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Posted by Susan Hyde Jan 28, 2008 |
One hundred days of school have come and gone. Celebrate the passage of a century of days with activities across the curriculum !
- Have a race! Divide students into teams of three. Provide them with string and a bucketful of mixed objects that can be strung (ziti macaroni, buttons, beads, etc.). The first team to accurately count and string 100 objects wins.
- Who are the Top 100 athletes? What are the 100 most popular books? Ask students to make a variety of "Top 100" lists based on classmate responses.
- Decorate the classroom with paper chains 100 links long.
- How long is one hundred seconds? Cover the clock and ask students not to talk, laugh or otherwise make noise except to raise hands when they guess that 100 seconds have passed. Use stop watches mark down the second count for students as they raise their hands. Provide awards for students who are the most accurate.
- Arrange for a sharp centurion to talk to your students about about life during the past one hundred years.
- Research the people, events, transportation, architecture and daily lives of a century ago. Create a class newspaper highlighting these events.
- Ask each student to bring in 100 items (cereal, pretzels, nuts, dried fruit, etc.) for a healthy class trail mix. (Be sure to find out whether any students have food allergies!)
- What can students buy for $100? Ask students to use the internet to create $100 grocery lists. Ask more advanced students to include the sales tax as a part of the $100 figure.
- Write creatively. What will the world be like in 100 years?
- Where could students travel if they walked 100 feet? Drove 100 miles? Flew 100,000 miles? Rocketed 100 milion miles?
Use this 100 day anniversary to inspire creative lesson plans across the curriculum!