LEGO Landforms!

At the end of the week, I gave each table a handful of legos and told them to create a landform (we had learned about mountain, valleys, hill, plains, and plateaus last week). I gave them a few minutes to do this.

After, I had them get in a line. The first person in the line was going to break off a piece of their landform (lego) and then put it on their stomach and crab walk with it around their table. Breaking off a piece of the lego shows weathering and carrying it around the table shows erosion! The first team to erode their landform first won!

My students loved it!! They had a difficult time working together to build the landform but once we started to play the game we had a blast! They asked me the next day if they could play it again! haha

First Day! Weathering a Cookie

At my student teaching seminar I learned about how to create a blog. I have seen so many amazing lesson ideas on blogs that I thought I should create my own and pass it on!

This week I taught my second graders about erosion and weathering. This is such a difficult concept because to them (and me!) they seem so similar. So I decided to spend a day on each and then spend a day bringing them together.

For weathering we did an experiment with a chocolate chip cookie. No really a chocolate chip cookie!! They loved it! Especially since after I gave them each one to eat! haha I had to!

First I gave them each a cookie and had them draw a picture of what their cookie looked like.

After I poured water on each of their cookies and had them watch what happens!

They watched how more and more crumbs were floating in the water. The cookie is breaking down just like rocks do. This is what weathering is!

I had them draw a picture of what happened and then answer some questions about weathering.

Great way for kids to learn weathering! Just give them a cookie:)