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Explorer
Spring Break
Curriculum 2020
Copyright 2020
Table of Contents Paper Chain of Kindness 3 Dissolving Peeps 4 Camper’s Game Creation! 6 Electric Current 7 Tissue Paper Painting 8 Queens Headache 9 Team Building: Postman's Shuffle 10 Paper Plate Flowers 11 Poison Ball 12 Shooting Stars 13 Pirates Treasure 14 Volcano 15 Spring Break Explorer Program 2020
Paper Chain of Kindness
Cornerstone: Reflective
Supplies:
● 2 different colors of construction paper (1 color will be
designated for an act of kindness they have completed and
the 2nd color will be for an act of kindness that was shown
to them)
● Markers (1 box per site)
● Scissors (1 per camper)
● Tape
Counselor Prep Prior to Activity:
● Cut out strips of the 2 colors of
construction paper
● Set out some markers at each table
Space Needed: Tables and Chairs
Activity Instructions:
1. Have a discussion about Kindness and
Acts of Kindness to the campers.
2. Allow them time to reflect on when they have completed an act of kindness and when an act of
kindness was shown to them
3. Allow campers to write a time they completed an act of kindness on 1 color strip and then write
another time an act of kindness was shown to them on the 2nd color. (i.e. if you have green and
blue as your color strips, you would designate blue for when they showed an act of kindness and
green for when an act of kindness was shown to them)
4. Once they have written the act of kindness on both colors, allow them to decorate as well.
5. Once steps 3 and 4 are completed you can have a discussion and allow campers to share their
stories.
6. Finally, tape the strips to create your “Chain of Kindness”
Website: https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/paper-chain-kindness/
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Dissolving Peeps
Cornerstone: Exploration
Supplies:
● Marshmallow Peeps (1 box per group)
● Lime Juice (1 cup per lime juice mason jar per gorup of 20)
● Vinegar (1 cup per orange juice mason jar per group of 20)
● Orange Juice (1 cup per orange juice mason jar per group of
20)
● Water (1 cup per water mason jar per group of 20)
● Mason Jars (1 per liquid per group of 20)
● Timer
This will be more of a demonstration for the group rather than individual
or small group experiment. It will be an activity that needs to be
completed as an early in the day activity because they will come back
to see it later in the day (or show at closing ceremonies)
Counselor Prep Prior to Activity:
Ensure supplies are gathered and each mason jar is filled with a cup of each liquid.
Space Needed: Tables and Chairs
Activity Instructions:
1. Start by dissolving the concept of dissolving. Discuss how we used dissolved substances in day
to day life (see Make it Last/Helpful Tips)
2. Place a peep in each mason jar.
3. Flip the peeps every 20 minutes throughout the day
4. At the end of the day (or at closing ceremonies) observe the peeps.
Make It Last/Helpful Tips
● Science Questions to ask:
○ Why do some liquids dissolve the Peeps faster?
○ What is the best liquid to dissolve the peeps?
○ Will changing the temp of the liquids change how quickly the Peeps dissolve?
How/Why it works:
Peeps are made up of ingredients that are water soluble. This means they will dissolve in water.
Dissolving is the process of a substance being broken up and absorbed by another material. When the
Peeps are added to the liquid, the sugar and other ingredients dissolve into the surrounding liquid. The
liquids with the higher acidity broke the sugar down faster than the liquids with less acidity.
https://www.adabofgluewilldo.com/dissolving-peeps-science-experiment-for-kids/
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Scatterball
Cornerstone: Physical Activity
Supplies:
● Gator skin balls (10+)
Counselor Prep Prior to Activity:
● Gather gator skin balls, explain to campers there are no boundaries or teams.
Space Needed: large space
Activity Instructions:
1. This game is similar to dodgeball rules except there are no teams or boundaries and every
camper is for themselves.
2. If they are tagged by a ball, they are out; they sit down where they are tagged.
3. A camper can only take 3 steps with a ball before they have to throw it and they can only hold
one ball at a time.
4. If a ball rolls by a player who is out, they can grab the ball and use it to tag someone who is still
playing. They are then back in the game.
5. The game ends when there is only one camper left.
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Camper’s Game Creation!
Cornerstone: All Cornerstones
Supplies:
● Blank piece of paper per group of 5
● Pencil (or other writing utensil) per group of 5
● Game Creation Resource print out
Counselor Prep Prior to Activity: (if applicable):
● Review the Game Creation Steps prior to meeting with your group. This will allow you to
be more prepared and allow for your campers to be successful.
● Review Survival Guide and/or FlipGrid for additional resources
●
● Space Needed: Indoor/Outdoor/Large Space/Small Space/Tables and Chairs
● Depending on the cornerstone it is applied you can complete this activity indoors or
outdoors but you will need enough room for campers to be able to separate into small
groups (approx. 5 in a group)
Activity Instructions:
1. Split campers into small groups (approx. 5 campers per group.) See below under Make It
Last/Helpful Tips on a creative way to separate into small groups.
2. Give each group a piece of paper, a pencil and a copy of the Game Creation Resource
3. Explain that the campers are going to have approx. 5-10 minutes to come up with a
game to teach the other campers. For younger campers the Game Creation Resource
will be helpful as they can just answer the questions on the sheet. If you have an older
age group, they may just use this as a reference and work more independently.
4. Allow campers to work in their small groups. COUNSELORS should be walking around
and assisting campers with their game creation (especially the younger explorers, they
will need more help from counselors)
5. After 5-10 minutes of creating the game, allow campers to share their game and if time
allows play one of the games.
Make It Last/Helpful Tips:
● Helpful tip on separating out campers into small groups:
○ Have campers stand in one line and number 1-4 and then start again until all
campers have a number. From their all the 1’s form a group, all the 2’s form a
group, etc.
● Keep the camper’s games creations handy for go to games later in the day/week
● Another option is to work as one large group to come up with a game (i.e. have campers
sit in a circle and work to answer the questions on the Game Creation Resource as a
whole)
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Electric Current
Cornerstone: Physical Activity
Supplies:
● None
Description: Campers will stand in a circle and hold hands with campers next to them and send a current
from one another by squeezing their hands.
Space Needed: Indoor/Outdoor/Large Space/Small Space
Activity Instructions:
1. Have campers form a circle while holding hands.
2. Pick one camper to be in the middle of the circle; this camper will be in the middle of the circle
with their eyes closed.
3. Once the camper in the middle has their eyes closed a counselor will tap one camper from the
circle to be the person to start the current.
4. The current starts when the person who is it squeezes their left or right hand, after the counselor
says go.
5. The camper in the middle of the circle will then open their eyes and take 3 guesses of who they
think the electric current is.
Make It Last/Helpful Tips (insert a reference from Survival Guide here):
Try this game silently , or making it harder by having everyone talk about one topic all at the same time to
add an extra distraction for the person in the middle.
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Tissue Paper Painting
Cornerstone: Creativity
Supplies:
● Tissue Paper (1 pack per site)
● Watercolor sheet (1 per camper)
● Water to fill the spray bottles
● Spray Bottle (6 per site)
● White crayons (1 per camper)
Counselor Prep Prior to Activity:
● Cut tissue paper into squares
● Place crayons on the table
● Fill the spray bottles with water
Space Needed: Tables and Chairs
Activity Instructions:
1. Give each camper a watercolor sheet and have them write their name on the back of the paper
2. Have campers draw a design on the water color panel with the white crayon
a. Remind the campers that because they are using white crayons on white paper they will
not initially see their drawings.
3. Once campers are done drawing on their paper have them take turns spraying the watercolor
sheet with the water bottle.
a. Remind the campers that they do not need to soak their paper. Simply spray a little all
over the paper. The more they spray the longer it will take to dry and move onto step 6
4. Once they have sprayed their sheet have them apply the tissue paper squares randomly or in a
planned arrangement.
a. It is recommended to spray more water over the squares to accelerate the color
“bleeding”
5. For best results, allow the water to dry before removing the squares
6. Once the squares are removed the color will have transferred onto the watercolor sheet,
revealing your drawing and the color from the squares
Website: https://www.ssww.com/blog/tissue-paper-painting-bleeding-color-art-activity/
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Queens Headache
Cornerstone: Physical Activity
Supplies:
● One Chair
Objective:
● To get across the room without being detected by Royalty.
● The Queen has such a bad headache that any sound makes her moan and could possibly
awaken her.
Space Needed: Large Space/Small Space/Indoor/Outdoor
Activity Instructions:
1. Pick one camper to be the Queen or King. This camper will sit in the chair in the middle of the
room with their eyes covered.
2. One by one the campers will walk across the room, if the queen hears and moans, the camper
must sit at that spot.
3. Once all campers have attempted to cross the room, pick a new Queen or King.
Make It Last/Helpful Tips
● Gear it Down: have a smaller playing area, tell players to run or skip instead, have players that
have already been tagged exit the playing area.
● Gear it Up: Let tagged players interfere with others turn, use a larger playing area, have players
hop on one leg or tie shoes together.
● Add another chair and make it King and Queens headache!
Spring Break Explorer Program 2020Team Building: Postman's Shuffle
Cornerstone: Team Building
Supplies:
● Balance Beam
● Poly Spot (optional)
Counselor Prep Prior to Activity:
● Knowing how this activity runs ahead of time is a must!
Space Needed: Indoor/Outdoor/Large Space/Small Space/Tables and Chairs
● Indoor or Outdoor Space will work but needs to have some room
Activity Instructions:
Dr. Chaos has mixed up the camp again and we are all backwards. In order to set things right, we have
to switch places on the balance beam to bring things back to normal!
● Each player must stand on the balance beam and switch sides on the balance beam without
touching the ground! i.e. 123456789X to X987654321.
● The group cannot allow any part of their body to touch the ground if they do the entire group
must reset and try again.
Help us bring order back to what Dr. Chaos has created!
Make It Last/Helpful Tips:
● If the group is struggling you can give them a lifeline by providing them a poly spot to put on the
ground next to the beam.
● Only one foot may be on the spot at ANY one time. If more than one foot is on the ground, the
lifeline will disappear (take it up).
● If a group just gets it, add a challenge to the mix. (blindness, one arm, one leg, mute)
Reflection Question Ideas:
● What was hard about this activity?
● What made it work?
● What strengths did everyone see in the group?
● If presented with a challenge, how did that make you feel?
Spring Break Explorer Program 2020Paper Plate Flowers
Cornerstone: Creativity
Supplies:
● 4 paper plates per camper
● Markers
● Stapler
● Circle Stickers
Counselor Prep Prior to Activity:
● Create 4 different size flowers for campers to use as
templates to trace and cut out their own flowers
● Set out 4 paper plates for each camper
● Set out markers at each table
●
Space Needed: Tables and Chairs
Activity Instructions:
1. Have campers cut out 4 different size flowers
2. Have campers use the markers to decorate their
flowers
3. Once they are decorated they can use a marker to
curl their flower petals as shown in the first picture,
4. Once steps 2 and 3 have been completed, they will
come to a counselor to staple their flowers on top
of each other.
5. Ta da pretty flower to take home
http://www.pinkstripeysocks.com/2015/08/how-to-make-painted-paper-plate-flowers.html
Spring Break Explorer Program 2020Poison Ball
Cornerstone: Physical Activity
Supplies:
● 8 Cones
● Beach ball
● Gatorskin balls
Counselor Prep Prior to Activity:
● Gather materials, set cones for four goals, and explain rules to your group of campers.
Space Needed: Large Space
Activity Instructions:
1. Divide campers into 4 teams.
2. Assign each team a goal to protect.
3. Explain that the beach ball is the poison ball and it cannot be touched by any camper. The only
way to move the poison ball is by throwing or kicking a gatorskin into the ball.
4. Each team’s goal is to move the poison ball into another team’s goal to score a point.
Make it last/Helpful Tips:
● Gear it Down: Try only having having two teams
● Gear it Up: Players can only kick gator skins
Spring Break Explorer Program 2020Shooting Stars
Cornerstone: Physical Activity
Supplies:
● Cones
● Painters tape (blue)
● Bean Bags (20)
Counselor Prep Prior to Activity:
● Use cones and tape to create the game area
Description:
Teams will take turns sliding their bean bags closest to the target to get points for their team.
Space Needed: Indoor/Outdoor/Large Space/Small Space
Activity Instructions:
1. Divide campers into two teams and give each camper a bean bag.
2. Have players from team one go one at a time to slide their bean bag down the alley to try and get
to the closest to the target without it going too far past the target zone.
3. Once the first team has all slid their bean bags down the alley.
4. Have a counselor add up the points that team earned for that round and put the score on the
scoreboard.
5. Then repeat the same steps with team two.
6. You can create a target number for the campers to score to decide the winner. Or you can decide
the winner by adding up the points after just a few rounds.
Spring Break Explorer Program 2020Pirates Treasure
Cornerstone: Physical Activity
Supplies:
● Pool noodle
Counselor Prep Prior to Activity:
Set boundaries for playing area, set rules on where players can be tagged on their body
Space Needed: Indoor/Outdoor/Large Space/Small Space
Activity Instructions:
1. Choose one person to be the pirate
2. Number off the rest of the campers
3. The pirate will stand in the middle of the group guarding the treasure. They cannot stand on it or
touch it.
4. The counselor will call out several numbers at once. Those campers will try to steal the treasure
without being tagged.
5. If they are successful, they become the new pirate. If they are tagged, they return to their original
position
Make It Last/Helpful Tips (insert a reference from Survival Guide here):
● Gear it Down: choose two or three pirates
● Gear it up: add a certain number of steps the pirate has to be away from the treasure to add a
challenge
Spring Break Explorer Program 2020Volcano
Cornerstone: Exploration
Supplies:
● Snack Cup (1 per 2 campers)
● Water (.5 cup per 2 campers)
● Baking Soda (2 Tbl per 2 campers)
● Dish Soap ( 6 drops per 2 campers)
● Liquid Watercolor
● Vinegar (.5 cup per 2 campers)
● Playdough (1 small container per 2 campers)
● Baking Sheet (1 per 2 campers)
● Scientific Method Worksheet (1 per 2 campers)
● Pencil (20 per site)
Counselor Prep Prior to Activity:
Set up supplies so it is easy for campers to come up and retrieve supplies.
Space Needed: Outdoors would be preferred as this can be a messy activity
Activity Instructions:
1. Have campers get into pairs
2. Have 1 camper from each pair come up and get the needed supplies
a. 1 baking sheet
b. 1 small container of playdough
c. 1 snack cup
3. Have the camper go back to their partner and create their volcano structure on the baking sheet
with the snack cup and playdough
4. When campers have their volcano setup, 1 camper from each group comes around and gets the
scientific worksheet and a pencil. Go back to their partner and complete the sheet
a. For younger campers, they may need more guidance and assistance with reading and
writing
5. Once they have filled this out and discussed a counselor can go around and give them the
ingredients to have their volcano erupt
a. .5 cups water
b. 2 tablespoons baking soda
c. Few drops of liquid water color
6. They can add these ingredients to their cup
7. Finally once they have added these ingredients the counselor can give each partner group a .5
cup of vinegar to SLOWLY add to their volcano
8. Once everyone has completed the experiment you can discuss what they saw
Website: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/316026098852972617/
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