2nd Grade Activities
Animals
- Hogle Zoo - Visit the zoo from the computer lab!
- Animals - Through Pioneer, use EBSCO, then Searchasaurus to find animal facts.
- Kids' Planet - Great facts and sounds!
- Enchanted Learning - Has many animals listed as well as print outs you can color!
- Creature Feature - On National Geographic Kids site, find fun facts, see a video and hear your animal's voice (Click past the intro).
- Yahooligans - Yahooligans has a large list of animal sites.
- Lucky Worm World - All About Worms has some cool worm videos
- All About Animals
- Kevin Henkes
- Dav Pilkey's Web Site O' Fun! - Come read about the author of the Captain Underpants series.
- The Magic Treehouse - Find out about Mary Pope Osbourne and check off all the MT books you have read.
- Butterfly Plants - Here are pictures of plants that butterflies love!
- Butterfly Map - Click on Utah and see photos of the butterflies we have in our state.
- Zoom Butterfly - Simple, clear with lots of butterfly information and print outs.
- Milkweed Cafe - Zoom in and look at the scales on a butterfly's wings!
- Club Caterpillar - Visit here for caterpillar games and activities!
- Ouelessebougou & You - Compare how you live with people in Africa.
- Mali, Africa to Utah, USA - This Virtual Field trip compares Utah and Mali.
- Virtual Tour of Mali - Learn about sports, food and much more!
- Harry Potter - The Ultimate Harry Potter Site. Try Fun & Games!
- Harry Potter Games - Try the Quidditch game and the Board Game.
- Wizard Challenge - How well do you know Harry Potter? Try this quiz!
- Optics for Kids - How does light travel?
- Myths, Legends and Fables - Explore the differences in these types of stories.
- Animals, Myths & Legends - Click on Legends to read 32 animal legends
- Tales of Wonder - Folk and fairy tales from around the world.
- American Folktales - Tall Tales, Ghost Stories and Famous Characters from America!
- Interactive Math - Check out these virtual manipulatives!
- A+ Math - Try Matho, Concentration, and Hidden Picture.
- AAA Math - Here's 2nd grade math!
- Math Fact Cafe - On-line flashcards and worksheets for addition, subtraction & multiplication.
- Fun Brain - Let's play some Math Baseball, Power Football or Soccer Shootout!
- Fractions - Describe these circle parts as fractions.
- Fractions at AAAMath - Start with Beginning Fractions and play Countdown.
- Fraction Frenzy - Match the equivalent fractions.
- Teach R Kids Math - Try Time, Money, Fractions ... anything you need to work on!
- LearnWorld - Click on the continents and read about them. Then color them!
- Map Reading Activities - Map reading sheets to print out
- US Mint - Click on Cartoons and then Birth of a Coin (animated version).
- Bureau of Engraving & Printing - Here are some fun kid games.
- Change Maker - Make the correct change and earn money for your piggy bank!
- Counting Change - Match the coin names to the amounts.
- Shopping - Have pencil and paper ready to write down your change amount.
- Jokes - Here are some money jokes :)
- Nutrition Explorations - Be a Breakfast Dectective with the National Dairy Council.
- The Great Plant Escape! - Solve all 6 mysteries about plants.
- Trees are Terrific - Watch Pierre's slide show about trees!
- This Planet Really Rocks! Have fun exploring this site made by 5th graders.
- Geo-Mysteries - Check out Fast FAQs, Geologic Time line and solve the Mysteries!
- Rock Hounds - Look at how rocks are formed and become a Rock Expert.
- Rock Puzzles - Word Search and Jigsaw.
- Geomysteries - Learn about rocks with Rex the Dinosaur Detective.
- NetSmartz Kids - Learn how to be safe on the Internet.
- Risk Watch - Play games while learning to be safe!
- Sparky the Fire Dog - Learn fire safety from Sparky (Sparkyville is a good game.)
- Matter - Chem4Kids has a tour of matter.