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Second Grade

Fascinating Fossils

 Students explore the mysterious processes by which evidence of past life is preserved, and how that evidence can help tell a story. Students will have the opportunity to replicate fossilization. (60 minutes)

Lesson Plan

Pre/Post Visit & In Classroom Activities (151k pdf)





Weather, Weather All Around Us

 Through actions, stories, and visual images students explore how rain, snow, wind, and the sun work together to form weather systems. (60 minutes)

Lesson Plan

Pre/Post Visit Activities (205k pdf)

In Classroom Activity (75k)





Water: The Continuing Cycle

 Interactive demonstrations and activities illustrate the water cycle and the uses and abuses of this precious natural resource. (60 minutes) 

Lesson Plan

Pre/Post Visit Activities (175k pdf)

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