Playlist: 2nd Grade Enrichment
Dinosaur Optical Illusion
Why does this dinosaur keep looking at me…
Slow Motion Popcorn
What surprises can you spot when a kernel pops in super slow-mo?
Bobbing for Apples
What is bobbing for apples like… for an apple?
Notice, Wonder: A House
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Not Like The Others: Penguins
Four penguins. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.
Precipitation Tournament
Eight types of precipitation battle it out in this tournament.
New Uses for a Paperclip
So what are some new ways to use a paperclip?
What’s In My Brain: Owl vs Eagle
Some of these animals are nocturnal and some are diurnal.
Notice, Wonder: An Orange Thing
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Not Like The Others: Natural Disasters
Four natural disasters. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.
Addition: 3 Digits Plus 2 Digits (Multiple Solutions)
Typical practice problems don’t move students up Bloom’s Taxonomy. With this framework, you’ll see kids stop and really think about how to approach multi-digit addition.
Characters Dressed as Other Characters for Halloween
What if one character dressed up as another for Halloween? Would the Cat in the Hat pick Captain Jack Sparrow, because they’re both chaotic yet good-natured people? Would Elsa dress up as The Ice King since they are both lonely?
Notice, Wonder: Climber
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
A Donut Investigation
In this cross-curricular investigation, students will look into an intriguing question: do donuts or salads have more sugar? They’ll grapple with misleading information, bias, and use their math skills to create a visual representation of sugar in popular foods.
Jabberwocky and Context Clues
Context clues lessons can be a disaster. Here, we expose students to a delightful classic packed with nonsense words (“Jabberwocky”) and ask them to decipher the meanings and parts of speech. Then, it’s only natural for students to write their own nonsense poems.