MAY 2023

Distance Learning Programs is a division of Innovative Learning within the Office of Academics.

Email: DistanceLearning@browardschools.com
Website: https://browardcountyschools.sharepoint.com/sites/ITVBecon/Distancelearning/SitePages/Home.aspx
Phone: 754-321-1000
Facebook: facebook.com/groups/bcpsdl
Twitter: @bcpsDL

Hosted By Holy Cross Health

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 @ 10:00 am - 10:30 am
  

Hosted By Art & Culture Center/Hollywood

This lesson explores the life cycle of the butterflies and introduces students to some of the mysteries and unknowns that scientists are still trying to figure out. Students get to act as scientists as they engage in a scientific investigation before having the chance to create an artistic hypothesis of their very own!

Grades 2 - 5

• Wednesday, May 3 @ 8:30 am - 9:15 am

Hosted By Bonnet House

Construct a 3D Orchid Model using Paper! Learn about our famous Bonnet House Orchid Collection while hearing a Story about another famous Orchid – the rare Ghost Orchid of the Everglades. Great Mother’s Day Gift!

Grades K - 2

• Thursday, May 4 @ 9:00 am - 9:30 am

Grades 3 - 5

• Thursday, May 4 @ 9:45 am - 10:30 am

Hosted by Art & Culture Center/Hollywood

We all know about honeybees, but do you know that there are 4,000 different types of bees native to North America? In this virtual lesson we learn and explore what makes a bee a bee and why it’s important that they come in so many shapes and sizes.

Grades K - 3

• Wednesday, May 10 @ 8:30 am - 9:15 am

Hosted By Bonnet House

The Snowy Egret has a story to tell about people who wanted to use them for a hat!

Grades K - 2

• Thursday, May 11 @ 9:00 am - 9:30 am

Grades 3 - 5

• Thursday, May 11 @ 9:45 am - 10:30 am

Hosted By Bonnet House

Can you count all the shells in our Bonnet House Shell Museum? Not all Mollusks have Shells! Learn from the inside out about one of the most diverse group of invertebrates in the animal kingdom living along the shores of Bonnet House. Find out why an Octopus doesn't need a shell!

Grades K - 2

• Tuesday, May 16 @ 9:00 am - 9:30 am

Grades 3 - 5

• Tuesday, May 16 @ 9:45 am - 10:30 am

Hosted By Art & Culture Center/Hollywood

In this engaging lesson students hone their cooperation skills while working together on making a critter limited only by their imaginations! They will also learn about some of the history that created some of the marvelous monsters of our myths.

Grades 1 - 5

• Wednesday, May 17 @ 8:30 am - 9:05 am

Hosted by: Bonnet House

Why should we protect our precious Florida Wildlife? Look inside a Florida Pond!

Grades K - 2

• Thursday, May 18 @ 9:00 am - 9:30 am

Grades 3 - 5

• Thursday, May 18 @ 9:45 am - 10:30 am

Hosted by: Bonnet House

Spirals, Patterns & Fibonacci in Nature! Students design a Spiral Project to take home!

Grades K - 2

• Tuesday, May 23 @ 9:00 am - 9:30 am

Grades 3 - 5

• Tuesday, May 23 @ 9:45 am - 10:30 am

Hosted By Museum of Discovery & Science

Learners will tour our new Travelling Exhibit, Expedition Dinosaur, where they will get to see life-like Dinosaur animatronics, and learn more about the animals that roamed the Earth before us.

Grades 3-5

• Wednesday, May 24 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Hosted by: Bonnet House

Grow a Garden this Summer! Big or Small, Gardening is Fun!

Grades K - 2

• Thursday, May 25 @ 9:00 am - 9:30 am

Grades 3 - 5

• Thursday, May 25 @ 9:45 am - 10:30 am