science

The second grade science curriculum in VIrginia includes many exciting topics such as butterfly and plant life cycles, the water cycle, magnets, states of matter, weather and animal adaptations. These great topics allowed me to use a lot of hands-on experiences in my lessons to help the students better understand what we were learning.

Some hands-on experiences included:
 * Paper plate 3-d butterfly life cycle.
 * Making ice cream
 * Making ooblek (with the Dr. Seuss book)
 * Visiting the Zoo
 * Keeping a weather journal