The historical figures trunk contains books, costumes and artifacts on important historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, Sacajawea, Harriet Tubman, Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington Carver, and Ruby Bridges.
Students will explore the characteristics of the five main Georgia regions with a focus on animal and plant habitats and their adaptations. Students will define adaptation and apply their knowledge to understand how Georgia plants and animals adapt to changes in their habitats. Habitats are affected by different types of pollution including water, land, air, and noise pollutions; students will discover the effects of pollution on animal and plant habitats and learn how to apply conservation practices to help protect our environment.
Second graders will dig into the past and discover the life of Georgia’s earliest people. In this unit, second graders will develop a deep understanding of the Muscogee (Creek) and Cherokee Indians of the past. They will also explore the various tools, clothing, shelters and accomplishments of the Muscogee (Creek) and Cherokee, both pre-European contact and during the founding of Georgia. Students will also learn about 4 historical figures and their accomplishments. Finally, students will learn that the Muscogee and Cherokee Nations are still alive and thriving today. In this Digging into the Past and Present: Muscogee (Creek) and Cherokee trunk, explore artifacts that will make this unit come to life.
Students will understand why it is important for Americans to share certain democratic beliefs. Students will learn that this applies to our personal and civic lives. Students will be able to explain the need to promote the common good, obey laws all while also respecting the rights of others. Students will also describe the elements of representative democracy/republic in the United States. Students will be able to recount the three branches, levels of government, and responsibilities of each branch.
Second graders will explore some of Georgia’s own Superheroes of civil and human rights. They will explore the lives of these individuals, and what inspired them to fight for expanded rights or activities for historically marginalized groups. They will learn that they can also be Georgia Superheroes, and make “ripples of change” in their community with a family service learning project (or you can do a class service learning project to support a local nonprofit or community resource!). In this Georgia Superheroes trunk, explore artifacts and stories that will make this unit come to life.
Weather and hydrology books, meteorologist tools including boiling point thermometers, weather vane, upright weather station, classroom weather center, rain gauge and much more. This interactive trunk is loaded with all the tools you need for classroom experiments with young scientists.
Students will explore the characteristics of the main constellations and their position in the night sky. They will explore the rotation and tilt of the Earth to identify what causes day and night and the seasons. They will examine the Moon to discover why it appears to change shapes and learned about the order and name of its phases. Students will evaluate the size and distance of the planets within the Solar System to the Sun.
Students will understand the formation and types of fossils. They will understand the differences and similarities between rocks and minerals. Students will describe how the three types of rocks are formed. Students will observe the basic attributes/properties of rocks and minerals. Students will explore the effects of weathering and erosion of soil and rocks overtime, and attributes/properties of soils. Students will complete observations using their senses and scientific tools of fossils, rocks, minerals, and soils.
Students will make and use various weather tools and maps to predict weather. They will explore weather patterns that meteorologists use to predict the weather. Students will conduct various experiments to examine how weather works and affects our daily lives.