Project Ideas
3D Design & Printing
Art
Design a Business Card (Canva)
Drawing Good and Evil Comic Book Characters (ask for access)
iPad Drawing - Procreate video course
Google CS - Art - video course - level up your Scratch art skills
Painting with Watercolors - video course - takes about 8 class periods
See Also - Graphic Design
Blogging
Comics
Create a Comic Strip or Graphic Novel
Computer Building & Programming
Build a computer from a kit
DIY/Craft
Ferris Wheel (must provide your own craft sticks)
Kite Making - Make a Kite or A Few Simple Kite Plans then, take your skills a step farther with one of these Kite Plans
Marble Labyrinth Game (might be short enough if you don't worry about decorating it)
Pencil Crossbow (get parent permission and document it - email to me, photo of a note, etc.)
Rockets
Soda‐Straw Rocket - Directions & Template, Teacher Page
Stomp Rockets - Paper & PVC
Scrapbooking
Sew/Stitch (or Knit, Crochet, Macrame ...)
Electronics
Games
Cornhole Toss - How-To Build a Bean Bag Toss Board
Civilization V (iMac)
Classic Games (write reviews or emulate in Scratch)
iCivics (join Whitmer class)
Oregon Trail (MacOS)
SimCity: Buildit (iPad) or Sim City 4 (Mac)
Graphic Design
Canva Design - Posters, Postcards, Infographics, Presentations, Videos, Websites & more
Language Learning
DuoLingo
Babbel
LEGO
LEGO Robotics (if in robotics choice hour)
Design & document your own LEGO project
Mechanical
Bike repair or bike building
Tear down and exploded diagram poster
See also - Computer Building
Music
Digital Music Making (with GarageBand for iPad & Mac)
Guitar 101 - only for people willing to really work hard
Fender Play - Explore how to play acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass or ukulele. Complete the first 6 lessons in My Path. (free 2 week trial)
Make a musical instrument
Yousician - Explore how to play guitar, bass, piano, ukulele or sing by completing 4 days of Level 1 lessons (free with a premium version available for $)
Paper Crafting
Origami or Fun With Origami! create 3 short designs
Paper Airplanes (must include all science & optional elements)
Try foldify
Photography
Photography Choice Hour & Choice Hour+ Topics
Podcasting
Audio Podcasting - Create an episode, several episodes or even seasons
Conduct Family Interviews with the StoryCorps App
Programming
Google CS - Game Design - video course - (7 games to level up your Scratch programming)
Google CS - Art - video course - takes about 8 class periods
Swift (iPad & MacOS)
Science
Kitchen Chemistry - Choose 1 of the following 4 experiments: Color Changing Milk, Soap Souffle, Taco Sauce Penny Cleaner, or Sinking Soda Surprise
(See many DIY projects too)
Video Making
Final Cut Pro (advanced video editing)
iMovie for iPad
iMovie for Mac
Screencasting & Editing Skills (MacOS only)
Special Effects
Sports Highlights (editing game footage into a highlights reel)
Videography Skills
Writing
Choose Your Own Adventure - Write a CYOA story using Google slides
Complete NaNoWriMo Challenges or write a novel (classroom code = KRVHSFEE)
Use their guide
Or, complete their weekly prep activities NaNo Prep 101 Workshop
Or, attend their Camp NaNoWriMo in April and July
Fan fiction - former BCS student sample
Prologue or Epilogue - Create a prologue or epilogue to a favorite book
Graphic Novel Writing/Drawing
Nonfiction Book Writing
Play Writing
Poetry Portfolio
Reviews - write reviews of books on GoodReads, Amazon, Audible, iTunes bookstore, etc.
Other
Juggling - Learn How To Juggle 3 Balls & Learning to Juggle
Knot Tying - 10 Essential Knots for Girl Scouts or How to tie 10 essential Scouting knots
What do you have at home that might make a good Thinkering Studio project. If it is a new, worthy challenge, propose it to Mr. Whitmer ...
But, you will need to write an elevator pitch first.