Vermilion Parish 2ndGrade Curriculum
"Raising the Bar"

• CSI: Children’s Science Investigative Interactive PowerPoint Template Report (How does an interactive PowerPoint work?)

• CSI: Children’s Science Investigative PowerPoint (Normal PPT)

• 18 Strategy Kidspiration Templates,

• CSI: Children’s Science Investigative Interactive MS Word Template Report (How does an interactive MS Word Template work?)

• CSI: Children’s Science Investigative Interactive MS Word Template Report- 2 sets of question on one page

Unit 1 Properties of Matter & (Electricity Links!)

• Matter PPT (Denise Carroll)

• Matter PPT (Stacy Bodin)

• Matter 2 PPT (Stacy Bodin)

• States of Matter

• Measuring Tools and Matter

Unit 2 Sound and Light

• Light PPT (Denise Carroll)

• Electricity PPT (Denise Carroll)

Unit 3 Basic Needs of Living Things

• Parts of a Plant PPT (Denise Carroll)

• Animals Grow and Change PPT (Denise Carroll)

• Frog Life Cycle PPT (Denise Carroll)

• People Grow and Change PPT (Denise Carroll)

Unit 4 Environment

• Habitats for Plants and Animals PPT (Denise Carroll)

• Changes in Habitats PPT (Denise Carroll)

• Animal Habitats (Powerpoint)
  Habitats, Adaptations, Camouflage PPT (Denise Carroll)

• Endangered Species RAFT Writing Lessons

Unit 5 Earth and Beyond

• Earth's Resources (Denise Carroll Powerpoint)

• Earth and Beyond (Denise Carroll Powerpoint)

• Sam's Solar System Journey (Planets - Stacy Bodin)

• Solar System Riddles (Stacy Bodin's 2nd Grade Class)

• RAFT Writing PowerPoint (Story Starter)

• Solar System Order Kidspiration Template (See picture of activity)

• MS Word Template to type a news paper report

 Unit 6 Weather

• Earth's Weather (Denise Carroll, Vermilion Parish)

• Water Cycle (Theresa Hardy)

• Wandering Wanda Weather PPT Series

  • Wandering Wanda Introduction to Weather 1 Stacy Bodin, Vermilion Parish

  • Wandering Wanda Stormy Weather PPT Stacy Bodin, Vermilion Parish( Reviews Hurricane weather at the Elementary Level)

  • Wandering Wanda's Journey Ends 3-Stacy Bodin, Vermilion Parish

• Weather Riddles for Kids - Stacy Bodin, Vermilion Parish

• Hurricanes- Forces of Nature by Stacy Bodin, Vermilion Parish  (Note: Large file 20 MB's)

• Hurricanes: The Mightiest of Storms(by Stacy Bodin, Vermilion Parish) (Note: Large file 10 MB's)

• Past Hurricane Map/Decades Link or PPT Stacy Bodin, Vermilion Parish

• Let's Prepare for a Hurricane! (Hurricane Terms and Preparations - Stacy Bodin, Vermilion Parish

• Cajun Flat Stanley and Hurricane Rita's Tidal Surge By Stacy Bodin Vermilion Parish for Elementary Students, Note: Large File 15 MB's)

• Journey of Hope: Read the true story of a Rabbit Bugs, who survived Hurricane Katrina and 7 feet of water for 42 days (Elementary Level by Stacy Bodin)

• Hurricane Hilda and the Erath Water Tower Fall (Created by students in Erath) For younger students. Full Story information for teacher can be found here. (Vermilion Parish)