Project Ideas

3D Design & Printing

• 3D Design

• 3D Printing

• White Card Models

Art

• Animation & Stop Motion Animation

• Design a Business Card (Canva)

• Drawing Good and Evil Comic Book Characters (ask for access)

• Flipbook Animation

• 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

• Tapigami

• See Also - Graphic Design

Blogging

• Blogging or Photo Blogging

Comics

• Create a Comic Strip or Graphic Novel

Computer Building & Programming

• Build a computer from a kit

• Raspberry Pi

DIY/Craft

• Artbots, BristleBots & Junkbots

• Cardboard Engineering

• DIY Model Lungs

• Duct Tape Crafting

• Ferris Wheel (must provide your own craft sticks)

• Floating Ping Pong Ball

• Jewelry Making

• 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)

• Marionette Unicorn

• 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

    • Two-Stage Balloon Rocket

• Scrapbooking

• Sew/Stitch (or Knit, Crochet, Macrame ...)

• Spy Periscope

Electronics

• • Artbots, BristleBots & Junkbots

  • Electronics

Games

• • Cornhole Toss - How-To Build a Bean Bag Toss Board

  • Chess

  • Civilization V (iMac)

  • Classic Games (write reviews or emulate in Scratch)

    • Dinopark Tycoon 1993

    • Lemonade Stand 1979

    • Number Munchers 1986

    • The Oregon Trail 1990

    • The Secret Island of Dr. Quandary 1992

    • Sim City 1989

    • Speak & Spell 1979

    • Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego Enhanced 1989 or Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego Deluxe 1990 or Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego CD  1995

  • The Descent of the Serpent

  • iCivics (join Whitmer class)

  • Mission US

  • 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

  • • Ideas to modify, synthesize, etc. (rebrickable)

    • More ideas to modify, synthesize, etc.

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

• • 42 Paper Crafts 

  • DIY Paper Crafting 

  • Kawaii BOOKMARKS 

  • Magnetic Bookmarks 

  • Origami or Fun With Origami! create 3 short designs

  • Paper Airplanes (must include all science & optional elements)

  • Paper Bag Piñata

  • Try foldify

Photography

• • Digital Photography

  • Digital Editing

  • Photography Choice Hour & Choice Hour+ Topics

Podcasting

• • Audio Podcasting - Create an episode, several episodes or even seasons

  • KQED Youth Media Challenge

  • Conduct Family Interviews with the StoryCorps App

Programming

• • Javascript

  • Python

  • Scratch

    • Google CS - Game Design - video course - (7 games to level up your Scratch programming)

    • Google CS - Art - video course - takes about 8 class periods

    • Scratch - Game Design - Pong

  • Swift (iPad & MacOS)

Science

• • Backyard Naturalist

  • 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

• • Blogging or Photo Blogging

  • Choose Your Own Adventure - Write a CYOA story using Google slides

    • How to Write a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Story & These Maps Reveal the Hidden Structures of ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Books

  • 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.