December 2022
Distance Learning Programs
Distance Learning Programs
Email: DistanceLearning@browardschools.com
Website: https://browardcountyschools.sharepoint.com/sites/ITVBecon/Distancelearning/SitePages/Home.aspx
Phone: 754-321-1013
Facebook: facebook.com/groups/bcpsdl
Twitter: @bcpsDL
Yoga & Mindfulness (NEW SCHEDULE)
Participants will learn mindfulness, soft belly breathing and self-care. Yoga will strengthen the muscles, improve balance, flexibility and focus. By practicing mindfulness a few minutes per day, students and teachers will become proficient in concentration, creativity and self-awareness. Students should expect fun and challenging movements and stillness that requires focus and concentration.
Grades K - 5
- Mondays & Wednesdays @ 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
- Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 10:00 am - 10:30 am
Time Travel Florida: Pioneers
Learn about Florida's earliest Settlers who were brave enough to start a new life in a wild land.
Grades K - 2
- Tuesday, December 6 @ 9:00 am - 9:30 am
Grades 3 - 5
- Tuesday, December 6 @ 9:45 am - 10:30 am
Rooted in Place: the Hidden World of Plant Roots!
Students will dig into the virtual dirt through this lesson exploring the hidden world of tree and plant roots! We’ll discuss the various ways that roots help trees and plants grow and survive. Then students will get to test their skills with a root-creation engineering challenge!
Grades 1 - 5
- Tuesday, December 6 @ 8:30 am - 9:15 am
Lighthouses, Barefoot Mailmen, & House of Refuge
How did people survive a shipwreck? Who walked for six days to deliver mail each week? Students discover a few brave people and their unique jobs!
Grades K - 2
- Thursday, December 8 @ 9:00 am - 9:30 am
Grades 3 - 5
- Thursday, December 8 @ 9:45 am - 10:30 am
Feather Wars & Fashion REgret
The Snowy Egret has a story to tell about people who wanted to use them for a hat!
Grades K - 2
- Tuesday, December 13 @ 9:00 am - 9:30 am
Grades 3 - 5
- Tuesday, December 13 @ 9:45 am - 10:30 am
Archaeology of the New River
Explore the history of our built environment here in the subtropical lowlands, from 3000 BC to today through the science of stratigraphy. Compare the ways in which climate adaptive technologies have played a role in the architecture humans have developed to suit our specific ecological habitat over time.
Grades K-8
- Tuesday, December 13 @ 10:00 am - 10:45 am
Colorful Coral
Adventure with us as we combine science and art to explore the world of coral! Is coral living or nonliving, and how can we tell? Students will think like scientists as we observe underwater life before creating their own artistic coral creation in this interactive lesson.
Grades 1 - 3
- Wednesday, November 9 @ 8:30 am - 9:15 am
Math Patterns, Spirals, & Symmetry
Fun with Shapes & Patterns! Students design a Patterned Project on cardstock for Festive Seasonal Giving.
Grades K - 2
- Thursday, December 15 @ 9:00 am - 9:30 am
Grades 3 - 5
- Thursday, December 15 @ 9:45 am - 10:30 am
All the Feels
With the help of the book In My Heart: A Book of Feelings, students will think about how our emotions can impact the people around us. Students will create their own individual paper heart art that allows them to show their own feelings while thinking about how they want others to feel.
Grades K - 2
- Tuesday, December 20 @ 8:30 am - 9:05 am
Winter Wonderland Nitro Show
Fire & Ice. Learners will get to see and explosive, firy, and cool show in our Keller Science Theater. Watch how fire and Liquid Nitrogen can transform objects, and watch MODS make snow, in Florida!
Grades K - 5
- Wednesday, December 21 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am