Weatherman, Mr. Oh Visits PHES!

Mr. Oh, visited PHES to talk to the second graders about weather. He brought some fascinating pictures and videos to show us what he does as a meteorologist. We thank Mr. Oh for taking time out of his busy schedule to visit us!

Groundhog Day

Did he see his shadow? He did when we tried ours out and we had a good time talking about the old tradition of Groundhog Day!

100th Day of 2nd Grade

We celebrated the 100th day of second grade!! We are 100 days smarter!

Pumpkin Head Biography Projects

Rain Gauges

As we completed our weather unit, Mrs. H-B planning a project for our class to make rain gauges. We made them out of 2 liter bottles. We had so much fun making rain gauges and now we know have something we can measure the rainfall in!

Critical Thinking Challenge: Building the Tallest Tower

Every Friday our class participates in a Critical Thinking Challenge. Mrs. H-B breaks us up in teams of 4-5 and we have a task we have to accomplish in 30 minutes. She gives us the only materials we can use and we have to brainstorm how to accomplish the goal. We use the 7 Habits of Happy Kids to helps us accomplish the task and work together as a team. During this critical thinking challenge, Mrs. H-B gave us 40 straws and 1 rubber band. Our task was to build the tallest building using ONLY the straws, wrappers, and rubber band. Check out out towers below!

Cougars by Roper

A cougar`s yell sounds like a human scream. The cougar is also called the mountain devil. The cougar has six more names one of them is lord of the forest, puma , panther, painter, wildcat, or mountain lion. As soon as a baby cougar is born the mother licks there paws one by one. Baby cougars are called kittens like house cats. There mostly no dad cougars because they might eat the kittens. There are two kittens and a mom. Usally the cougars den`s are in crevices near rocks. Kittens are playful when they are kittens. Stay away from cougars.

By: Roper Bickley