In short, I am busy: I survived program

I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916

• Photo op - Cardboard cut-out of shark mouth, created by various staff
• Craft - mini sharks
• Die cut cardboard fish
• Scissors, markers
• Experiment - fake blood
• corn syrup, corn starch, flour, red food coloring, water
• bowls, sink, cleaning materials
• paint brushes
• Decorations
• mini sharks with shark facts
• Resources
• Wikihow - fake blood
• Shark silhouettes

I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005

• Hurricane in a bottle
• clear plastic bottles (matched pairs)
• water
• connectors
• Resources
• How to make a hurricane

I Survived the Children's Blizzard, 1888

• Storm in a jar
• paint, baby oil, glitter, alka seltzer
• jars and/or clear water bottles
• Resources
• Snow storm in a jar

I Survived the San Francisco earthquake, 1906

• Build a structure to withstand an earthquake
• blocks
• cardboard boxes (flattened)
• legos
• Create a wave box
• string, cardboard box, paperclips, hammer
• Resources
• STEMworks: earthquake activities
• Kids Earth Science
• Simple science: earthquake experiment

I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944

• Coding challenges
• Paper, pencils

I Survived the destruction of Pompeii, AD 79

• Vinegar and baking soda volcanoes
• vinegar, baking soda (we used about 6-8 jugs of vinegar and a very large bag of soda)
• washable paint, balloons
• milk jugs or soda bottles, swimming pools

I Survived the sinking of the Titanic, 1912

• Boats
• Popsicle sticks, duct tape, corks, styrofoam plates
• Ice chunks
• Swimming pools

General resources

• Scholastic teacher's guide to the I Survived series

Evaluation

• 6-29-19
• Attendance: 35
• Notes: My links for coding were broken and I didn't get the bottles for tornadoes. We made volcanoes, fake blood, snow storm in a jar (we found it worked better without the paint - possibly b/c we were putting tops on), buildings for earthquakes, titanic, and make your own shark.
• 6-30-18
• Attendance: 54
• Notes. I scheduled myself and one aide starting at 8am, then 2 more aides at 9. We put the volcanoes and fake blood in the lobby, pools for Titanic outside, and everything else in the Community room.
• I had kind of hoped for more attendance, but with temperatures souring to the 100s and being the week before July 4th, it just didn't happen. Which, ultimately, was good - more people and it would have been a disaster! The blizzard in a jar didn't work as well as I'd hoped, but most people were happy with it. Everything else went well.