Creative Thinking Prompt: Design A Maze

Creative Thinking Prompts

Creative Thinking Prompt: Design A Maze

Mazes are fun! They can be designed from many different shapes. They can be difficult or easy to navigate. All you need is a pen and paper.

Visit this webpage for easy how to directions:

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Draw-a-Maze/

Once you get good at creating a basic maze design, try a more complex design such as famous figures, animal shapes, dinosaurs or robots.

Image via http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/csk/projects/mazes/images/lincoln.png

EXTENDING CONNECTIONS:

Here are some websites to print out and complete mazes

https://krazydad.com/mazes/

http://www.jigsaw-puzzles-free.com/Mazes/Printable/Kids-Maze-20.htm

Animal Ark

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“Animal Ark”

In this collaborative project between photographer Joel Sartore and Newberry-winning author Kwame Alexander, Animal Ark blends their talents to give focus on some of the endangered species in our magnificent animal kingdom. Alexander’s haiku poetry accompanies Sartore’s visual haikus (photos). Their message, We are family, drives home that we must all take care of our planet.

Background matter includes notes from the photographer and the writer.

This book promotes creativity, helping others, nature and discovery.

TITLE: Animal Ark

AUTHOR: Kwame Alexander

PHOTOGRAPHER: Joel Sartore

PUBLISHER: National Geographic Partners, 2017

AGE GROUP: 5-7

CREATIVE COMPONENTS: creativity, helping others, nature, discovery

LEARNING EXTENSIONS:

1) What can you do to help save endangered species?

2) Choose a photo of an endangered animal. Research your animal. Use a few of those facts to help you write a haiku poem about your animal.

 EXTENDING CONNECTIONS:

To learn more about photographer Joel Sartore, visit:

https://www.joelsartore.com/about-joel/

Joel is the founder of the Photo Ark, a groundbreaking effort to document species before they disappear—and to get people to care while there’s still time.

https://www.joelsartore.com/photo-ark/about-the-photo-ark/

To learn more about author Kwame Alexander, visit:

http://kwamealexander.com

Write Your Sound Story

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Creative Thinking Prompt: Sound Story

Begin by collecting sounds. Go on a nature walk. Record the sounds you hear.

Listen to songs of instrumental music. Which instruments remind you of the nature sounds you heard?

Walk around your town or city. Record sounds. How do the sounds you heard in a city environment differ from the sounds you heard in a countryside?

Write a short song story about yourself, using the sounds you have collected to represent you instead of words.

 Extending Connections:

To add more nature sounds and other sounds to your sound library, visit:

https://www.zapsplat.com/sound-effect-categories

To listen to sounds of instruments, visit:

http://www.beginband.com/sndclips.shtml