-rich radio plays for kids ages 4 to 10. Each 10- to 20-minute episodeexplores important issues like kindness, persistence and generosity. And eachepisode ends with an activity that inspires a deeper conversation betweenchildren and grown-ups.”

This mission challenges you to listen to at least one podcast episode and reflect on what you have heard. 

Listen to a Kind World Podcast

Little Explorers

Get your little ones to expand their horizons. This can be accomplished by trying something new or seeing things in a different light. Teach your little ones that you don’t have to travel far to explore new things—wonderment can be found everywhere!

Make a Telescope

Make a Telescope

Make homemade bubbles!

Make homemade bubbles!

Mission #3 Science at home

Mission #3 Science at home

Mission #3 Science at home

Mission #4: Family History

Mission #4: Family History

Mission #4: Family History

Mission #5: Leave the Trail Better than You Found It

Mission #5: Leave the Trail Better than You Found It

Mission #5: Leave the Trail Better than You Found It

Mission #6 Around the World

Mission #6 Around the World

Mission #6 Around the World

My Ocean Animal Adventure

My Ocean Animal Adventure

My Ocean Animal Adventure

Natterin' as a Scallywag -- Pirate Speak

20 Pts

Navigating by the Stars

When the sun set at night, sailors used the stars to navigate. Stars move across the sky from east to west, and some stars, called rise and set stars, begin and end their nightly path below the horizon. Sailors determined their heading by watching the movement of the stars the same way they watched the sun’s movement. Sailors measured the height of the stars in the sky to track their progress.

Sailors also used their knowledge of the constellations to navigate. Because constellations change seasonally, mariners had to know which constellations were visible in the sky at different times of the year in each hemisphere. Based on the location of certain constellations in the sky, sailors could determine what direction they were heading. The North Star was also a valuable marker for early navigators. (text sourced from https://www.formulaboats.com/blog/history-of-navigation-at-sea/#:~:text=When%20the%20sun%20set%20at,they%20watched%20the%20sun's%20movement.) 

Can you navigate with the night sky? 

20 Pts

Navigating by the Stars

When the sun set at night, sailors used the stars to navigate. Stars move across the sky from east to west, and some stars, called rise and set stars, begin and end their nightly path below the horizon. Sailors determined their heading by watching the movement of the stars the same way they watched the sun’s movement. Sailors measured the height of the stars in the sky to track their progress.

Sailors also used their knowledge of the constellations to navigate. Because constellations change seasonally, mariners had to know which constellations were visible in the sky at different times of the year in each hemisphere. Based on the location of certain constellations in the sky, sailors could determine what direction they were heading. The North Star was also a valuable marker for early navigators. (text sourced from https://www.formulaboats.com/blog/history-of-navigation-at-sea/#:~:text=When%20the%20sun%20set%20at,they%20watched%20the%20sun's%20movement.) 

Can you navigate with the night sky? 

20 Pts

Navigating by the Stars

When the sun set at night, sailors used the stars to navigate. Stars move across the sky from east to west, and some stars, called rise and set stars, begin and end their nightly path below the horizon. Sailors determined their heading by watching the movement of the stars the same way they watched the sun’s movement. Sailors measured the height of the stars in the sky to track their progress.

Sailors also used their knowledge of the constellations to navigate. Because constellations change seasonally, mariners had to know which constellations were visible in the sky at different times of the year in each hemisphere. Based on the location of certain constellations in the sky, sailors could determine what direction they were heading. The North Star was also a valuable marker for early navigators. (text sourced from https://www.formulaboats.com/blog/history-of-navigation-at-sea/#:~:text=When%20the%20sun%20set%20at,they%20watched%20the%20sun's%20movement.) 

Can you navigate with the night sky? 

Ocean Creature Feature

Ocean Creature Feature

15 Pts

Ocean Movement

15 Pts

Ocean Movement

15 Pts

Ocean Movement

Penpals

Penpals

20 Pts

Pirate Scavenger Hunt

Arrgh! Think you are ready to be a pirate? Can you find at least 5 pirate-themed items. Look around your house, the library, park, all around you!

Describe the items you find and make sure to mention how or where you found them to earn points! 

Pirate Treasure Scavanger Hunt

Plastic Spoon Chef

Plastic Spoon Chef

Practicing Playwrights

Practicing Playwrights

15 Pts

Random Acts of Kindness

Small gestures make the most difference on a daily basis. It's easy to get so preoccupied with our own lives that we forget about others, but with just one simple act of kindness, we can change the way someone else's day goes, and we can better ourselves and the world in the process. This challenge is designed for you to take the time to do something for someone else — and hopefully they will pay it forward to the next person!

Read a book about a different culture

Culture is everything that describes a particular group of people. The group can be; a family, a religious group, or people from a different town, neighbourhood, country, or city. It can also be people who share a similar ethnic background, life dynamics, or work culture. Culture is often used to describe the features exhibited through history, language, food, arts, geography, family values, and beliefs.

A practice of reading books written by different people from different cultures helps you learn numerous facts about the culture, which stimulates the mind.  In addition, you’ll be able to identify with the culture and understand the world better.  Learning about other cultures can help enhance communication, minimize stereotyping, and teach you new ways of doing things. 

Read a book about a different culture

Culture is everything that describes a particular group of people. The group can be; a family, a religious group, or people from a different town, neighbourhood, country, or city. It can also be people who share a similar ethnic background, life dynamics, or work culture. Culture is often used to describe the features exhibited through history, language, food, arts, geography, family values, and beliefs.

A practice of reading books written by different people from different cultures helps you learn numerous facts about the culture, which stimulates the mind.  In addition, you’ll be able to identify with the culture and understand the world better.  Learning about other cultures can help enhance communication, minimize stereotyping, and teach you new ways of doing things. 

Read a book about a different culture

Culture is everything that describes a particular group of people. The group can be; a family, a religious group, or people from a different town, neighbourhood, country, or city. It can also be people who share a similar ethnic background, life dynamics, or work culture. Culture is often used to describe the features exhibited through history, language, food, arts, geography, family values, and beliefs.

A practice of reading books written by different people from different cultures helps you learn numerous facts about the culture, which stimulates the mind.  In addition, you’ll be able to identify with the culture and understand the world better.  Learning about other cultures can help enhance communication, minimize stereotyping, and teach you new ways of doing things. 

Reading Around

Books can take you around the world and back, even if you're only in your backyard! Show us all the fun and exciting places you read by marking each place you read. Get out and read!

Recipes from around the globe

Recipes from around the globe

Recipes from around the globe

Sea Shanty

Sea Shanty

10 Pts

Share the Joy

Sharing Recipes

Sharing Recipes

Sharing Recipes

Supply Drive for Isaiah 117 House

Supply Drive for Isaiah 117 House

Supply Drive for Isaiah 117 House

Tennessee was once a sea?!

The Deep Sea

The Deep Sea

The Deep Sea

Trashion Show-- Fashion from Recycled Items

Trashion Show-- Fashion from Recycled Items

Trashion Show-- Fashion from Recycled Items

15 Pts

USS Greeneville

15 Pts

USS Greeneville

Learn About Smokey Bear

Traveling to the Moon, Mars, and Beyond with NASA’s Artemis Project

Back to the Moon with NASA’s Artemis Project

Campfire Safety

Many Miles to Mars with NASA’s Artemis Project

Nature Adventure

Planning and Prototyping with NASA’s Artemis Project

Tree Exploration

Career Exploration

Wildfire Science

Make a Difference