Animal Research Projects

I have been so proud of the 2nd grade for their hard work over the last several weeks! I thought I would share some of the great work they have produced.

First, the students picked an animal that they wanted to research. We then used a class set of Ipads to do our week-long research. I used the following paper found on TPT:
I had them research 5 different topics for their animal: habitat, body, diet, life cycle, and a fun fact. After the week of research, we began our animal pyramid. We completed a triangular diorama a day. On day one, they wrote about the animal's habitat and then illustrated the animal in it's habitat. On day two, they wrote about the animal's body coverings and then drew a diagram of it with important parts labeled. On day three, they wrote about what the animal eats and illustrated. On day four, they got to pick between life cycle and fun fact for their final part of the pyramid. The final results were so good I decided to display them on tables outside my room.

Click here to see instructions for putting the pyramid diorama together: Pyramid Diorama (triarama)

Here are some of our completed projects:

We followed up our animal research by studying food chains. The students completed a Who Eats What food chain worksheet and then made a stacked food chain collage. It was challenging, but so very worth it. When you see the final results, I think you'll agree!