Pocket Guide to a Great Summer!
Your project is to make a mini-book of cool ideas for HEALTHY and FUN things to do this summer. It should be small enough to fit in your pocket and have at least 8 ideas for activities you can do!
Include:
- at least 1 outdoor activity/event!
- at least 1 educational activity that could help you get ready for high school!
- at least 1 FREE activity/event!
- at least one activity you could do at home!
AND... - important details you would need for each activity!
Include:
- at least 1 outdoor activity/event!
- at least 1 educational activity that could help you get ready for high school!
- at least 1 FREE activity/event!
- at least one activity you could do at home!
AND... - important details you would need for each activity!
STEPS:
1) Set Up Your Pocket Guide
There's more than one way to make a pocket book out of 1 piece of paper.
Here are a couple of ways that require just a little glue to connect 2 strips of paper together.
2) Research Fun Things to Do & Add Them to Your Book:
Around Austin (or in the city you will be spending most of the summer):
- free or affordable things to do/events to go to
- nearest public library to your home
- nearest park
- transportation that could get you to those places
- nearest public library to your home
- nearest park
- transportation that could get you to those places
At Home:
- projects
- recipes
- games & sports to play outside
- websites
- recipes
- games & sports to play outside
- websites
Suggested Links to Check Out!
- Free stuff to do in Austin: http://www.freefuninaustin.com/
- Variety of activities at a variety of prices: http://www.austinboredkids.com/
- Austin Public Library Locations: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/library/map.htm
- Austin Parks & Recreation: http://www.austintexas.gov/department/parks-and-recreation
- Big Weekend Austin's Wall Calendar: http://bigweekendcalendars.com/activities and http://bigweekendcalendars.com/events/
- Variety of activities at a variety of prices: http://www.austinboredkids.com/
- Austin Public Library Locations: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/library/map.htm
- Austin Parks & Recreation: http://www.austintexas.gov/department/parks-and-recreation
- Big Weekend Austin's Wall Calendar: http://bigweekendcalendars.com/activities and http://bigweekendcalendars.com/events/