Friday, May 9, 2014

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:Animal Research Report Graphic Organizer
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!

Food Chain Writing Activity (English & Spanish)




3 comments:

  1. Hi! Great work! Where did students get the pictures for the food chains? Did they draw them freehand or did they use a template?

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    1. Hi! These are not made with patterns. Some of them go right for the scissors and start cutting and others draw their own templates out.

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