Scavenger hunt
Connor Gennarelli
Build a place from your favorite book! Using empty containers, rocks, buttons, twigs, feathers, pipe cleaners, leaves, grass (maybe an outside activity), students can build a place from their favorite chapter book. Then they can explain the setting to everyone else and tell us why they find that setting adventurous! This would be for kids in the 9-11 age group. We would photograph the projects and let them take it home with them. This will require a hot glue station.
Map activity
The map activity will be useful to understand how children perceive the school and what are the places that have an special connection for them. We will ask the children to draw or put some object on places that they feel more comfortable to play or do some activities. Consequently , we can comprehend how the children interact with different spaces and the importance of them.
Erick Mizushima
"Draw your vision on the giant chalkboard." Kids are asked to envision what they want to see in their school and then draw it on the giant chalkboard we have.
Amy Allen
Amy Allen
LIKE AND DISLIKE ACTIVITY
This activity consists of three phases:
1 Discover how the children see their school by asking them to draw the Caroline Elementary School.
2 Heaving a tree that represents what can be new in the school, the children will be asked to draw or write in papers that represent fruits what they want to have in their school. After that, they will put the fruits in the tree. By doing this activity, it will be possible to understand how they want their school to be improved.
3 Having a basket as a trash and paper to draw, the children will be asked to draw or write what they do not like in their school. Then, they can put that information in the basket. This activity wants to discover what they want to be changed in their school.
Larissa Arruda
TEXTURE ACTIVITY
This idea has the purpose to observe what types of textures children are more familiarized with. The activity is an important way to discover why some textures are important for the children and why they feel comfortable in playing with these different types of textures. Therefore, it is also a way to stimulate their sense of touch. The activity consists in: first, showing them the different kinds of textures; second, making them touch and feel the material; third, asking them if they knew that specific texture; finally, making them choose the two most liked and them describe in one or two words what they felt while touching the material.
Obs.: the types of textures that are supposed to be on the activity are: smooth, rough, soft, or slippery.
This idea has the purpose to observe what types of textures children are more familiarized with. The activity is an important way to discover why some textures are important for the children and why they feel comfortable in playing with these different types of textures. Therefore, it is also a way to stimulate their sense of touch. The activity consists in: first, showing them the different kinds of textures; second, making them touch and feel the material; third, asking them if they knew that specific texture; finally, making them choose the two most liked and them describe in one or two words what they felt while touching the material.
Obs.: the types of textures that are supposed to be on the activity are: smooth, rough, soft, or slippery.
Wilivan Silva
PRINTMAKING
Consists of: A nature walk or prior collection of materials; 2 sheets of paper, one for printing on and one for pressing with; paints and brushes; and things that roll, like pencils, rolling pins, or tubes, in order to evenly press objects on page; area to dry.
Oakes, Emma
Consists of: A nature walk or prior collection of materials; 2 sheets of paper, one for printing on and one for pressing with; paints and brushes; and things that roll, like pencils, rolling pins, or tubes, in order to evenly press objects on page; area to dry.
Oakes, Emma
Sketch the outdoors
This activity will encourage children to represent what it is they like about an outdoor space. We will ask the children to draw an outdoor space they would like to learn and play in. The results will give us insight into how children see nature and how we can program a space to enhance learning and creativity.
Mark Warfel Jr.
Mark Warfel Jr.
Recycled bird feeder
Kimberly C.
Students will create bird feeders out of recycled products and hang them in several different ecosystem types. Observation would be an important aspect to this activity. Observing what species of birds visit the feeders in certain areas will help gain knowledge about the site for the students as well as the Landscape Architects.
Kimberly Case
Collage it
In this activity children can use the iPad to take pictures of certain things that are important to them, creating a scavenger hunt around the school. children can then create a fun collage of these pictures. This would help indicate the values of the students.
Sarah DeGray
Sarah DeGray
Imagination Game
Rose Helmer
Children could be broken up into groups where they have to work together to create something they imagine from a pile of materials we supply for them. We could give them any array of simple materials for them to create whatever they have in their mind. There could be a set time limit for them to create their work of art. After, we would be able to see how they used the materials differently between each group. For example, maybe one group would make a house out of the box and connect the fabric to a stick to make a flag. Then use markers to decorate their house.... The ideas are endless....
This could give us insight into how their imaginations work and how we could use the property to create unique places of play
DRAW YOUR SCHOOL
Similar to the other drawing-based suggestions above, this activity asks kids to depict their school and it's grounds from an aerial perspective. This will show us what elements of the school yard are most important or foremost in the student's eyes.
Jacob von Mechow
Jacob von Mechow
Scavenger Hunt
Create a list for children to go around and collect. This gives them the ability to explore and find things that they like and others that they are learning about. It can incorporate the technology they already use. Examples include take a picture of a leaf, cool looking twig, a bug, something fluffy or hard.
Amy Schieferstine
Amy Schieferstine
LAND ART
Tasha Doulos
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Students will work together to create nature mandalas from natural objects offered as well as objects that they are encouraged to gather themselves. This activity is fun for the students, but also gives the designer feedback on what is interesting to the user within the site.
Water activity in order to explore the 5 senses.
Fernanda Zotovici
Fernanda Zotovici
Show me the school
Workshop:
1. Divide the area in five parts: Playground, soccer fields, forest, basketball field, and trees.
2. Ask children each area they consider the best and the worst.
3. Divide the children in groups acording to their answer.
4. Go with each group to the specific areas.
5. Observe how they behave in each one, and figure out the reasons for their preferences.
Flavia Mattos