Stripes, Spiders, and Science, Oh My!

Read Across America Day 2:  Stripes Day!  We read Hooray for Diffendoofer Day, one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books.  Then we drew silly teachers and silly subjects they teach.  Mrs. Saoud at Primary Graffiti has an adorable Diffendoofer freebie.  Some of my creative kiddos had some interesting ideas for things they would like to learn.

Mrs. Upside who teaches about polka-dot and striped animals

Mr. Carder teaches card tricks.

Mr. Cocy teaches us to take care of goats, and chickens, and cows, and dogs, and baby dogs, and to take care of lions.

Mr. Beef teaches meat and Mr. Wire teaches electricity.

Jobs at a farm, objects at a farm, purpose of a farm, and who lives at a farm.

During reading round-up, where all our 2nd graders switch for reading instruction, we are beginning to read Charlotte's Web.  (The 60th Anniversary is April 24th)  We built a little schema about farms and Charlotte's Web.

3 students who have not experienced the magic of Charlotte's Web!

Also, as a whole class, we (again) went through each step of the Scientific Method.
Question:  How many drops of water will the top of a penny hold.
Hypothesis:  Answers may vary, depending on student.
Materials:  penny, water, water dropper
Plan:  Place penny on flat surface, add drops of water one at a time, until water goes over edge.

Our Scientific Method Chart

Results:  The penny held 14 drops of water.

 Scientific Process Page

Happy Tuesday,
Laurie

Science 101

Today we started some introduction to science and the scientific method. 

We brainstormed what we thought the definition of science is:-)



And what we know about scientists.

Then we made little versions of us as scientists.  We designed our lab coat and decided why we could be scientists.  We cut out a body shape and made it match ourselves, then added our lab coat to our attire.

More science tomorrow....
Happy Monday,
Laurie