Brainstorming

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 Flexigons http://www.mathematische-basteleien.de/flexagons.htm

    and a paper kaleidoscope http://sci-toys.com/scitoys/scitoys/mathematics/paper_ring.html

 Dragon Eggs - found at DadCanDo.com with Dragon Illusions found at Grand-Illusions.com

 Foiled Super Heros - basic instructions

        After making the action figure with foil & tape, have teens run it through various events: slide down a zip-cord, drop off a table holding a foil baby, etc. Which hero survives the best?

 Program with Peeps!

Make your own Smoothies

    -bags of frozen fruit

    -cans of fruit nectar or juice

    -have some games available

  International Edible Book Festival (Annually, April 1)

You can see more photos at Books2Eat 

Build a House of Cards Tournament

Library Nail Salon

Tin Can Lanterns

Walk Around the World (or across the nation)

     -Get 1-2 treadmills on loan from local gyms and record total miles walked.

     -Challenge teens to walk a certain number of miles as a group (across the state, nations, etc.)

     -Create thematic book displays as "scenery."

  Computer Crafts

• Stationary

         -Create a template (I recommend quarter pages)

         -Allow teens to design their stationary by using digitally alter pictures, etc.

         -Print multiple pages (about 10), cut, and apoxy one edge. Stationary!

• Make Music or Record Interviews

          -Download free audio mixing software: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ 

          -Download open audio music files to mix with sound bites: www.archive.org

          -Have microphone available to create interviews or sound bites

          -Burn to CD and share your grooves with others

Scultptures

•  Provide rolls of aluminum foil and let them create

   

•  Wire sculptures

   20th Anniversary of Pi Day Necklaces - March 14th (3.14 get it?)

• http://mathforum.org/teachers/middle/activities/pi_day.html
• http://www.raft.net/ideas/Pi%20Necklace.pdf
• http://www.exploratorium.edu/pi/

   Clothespin Dolls - Get your inspiration from The Small Object

• http://flickr.com/photos/thesmallobject/sets/333097/
• http://www.thesmallobject.com/stenopad/wordpress/

Collections of Ideas - other web resources

Plano Public Library System - Offers several great murder mystery scripts at no cost to teen librarians!

See YA Around - Rosemary Honnold's great ideas like . . .

        -Pizza Taste-off

        -Mummy Wrap

        -College Knowledge

        -Icebreakers

New Jersey Statewide Summer Reading 2003 Manual - teen programs (.pdf)