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Mud!!

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In this lesson, students learn about a unique building material: mud! The properties of mud depend on the properties of the soil it's made from. In the activity, Mystery Mud, students use models of sand and clay soils to investigate how the properties of soils can differ.

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Mrs. Julieta Flores

Building Structures in Second Grade

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In this lesson, students examine how large structures like houses are built from smaller pieces. In the activity, Paper Towers, they design their own structures using an unconventional building material: paper! Students build towers using 3" x 5" index cards and paper clips.

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Mrs. Julieta Flores