Global Water Center's Mobile Discovery Center at Barton Creek Square

 

The Global Water Center’s Mobile Discovery Center is coming to Barton Creek Square to bring you a free, educational, and highly interactive experience with cutting-edge technology that’s fun for the whole family.

The Mobile Discovery Center is visiting Barton Creek Square in Austin from Wednesday, July 7 (10am-7pm) to Sunday, July 11 (10am-3pm). Don’t miss out on this first-of-its-kind exhibit featuring multi-sensory experiences that truly bring water to life!

Please note that locations and hours of operation are all subject to change. The exhibit will be closed in the event of excessive weather or other unforeseeable circumstances and the exhibit’s opening may be delayed if outside forces impact the installation process. This is a free family-friendly event that is fun for all ages!

For more information, please visit their website: 

https://globalwatercenter.org/event/austin-tx-barton-creek-square/

Camp Google

 

Camp Google is a free online summer camp for kids. 

Kids ask all sorts of questions from what's at the bottom of the ocean, to how far is space, where volcanoes come from, and why does music make me move? We wanted to create an online program that encouraged all these questions so we worked with Google to create a month long camp for kids full of fun science projects and interactive adventures led by experts from Google, National Geographic, NASA, The National Parks Service and Zendaya.

Camp Wonderopolis Summer Learning

 

Camp Wonderopolis® is the free online summer-learning destination that's full of fun, interactive STEM and literacy-building topics boosted by Maker experiments!

Keeping kids and their families learning together throughout the summer and out-of-school time, Camp Wonderopolis can help build vocabulary, background knowledge in science, reading comprehension, critical thinking, and other literacy skills along the way.

5 Book Drive

The 5 Book Dive is an Austin ISD summer reading program to encourage all students to read at least five self-selected books over the summer. Summer is a great time for students to relax with a book (or magazine, or comic, etc.) and experience the pleasure of reading just for fun! And research has shown that reading just five books can protect students from a drop in reading levels. Beat the summer slide and take the 5 Book Dive!

Buford the Book Bus

 

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Monday, June 22, 2020 – 9:00 am to 11:00 am

For the 6th year, Buford the Book Bus will be "out and about" the district to distribute brand new books to children.

Due to COVID-19, children will be handed the appropriate age-level book following district safety procedures.

Check the calendar each week for updates.

Summer 2021 Learning and Resources

 Summer 2021 Learning and Resources

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Happy Summer! Congratulations to all of the students who graduated in the class of 2021. We wish you the best of luck on your next adventures in learning and life. We are so proud of our Austin ISD learners and community who have persevered through this school year and continued to learn, connect, and grow.

Many of our campuses are offering summer learning opportunities in a virtual, hybrid, or in-person manner. Use this LINK to access the full website of opportunities. Additionally, below are a variety of resources and learning experiences to help students explore, learn, and grow over the summer. The collection of resources is divided into the following categories:

• My Brain
• My Body and Heart
• My Home
• My Creativity
• My Earth and Community
• My Family and Friends
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We encourage you to select resources and opportunities from across the topics to ensure a healthy and well rounded summer experience. We look forward to seeing you back on our campuses in the fall!

Families and Caregivers, please visit THIS website if you have any questions regarding your child’s technology devices over the summer. Families may use their Parent Cloud Account to print out their elementary child’s QR code for logging into the portal.austinisd.org (English and Spanish). Additionally, you can explore resources HERE regarding digital citizenship and technology usage.