During the month of January we did several studies on the following topics: seasons, weather, temperature, the water cycle, and types of clouds. This past Thursday we created a cloud in a cup. (Unfortunately, I did not take pictures of this experiment though I'm certain that the kids will be more than willing to share the details if you ask them!) On Friday, we put on our winter coats and ventured out into the sunny but chilly weather to go cloud hunting. The 2nd graders had the best time trying to find and identify the clouds, and we really had to hunt for them considering that the skies were pretty clear. I was so proud of each student for staying on task during our cloud investigation!
WEATHER WIZ KIDS is an excellent educational resource for information on clouds and other weather-related topics that we have studied this month. Click
HERE to access the site.
UPDATE: I found short video of one of our water cycle experiments on evaporation. In this experiment, the students partnerned up. I gave each pair a wet paper towel. Points were earned according to how dry their paper towels were at the end of ten minutes and also on how well they worked with their partners. Enjoy the video, and please forgive the warped segment at the end. (Still have a lot to learn about editing video.)
Have a great week, everyone!
