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Weekly Creativity #276: Make a Picture Book Based on a Memory from When You Were Younger

Post Published October 22, 2023 by Sage Millen

Make a picture book based on a memory from when you were younger. You can be as creative as you’d like with this. Maybe your memory is losing your first tooth or learning to ride a bike, but you could add in dragons or a ghost!

A Closer Look Into Nature

Post Published October 22, 2023 by Sydney Kesselheim

Look closely at the picture above and take a guess as to what it is. A banana? A rock wall? The skin of a kiwi? I asked my friends and family what they thought the photo looked like, and they were all stumped. If you look even closer, you might realize that this is a picture of a pinecone. I took this picture using a microscope in my science class, revealing the pinecone’s details.

Weekly Creativity #275: Write a Pitch for an Invention That Would Solve a Problem in Your Life

Post Published October 15, 2023 by Molly Torinus

Write a pitch for an invention that would solve a problem in your life.

Weekly Creativity #274: Get a Friend to Dress Up as a Ghost and Take a Silly Ghost Photo

Post Published October 8, 2023 by Sage Millen

Get a friend to dress up as a ghost and take a silly ghost photo. Where does the ghost like to hang out? The library? The skate park? The bowling alley?

Raya and the Last Dragon, Reviewed by Winnie Li, 12

Post Published October 8, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

Have you ever thought about being a lone rider in a dystopian world trying to save the one you love the most? A world broken because of fear. Raya and the Last Dragon is a movie released in 2021 produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios that captures your attention with beautiful, vivid images. It is a very realistic movie that is in many ways the same as our world.

Incredibles 2, Reviewed by Wilson Chen, 11

Post Published October 2, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

I was attracted to Incredibles 2 ever since I saw the vibrant poster. I couldn’t help but investigate the family of superheroes running at the train, all while holding a baby, who was astonishingly shooting lasers at a frightened raccoon. When I squinted even closer, I saw even more superheroes lurking in the background.

Weekly Creativity #273 | Flash Contest #60: Make Up an Imaginary Celebrity and Write a Story in Which They are the Main Character

Post Published October 1, 2023 by Molly Torinus

Make up an imaginary celebrity and write a story in which they are the main character. What are they famous for? What does their life look like out of the public eye?

Fever 1973, Reviewed by Zoe Li, 12

Post Published October 1, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

Laurie Halse Anderson’s historical novel Fever 1793 takes place in Philadelphia during the Yellow Fever epidemic. Nearly 5,000 people died from yellow fever, and those who could afford to leave town fled to safety. Like the recent global COVID-19 epidemic, chaos reigned, and majority groups started accusing minorities and immigrants for spreading the sickness.

ROBOMIND Ep. 1: I’ll Make an Engineer Out of You By Misha Ahmed, 11

Post Published September 27, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

ROBOMIND is a new podcast dedicated to robotics. Listen to the first episode here! Transcript: Hello, my name is Misha Ahmed, and I am your host of this podcast series called ROBOMIND. I know you may be wondering, what does ROBOMIND mean? ROBOMIND is combination of two things: robotics and mind. I love robotics, and I believe that it shapes how you think and it shapes your mind.

Weekly Creativity #272: Take a Photo or Draw a Picture that Makes the Viewer Look Twice

Post Published September 24, 2023 by Sage Millen

Take a photo or draw a picture that makes the viewer look twice—something is not as it first seems.

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