MVHS Students

50 activities to cure the boredom of any MVHS student stuck in quarantine

March 22, 2020

  1. Practice touch-typing
  2. Create a calligraphy study guide 
  3. Prepare for AP tests in May 
  4. Prepare for next year’s AP tests
  5. Memorize the periodic table 
  6. Read your math textbook 
  7. Watch a TED Talk on better study habits
  8. Finish AP Chemistry on Khan Academy 
  9. Take a USACO practice test
  10. Update your resume
  11. Learn C++
  12. Enroll in a hackathon
  13. Finish Quizlet Write Mode for all the next chapter’s vocabulary
  14. Memorize the first 100 digits of pi 
  15. Start a non-profit focused on helping students unable to take the SAT because of the health concerns surrounding COVID-19 (caused by the novel coronavirus)
  16. Write a short novel
  17. Prepare for the SAT/ACT 
  18. Take the SAT for fun 
  19. Create your college list 
  20. Watch a documentary
  21. Take an IQ test 
  22. Learn the life story of your favorite mathematician
  23. Start a research project about the effects of staying at home for extended periods of time
  24. Memorize the chemical formula of ten household items 
  25. Create an app to help senior citizens stuck in nursing homes
  26. Learn a new language
  27. Enroll in an online course
  28. Email a Stanford professor about research opportunities 
  29. Play chess online with strangers
  30. Program Geometry Dash onto your graphing calculator
  31. Master a new instrument 
  32. Have a deep discussion about the stigma around feminism with three people from your literature class
  33. Memorize all the events that led to the French Revolution
  34. Learn extensively about the impacts of Type II Diabetes
  35. Apply for an internship at Google
  36. Read every single book covered in your lit curriculum
  37. Send memes to Ms. Parfet to brighten her day and yours
  38. Stalk the website of your dream school
  39. Play math games online
  40. Email your teachers about extra credit opportunities
  41. Eat food that is “scientifically proven” to boost your academic performance
  42. Take the AMC10 while on call with your math TA
  43. Practice AP Calculus FRQs 
  44. Compete in an Online Quiz Bowl 
  45. Compete in an MVHS themed Kahoot game with your friends 
  46. Email the governor about ways to better help California deal with the coronavirus
  47. Read and understand Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals
  48. Ask Mr. Carpenter a question on his Curious Cat
  49. Learn how to spell every word starting with the letter W
  50. Find the cure for coronavirus