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For Chicago Park District Staff

Monday, August 10
Below are selected activities that could be used in a socially distant summer camp. Some of the activities or videos could be used as suggestions for kids to do at home. This page will be updated and the date at the top will be changed to indicate the last time it was updated. All the links are live to the museum’s website, YouTube, or to a PDF. 
Adler Planetarium
  • Digital Resources
  • Chalk Shadows Activity
  • Rover Relays Activity and Cards
The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Events, Activities, and Resources
  • Picture This: The Safety Patrol
  • Get Creative at Home website
  • JourneyMaker
  • JourneyMaker Activities
    • Extreme And Extraordinary
    • Let’s Play
    • Lines, Shapes, Colors
    • Strange And Wild Creatures
  • Essentials Tour
  • Stay Home. Hit Play. Video
Chicago History Museum
  • Set Sail! (Making and testing cork boats)
  • Windy City Kites (making and flying paper bag kites)
  • Sing It! (Using a template to write and sing your own blues song to the tune of Sweet Home Chicago)
Chicago Flag activities
  • Know Your Chicago Flag
  • Ft. Dearborn; Pack Your Trunk
  • Great Chicago Fire: Artifact Detective
  • Taking a Ride at the World’s Fairs
  • Chicago Waterways
  • Chicago Landmarks
  • My Neighborhood Story
  • Chicago Poetry
  • Fifth Star Challenge
  • My Flag
DuSable Museum
  • Stay Home. Hit Play. Video
Field Museum
  • Jumping like a frog
  • Learning Resources Page
  • Stay Home. Hit Play. Video
MCA Chicago
  • Art Projects online

Museum of Science & Industry
  • Learning Resources for Educators and Learners
  • Brain Games
  • MSI activities for summer camp
  • Stay Home. Hit Play. Video
National Museum of Mexican Art
  • Art Activities & more (coloring sheets, puzzles)
  • ALEBRIJE workbook
  • Alebrijes coloring book
  • Stay Home. Hit Play. Video
National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
  • Online exhibit – Samuel Lind: Portales (Portals)
  • Local Puerto Rican artists videos
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
  • Online Resources
  • Curious by Nature videos and activities
  • Wonder at Home resource roundups
  • Wonder Workbooks
Shedd Aquarium
  • Stay home with Shedd
  • NextGen Animal Responders Curriculum
  • Sea Curious
  • Underwater Beauty Live Cam
  • Shedd’s Audio Guides
  • Google Expeditions Virtual Reality experiences
  • Shedd’s Blog
  • Stay Home. Hit Play. Video
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