Coming to an end.....

Another successful lesson down and one more too go (sadly)! During the lesson this week, it was a big wrap up of the life cycle of a butterfly. The lesson on Monday was very engaging, educational and fun! All of the students seemed to really enjoy it as well. The lesson was based upon the life cycle of a butterfly and the student's got to make a model... out of pasta! This activity went over very well and it surprisingly connected to "engineering and technology."

In order to make the activity connect to engineering and technology we mainly focused on the use of glue, scissors and other basic classroom tools. I realized that it is very difficult to connect all activities with engineering, so as a teacher you want to choose certain activities that concentrate almost specifically on engineering and technology.



After each student made their own model of the life cycle, we then played a Brain Pop video about a butterfly's life cycle. The student's really enjoyed this video and it gave them a better understanding of the concept. It was a great summarizing tool to present to the students as well as providing great visuals!

Overall the lesson went very well... again! Success! Unfortunately next Monday is our last day with the second grade students... the students are very sad about this; as are we!