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Island Landform Map Activities & STEM Challenge for Second Grade Science

Rated 4.8 out of 5, based on 15 reviews
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2nd, Homeschool
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23 pages
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What educators are saying

We had so much fun with this activity! My students were engaged and learned alot about landforms. I wish every unit I teach could be this engaging!
This is always a tried and true activity for landforms. It was helpful to have this package to help me implement the activity.
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Learning Objective

TSW plan, design and build an ideal island with various landforms in this STEM challenge.

Description

This Island Landform Map Project and STEM challenge addresses the Earth Science standards in Next Gen Science Standards for second grade science. Your kids will love working to build their own island in this engaging landforms and bodies of water activity.

THE FOLLOWING EARTH SCIENCE NEXT GEN STANDARDS ARE ADDRESSED

Landforms 2nd Grade: 2-ESS2-1, 2-ESS2-2, 2-ESS2-3

INCLUDED IN THIS ISLAND LANDFORM MAP PROJECT & STEM CHALLENGE

  • Detailed lesson plans and links to outside resources or videos
  • Digital pdf file of STEM challenge slides by step (problem, plan, build, share, publish)
  • Planning page handout
  • Publishing and reflecting page handout
  • Group and individual rubric
  • Self-assessment checklist
  • Word search for early finishers and answer key
  • Invent me anchor chart
  • Star-Star-Wish anchor chart and templates in color and B/W
  • How to use this resource notes

OTHER SUPPLIES SUGGESTED FOR THIS LANDFORM PROJECT

  • paper plates
  • construction paper
  • playdoh
  • toothpicks
  • labels

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My STREAM kiddos had so much fun with this project at the end of the year. It ties with a variety of literacy standards too!” ~Sarah

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “My second graders loved this project! I used this as an end-of-unit project when students were learning about landforms. They loved that it was hands on and that they got to be creative.” ~Ellen

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “We had so much fun with this activity! My students were engaged and learned alot about landforms. I wish every unit I teach could be this engaging!” ~Amanda

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I adapted this to use with 2nd-5th grade students at a summer camp at my school. I did it with two different groups of students. The students were so engaged and wanted to keep working on their projects and trying new ideas. I will definitely use this again in the future!” ~Carolyn

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Standards

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NGSS1-PS4-4
Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance. Examples of devices could include a light source to send signals, paper cup and string "telephones," and a pattern of drum beats. Assessment does not include technological details for how communication devices work.
NGSS1-PS4-1
Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate. Examples of vibrating materials that make sound could include tuning forks and plucking a stretched string. Examples of how sound can make matter vibrate could include holding a piece of paper near a speaker making sound and holding an object near a vibrating tuning fork.

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