2nd Grade
Term 1, Week 1
August 11th-15th
⚙️Welcome to Jr. Innovation Lab!
⚙️Go over lab rules together.
⚙️Get to know you activity...Four Corners Game
⚙️Begin "All About Me" Polaroid writing & art activity
Term 1, Week 2
August 18th-22nd
⚙️Finish "All About Me" Polaroid art activity.
⚙️Discuss Teamwork. Watch the video about Teamwork.
⚙️Work as a team to put together puzzles.
Term 1, Week 3
August 25th-29th
⚙️Watch the read aloud, When Pencil Met Eraser.
⚙️Discuss how working together masks a task easier.
"Teamwork makes the dream work," Two heads are better than one."
⚙️Complete the Pass the Puff Ball challenge using plastic spoons and jumbo
puff balls.
⚙️ If time allows, write the acronym TEAMWORK on the board with the
following words. T=together, E=everyone, A=achieves, M=more, W=with,
O=organization, R=respect, & K=kindness. Give students handout and
discuss. Students may color handout.
Term 1, Week 4
September 2nd-5th
Happy
Labor Day!
No School
on Monday,
Sept. 1st
⚙️What is S.T.E.M? Discuss the areas of S.T.E.M. Watch video.
⚙️Make a paper helicopter using paper, scissors and a paperclip
⚙️Team Challenge: Cup Stacking Challenge
Term 1, Week 5
September 8th-12th
⚙️Discuss computers: how we use them, how they work, and different types of technology. Show them a desktop, mouse, laptop, iPad, cell phone, speakers, headphones, smartwatch, etc.
⚙️Watch video: What are computers? and How do computers work?
⚙️Students will test their knowledge of identifying a given list of electronic
devices.
Term 1, Week 6
September 15th-19th
⚙️Discuss Digital Citizenship using series of posters and prompts.
⚙️Play Digital Scoot to learn more about Dig. Cit. and test our knowledge of how to stay safe online.
Term 1, Week 7
September 22nd-26th
⚙️Students work with a partner to build a bridge out of legos and other various materials
Term 1, Week 8
September 29th-October 3rd
⚙️Students will play "Make & Move" working on different builds at each station. When Mrs. Brister says "Move," students must break down their builds and move to next station in 10 minute intervals.
Term 1, Week 9
October 6th-9th
⚙️Students will use the iLab iPads to work on various problem-solving apps with
the Fuzz Bugs at ABCya.com
⚙️ If time allows, students may color a Fuzz Bug coloring sheet.
Term 2, Weeks 1 & 2
October 14th-17th & October 20th-24th
⚙️Students will learn basic coding skills using various apps on the iLab iPads.
Code-A-Pillar
Coding Safari
Term 2, Week 3
October 27th-31st
⚙️Students will work with Ozobots to code mazes in which the bot increases or reduces speed, change colors, etc.
Term 2, Week 4
November 3rd-November 7th
⚙️Students will take the coding skills they have learned and put them into play using Code & Go robots.
Term 2, Week 5
⚙️Coding UNPLUGGED! - Students will work with various grids (to navigate via block code) a path to given objects in a theme.
November 17th-November 21st
Term 2, Week 6
⚙️Students will work on various Math addition & subtraction color-by-number sheets with crayons. Students may use a number line, if needed. Please color neatly.
⚙️For those who finish early, there is a "Fall is in the Air" word search to be done. May keep to finish at home.
Thanksgiving Break - November 25th-29th
Term 2, Week 7
December 1st-December 5th
⚙️ Every student decorates a green or red triangle with a Christmas pattern.
⚙️ We will then arrange all of the triangles to make one big classroom Christmas tree.
Term 2, Week 8
December 8th-12th
⚙️Christmas science experiment with peppermint or candy canes.
⚙️Play a game of Christmas Kahoot! using iLab iPads.
Term 2, Week 9
December 15th-17th
⚙️Students will watch "A Storybots Christmas" (25 minutes)
Christmas Break - December 18th-January 5th