Now You See Me...

Today we start our new unit in our Imagine It! series, "Camouflage"! To introduce this unit we learned what it means to camouflage and the different ways animals can use camouflage. Then the students had a chance to practice camouflage for themselves!

Each child was given a white butterfly then challenged to camouflage that butterfly somewhere around the room. I was very impressed with how creative they got!

We're going to keep these butterflies hanging around the room until the end of our unit to help remind us of the types of camouflage! 

We have a dream...

Happy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to all! Today we spent an extensive amount of time talking about Dr. MLK and how he impacted history. We wrote our own "Dream" speeches of changes we would like to see in the world today. Take a moment to talk to your child today about some changes we discussed about some changes you would like to see!

2nd Grade Science Fair...

So at our school we are in full science fair mode! All of the upper grades are completing their individual science fair projects, but we couldn't let 2nd grade miss out on all of the fun! With that being said, we decided to complete a class wide science fair project.

We've been learning all about the scientific method and how to properly conduct a science experiment. As a class we came up with our very own experiment: Which fast food cup with serve as the best insulator? We chose three cups to test: McDonalds, Panera, and Chik-fil-a.

We hypothesized that the best insulator would be the Chik-Fil-A cup. We came to this conclusion because the cup was styrofoam. Next we had to test our hypothesis! We used ice cold water and every 20 minutes checked the temperature of the water to see which cup was staying coolest the longest. 

This was a great exercise in reading temperature! 

Then we had to record our results and write our conclusion! 

Turns out our hypothesis was correct! Chik-Fil-A cups insulated the water longer than the McDonald's and Panera cups!