Tuesday, December 29, 2020

2nd Grade Earth Science

Z has been loving Earth Science!  I made my own blend of various topics and utilized books we own, library books, DVDs, lots of YouTube videos and games.  Here are the topics I picked to divide up our studies:
 

Earth Science Topics

Earth - inside the earth, rotation/revolution/orbit, seasons, atmosphere
 
Weather - water cycle, rain, snow, rainbows, clouds, wind, storms, lightning/thunder, tornadoes, hurricanes

Rocks & Fossils

Earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, avalanche

Rivers, waterfalls, floods, monsoon, lakes, ponds, etc.

Oceans - seashore, seas, under the sea in relation to earth science

Under the ground, caves, caverns

Desert, grasslands, rainforests, polar

Cities/towns, resources, pollution


I'm amazed at how well it is going and all the materials I have found to supplement each topic!  Here are some pictures of things I've utilized to teach and include in our studies:
 










Here are some more books we read already that I forgot to get photos of from the library:




We did a very in-depth study of the ocean in August and then actually went to the ocean in September!






I had some ocean things already but we bought several more at the ocean to keep with our collection for future ocean study:



Books about our caves/caverns and underground study:



We had a lot of books about the different biomes:


There wasn't much I could find on natural resources:


That completes our earth science study!  We will be following it up with a study on astronomy.