Creating our continent maps

This was our lesson: Let’s make another model! This time you will draw outlines of the world’s continents. Then you will add clay to develop a relief map of landforms.

Take a peek at us in action!

 This is our finished product! They look great ........don't you think!!

Essential questions:

 Share your model with your classmates. Also share the information you obtained from your research.

• How did your relief map models compare?
• Think about all the models the class built. Do you notice any patterns among them?

Seven continents of the world

I'll leave you with this joke:

Which is the biggest rope in the world?… 

Europe

Landforms models

We did an Inquiry Activity where we made models of land and water. Take a look at us in action!

 2-ESS2-2. Develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land and bodies of water in an area.

Mountains

I'll leave you with this joke:
What did the daddy volcano say to his son volcano?… 
“I lava you”

Multiplication game!

We played a game called skip fives. It helped us learn about multiplying groups of five by skip counting. It also helped us learn to solve word problems. Ask us about the game and take a peek at us in action!

Number and Operations in Base Ten 2.NBT


A. Understand place value. 2. Count within 1,000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s. Identify patterns in skip counting starting at any number.

Multiplying by Fives School House Rock

I'll leave you with this joke:

Q. What US state has the most math teachers? A. Mathachussets.
 

Matter fun with the Discovery Museum

We had a lot of fun experimenting with different matter Thursday. We saw experiments with melting, evaporating, freezing and condensing. We saw dry ice in action and learned that it is a carbon dioxide gas which has been cooled and frozen (-20 degrees). We also saw liquid nitrogen in action and learned that it condenses into a liquid at -150 degrees. These are the things we saw freeze:
ping pong ball
flowers
latex free bands
banana
Look below at our pictures and ask us to explain what is happening!
Also, if you would like to take us to the Discovery Museum go to www.discoverymuseum.org
and see what they have to offer (our presenter mentioned something about free tickets).

PS1. Matter and Its Interactions
2-PS1-1. Describe and classify different kinds of materials by observable properties of color, flexibility, hardness, texture, and absorbency.
2-PS1-2. Test different materials and analyze the data obtained to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose.*
Clarification Statements:
• Examples of properties could include, color, flexibility, hardness, texture, and absorbency.
• Data should focus on qualitative and relative observations.
Fun with Liquid Nitrogen      We did some of these experiments during our presentation!
Dry Ice Fun

I'll leave you with this joke:
Q: What do you call fifty penguins in the Arctic?
A: Lost! REALLY lost! (Penguins live in Antarctica.)