| Second grade science projects are simple and fun to | | | | it's not really answering a question. Another idea might |
| do. You should pick a topic that can hold the interest of | | | | be to see if animals behave different when they're |
| the children. At this age they are just learning how to | | | | faced with a visual reflection of themselves like a |
| figure things out for themselves, instead of being | | | | mirror. |
| spoon fed information, and they're very eager to learn | | | | If so, what do they do? Try to play with their |
| new things. It's very beneficial to children to start doing | | | | reflection? Maybe get mad at their reflection? Maybe |
| experiments at this age; it stimulates their mind and | | | | they even get scared. Does it make a difference if the |
| encourages them to think things out. | | | | mirror is up close or a distance away from them? One |
| Some fun experiments for second graders would be | | | | fun project for young kids might be to see if the shape |
| to see if a certain type of animal prefers one food | | | | of a paper airplane affects the distance it will fly. You |
| over another; such as, do ants prefer sugar over | | | | can test this out by making a long narrow plane and a |
| bread? What about white sugar over brown sugar? | | | | short stubby plane and seeing which one flies further. |
| Other fun 2nd grade science projects is the traditional | | | | There are tons of fun projects for this age group; it's |
| volcano model, however while this is fun for the kids, | | | | just a matter of picking one out of many. |