Make a selection Health Math Science Social Studies Literacy Tips - Colleagues Tips - Activities Tips - Training Take a look at the Afterschool Exchange events where these activities were presented! Go! Math Activities A Measure of Health Age range: 8-11 Learning skills: nutrition, math, cooperation and collaboration Activity description: Combine math concepts, nutrition, a little fruit, and some ice. Blend well and serve. Delicious! Secret Codes Age Range: 8-10 Learning skills: problem solving, analysis, communication Activity Description: Students make and decipher several different codes, and begin constructing their own rules for a code. NEW! Fun with Budgets Age Range: 8-10 Learning skills: budgeting, estimation, problem-solving, addition and multiplication Activity Description: Students examine the elements that go into making and maintaining a budget. NEW! Crafty Combinations Age Range: 8-11 Learning skills: making lists, tables and tree diagrams; basic multiplication Activity Description: Students examine the methods of showing all possible ways that two or more sets of objects can be combined. NEW! Factors at Play Age Range: 8-11 Learning skills: factoring, art Activity Description: In this activity, your students use an art project to learn about the the concepts of factoring and prime factorization. Bouncing Off the Wall Age Range: 8-11 Learning skills: estimation, angles, problem solving Activity Description: In this activity, students will use estimation to predict the angle of a bouncing ball. NEW! Let's Look for Patterns! Age Range: 8-10 Learning skills: patterns, art, U.S. history Activity Description: In this activity, developed especially for afterschool, students learn about math, history and literature by reading about and designing quilts. Sew cool. Moving to the Frontier Age Range: 9-12 Learning skills: arithmetic and budgeting, U.S. history Activity Description: By deciding what supplies to buy for a trip to the American frontier in the 1800s, kids learn about budgeting the old-fashioned way. Don't Box Me In! Age Range: 9-11 Learning skills: understand and construct 3-dimensional shapes Activity Description: In this activity, kids work together to make funky 3-D shapes -- and they learn about geometry at the same time. Collecting and Understanding Data Age Range: 6-8 Learning skills: representing data visually Activity Description: Kids find out how to gather and sort information by playing that they own a restaurant that caters to pancake-mad monsters. Sort It Out! Age Range: 8-12 Learning skills: logical reasoning Activity Description: In this activity, kids use logical use logical reasoning skills -- and a bunch of loopy string -- to sort objects and pictures into overlapping groups. Activity Tip! Pattern Play Age Range: 8-12 Learning skills: algebra, patterns Activity Description: Using the Cyber Pattern Player, kids can create audio patterns visually. It's music to your eyes. Activity Tip! Dr. Marbles's Gotcha Game Age Range: 8-12 Learning skills: problem solving Activity Description: In this activity, also called "Mealtime Math," students use sugar packets or other items to play a centuries-old game. A sweet way to learn about the power of prime numbers. < Back to Afterschool Exchange Activities & Tips main © 2003-2006 Educational Broadcasting Corporation. All Rights Reserved.