This year the second grade class has been lucky enough to be chosen to participate in the Science on the Go program sponsored by The Peggy Notebaert Museum. The theme of our unit is " What is a Scientist?" Over the next three weeks, the students will be answering this question and learning more about biologists, chemists, and engineers. In order to understand what they do, the second graders will be acting as these scientists by performing different activities and experiment as scientists do.
The first week has been focused on biologists and the work they do studying living things. In order to step into the shoes of a biologist, the second graders set up preference trials for mealworms in small lab groups. One mealworm was placed on each plate and the students had to observe which condition the mealworm preferred. The plates were sectioned off into wet/dry, light/dark, hot/cold, and cloth/foil/wax paper. After making their observations, the students took notes in their science notebooks. Talk to your son or daughter about which conditions their mealworm preferred!
Also, be sure to keep up with our Science on the Go curriculum by asking your son or daughter what kind of scientist they worked as that day!
The first week has been focused on biologists and the work they do studying living things. In order to step into the shoes of a biologist, the second graders set up preference trials for mealworms in small lab groups. One mealworm was placed on each plate and the students had to observe which condition the mealworm preferred. The plates were sectioned off into wet/dry, light/dark, hot/cold, and cloth/foil/wax paper. After making their observations, the students took notes in their science notebooks. Talk to your son or daughter about which conditions their mealworm preferred!
Also, be sure to keep up with our Science on the Go curriculum by asking your son or daughter what kind of scientist they worked as that day!
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