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Why Wonder?
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Why dedicating time to your passion is important!
Online Resources: Inspiration
Massive List of Hobbies This is the biggest list of hobbies that exists! The goal of this list is to help you find a hobby that you might like to try or explore. A hobby can be something that enriches your life.
Springboard (Google Science Fair): Need ideas or inspiration? Use this search tool to help you find a project that you will love working on.
Ready, Set, Create: Great warm up activities and short challenges to get you thinking about inventing a creating!
Springboard (Google Science Fair): Need ideas or inspiration? Use this search tool to help you find a project that you will love working on.
Ready, Set, Create: Great warm up activities and short challenges to get you thinking about inventing a creating!
Online resources: Make Stuff
Make! Online Magazine From designing your own Marshmallow Shooter to making a 10-Rail Model Rocket Mega-Launcher, you can find all kinds of ideas for projects. The projects are rated in difficulty: easy, moderate, and difficult.
DIY offers kids the chance to earn Skill Badges by doing challenges. For example, how would you like to earn your Papercrafter badge by doing 3 challenges (out of 13 choices) that include making a walkalong glider or building a paper vehicle? Most of the challenges include instructions, either with video or pictures.
Tinkering Studio is full of interesting ideas for, well, tinkering. Each project is described, offers pictures, and gives reasons for its educational value. Many also offer PDF’s with instructions on how to do the project.
Gamestar Mechanic: Gamestar Mechanic uses fun, game-based quests and courses to help you learn game design and make your own video games!
Touchcast: Touchcast supplies the tools needed to create an authentic looking video broadcast.
Tinkercad: Tinkercad is an easy, browser-based 3D design and modeling tool for all. Tinkercad allows users to imagine anything and then design it in minutes.
Project Ignite: Project Ignite supplies lessons and projects to build using Tinkercad.
DIY offers kids the chance to earn Skill Badges by doing challenges. For example, how would you like to earn your Papercrafter badge by doing 3 challenges (out of 13 choices) that include making a walkalong glider or building a paper vehicle? Most of the challenges include instructions, either with video or pictures.
Tinkering Studio is full of interesting ideas for, well, tinkering. Each project is described, offers pictures, and gives reasons for its educational value. Many also offer PDF’s with instructions on how to do the project.
Gamestar Mechanic: Gamestar Mechanic uses fun, game-based quests and courses to help you learn game design and make your own video games!
Touchcast: Touchcast supplies the tools needed to create an authentic looking video broadcast.
Tinkercad: Tinkercad is an easy, browser-based 3D design and modeling tool for all. Tinkercad allows users to imagine anything and then design it in minutes.
Project Ignite: Project Ignite supplies lessons and projects to build using Tinkercad.
Online resources: Learn Stuff
Academy of Achievement:The Academy has developed a comprehensive video archive of historical figures, weaving their stories into a unique narrative history of our world. While we believe that everyone can benefit by exploring the lives of these extraordinary leaders, visionaries, and pioneers, we encourage students in particular to draw on these materials while forming their own judgments and values.
My Role Model (Academy of Achievement): Match yourself with a Role Model. Search this database to find an Academy member with dreams and challenges similar to your own.
wikiHow.com: wikiHow is a collaborative effort to create the world's most helpful how-to guides. Like Wikipedia, wikiHow is a wiki, in that anyone can write or edit a page on the site.
My Role Model (Academy of Achievement): Match yourself with a Role Model. Search this database to find an Academy member with dreams and challenges similar to your own.
wikiHow.com: wikiHow is a collaborative effort to create the world's most helpful how-to guides. Like Wikipedia, wikiHow is a wiki, in that anyone can write or edit a page on the site.
Online Resources:
Real Life Geniuses
PBS Design Squad: The goal of Design Squad is to give kids a stronger understanding of the design process, and the connection between engineering and the things we all use in everyday life.
The results of engineering are all around us: from cars to cameras and everything in between. Being an engineer doesn't mean being a "nerd" with a pocket protector. It means being a creative problem solver, an innovative thinker and a team player.
Google Science Fair: The Google Science Fair is an online science competition open to students ages 13 to 18 from around the globe. It encourages students to change the world through scientific inquiry. They’ll learn about their chosen topic and develop key skills along the way.
The results of engineering are all around us: from cars to cameras and everything in between. Being an engineer doesn't mean being a "nerd" with a pocket protector. It means being a creative problem solver, an innovative thinker and a team player.
Google Science Fair: The Google Science Fair is an online science competition open to students ages 13 to 18 from around the globe. It encourages students to change the world through scientific inquiry. They’ll learn about their chosen topic and develop key skills along the way.