Science (Grade 2-3)
Recycling
Title: Going Easy on the Earth
Description: Explains the difference between renewable and non-renewable resources. Provides real world examples of what can be recycled.
Source: The Mailbox: Grade 2-3. April/May 2010. p.46.
Geology / Rocks
Title: Simply Science: Shaw and Tell
Description: Demonstration of how various rocks are formed using crayon shavings.
Source: The Mailbox: Grade 2-3. April/May 2010. p.45.
Biology
Title: Moths and Caerpillars
Description: Provides diagrams of caterpillars and moths, distinguishing the body parts of each. Students decide which traits belong to each phase of the moth's life cycle.
Source: Teacher's Helper: Grade 2-3. Feb./Mar. 2010. p.27.
Title: Snakes Alive
Description: Provides a list of characteristics of baby and adult snakes. Students assign these traits to the correct category.
Source: Teacher's Helper: Grade 2-3. Feb./Mar. 2010. p.29.
Title: Bears and Their Babies
Description: Provides a list of characteristics of baby and adult bears. Students decide if the characteristic is of adult or cub.
Source: Teacher's Helper: Grade 2-3. Feb./Mar. 2010. p.31.
Technology and Apllied Science
Title: Push and Pull
Description: A lab experiment which introduces students to simple machines. Students lift objects using a lever and an incline plane, to demonstrate the different forces involved.
Source: Science is Elementary: Technology: Putting power to work. Vol.19, no.2 p.18-20.
Title: Rolling Along
Description: A lab experiment which introduces the wheel. Students investigate how to move heavy loads more easily.
Source: Science is Elementary: Technology: Putting power to work. Vol.19, no.2 p.21-23.
Title: Tools from Wood and Stone
Description: A lab experiment in which students examine and categorize rocks using various tests. Also includes background on how rocks were used to create tools and weapons by early humans.
Source: Science is Elementary: Technology: Putting power to work. Vol.19, no.2 p.14-16.
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