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
Mindful Movement
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
Florida Women's History
Women in Fort Lauderdale of historical interest - Evelyn Bartlett, Helen Birch, Mary Mcleod Bethune, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Irene Hart, Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, Zora Neale Hurston, Ivy Stranahan
Grades K - 2
- Thursday, March 2 @ 9:00 am - 9:30 am
Grades 3 - 5
- Thursday, March 2 @ 9:45 am - 10:30 am
Your Community Anew
Students will think and share ideas for ways to improve on their local community - be it their classroom, school, neighborhood or town. Drawing inspiration from the book Maybe Something Beautiful and other sources, students will then be given time to create their own inspired ideas that can help encourage others to work for positive changes around them.
Grades K - 3
- Wednesday, March 8 @ 8:30 am - 9:05 am
Water Lab: Salt, Brackish, & Fresh
Identify three types of water on the Bonnet House barrier island. Perform a Virtual STEM Water Lab to differentiate habitats between Saltwater, Freshwater and Brackish water!
Grades K - 2
- Tuesday, March 14 @ 9:00 am - 9:30 am
Grades 3 - 5
- Tuesday, March 14 @ 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
- Wednesday, March 15@ 8:30 am - 9:15 am
Sea Turtle Talk
Take a special trip with our friends at MODS, as we journey to MEEK to meet some totally awesome sea turtles. Learn all about the characteristics of our native sea turtles, and how MODS educates with sea turtle talks and walks!
Grades 3-5
- Wednesday, March 15 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Garden Pollinators
Butterflies, Bees, Hummingbirds, Moths and Bats work hard to feed us. What is Pollination? Three-fourths of the world's flowering Plants and 35% of our food crops require Pollinators. Which fave foods depend on them and how does this all work?
Grades K - 2
- Tuesday, March 28 @ 9:00 am - 9:30 am
Grades 3 - 5
- Tuesday, March 28 @ 9:45 am - 10:30 am
Mysteries of Monarch Migration
Learn about the jaw-dropping journey, lasting thousands of miles, that these delicate critters take from as far north as Canada all the way to Mexico each fall. As they learn, students will create their own mock version of a map for the monarchs to follow.
Grades 2 - 5
- Wednesday, March 29 @ 8:30 am - 9:20 am
Color Lab & Color Wheel
Complete a Color Lab to construct a Color Wheel. Illustrate art vocabulary Primary, Secondary, Hue and Tone. Students see the colors expressed through images of the Bonnet House whimsical Courtyard.
Grades K - 2
- Thursday, March 30 @ 9:00 am - 9:30 am
Grades 3 - 5
- Thursday, March 30 @ 9:45 am - 10:30 am