Engage your 2nd graders in hands-on activities and experiments to explore the fascinating world of changes in matter. Discover interactive ideas and resources to make learning about matter enjoyable and memorable.
Exploring matter and energy in kindergarten and first grade is so much fun. Watching little ones see the objects around them scientifically is exciting and a tad bit adorable. But nothing beats the surprise as they see matter change before their eyes. Teaching states of matter may take a lot of preparation and experiments, but
We had a "sweet" time in science today with our big idea on the properties of matter and exploration of reversible and irreversible change. After talking about all the things that represent reversible change, and all the things that represent irreversible change, I decided to surprise the students with a sweet science treat. REVERSIBLE CHANGE... First, I brought out a container filled with Skittles and we made our observations. We noticed that the Skittles were arranged and layered by color…
Learn a changing matter experiment you can easily do at school that is perfect for 2nd grade. This properties of matter ice cream in a bag science experiment is a delicious demonstration of temperature changes matter that students can eat at the end!
Oh my goodness. I can't believe it's finally here! February 10th. {happy dance} Why is that? Well, back in early January I was asked to join The Elementary Entourage as one of their monthly bloggers. (Thanks to my friend, Brittany, from Tickled Pink in Primary for thinking of me!) I've been following this blog and am constantly amazed at the wonderful and inspiring ideas that are shared every day. I've been itching to share some of my ideas ever since I found out my day to blog would be the…