Learning About the Weather and Seasons in 2nd Grade

Then, we moved into learning about how the sun’s energy heats the Earth. So, of course to demonstrate it, we HAD to see if we could use the sun’s energy to make s’mores!We gathered up our supplies

Made our hypotheses using this scientific method lab sheet

(You can grab this sheet here!)

and piled our s’mores into a foil lined pizza box!

We left the s’mores out all day in a sunny spot! At the end of the day, we checked on them, recorded our results and made conclusions about the sun’s energy.

(You can grab this sheet here!)

The kids were soooooooo engaged! It was a great way to demonstrate the Scientific Process and how the sun’s energy can heat the Earth!

I decided to take advantage of the *peaked* engagement and also tied in an expository writing piece, knocking out two CCSS with one stone (W 2.2, and RI.2.3)! SCORE!

Interested in trying this in your own classroom?  I condensed all the resources I used into a fun themed S’more mini unit!

It includes the Scientific Process sheets (with answer key), printables for the “How to Make a S’more” writing and craft and I’ve even included a sequencing center to help prime your students for their writings! You can head over to my TpT store to check it out!

To conclude our weather fun, we learned how to stay safe during wild weather! (A HUGE one for the lightning capital in the world!)  Then, we made these quick and easy wild weather tip charts.

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