Bookmaking to Teach Science at School 29

Art PIR Winter and 2nd Grade Teacher Somma recently collaborated to integrate art in the form of bookmaking into the students’ science projects.  

Using student-created books to present information increases student engagement by allowing students to “own” their knowledge.   

The lesson focused on the concept of how habitats support the growth of many different plants by meeting their basic needs of food, water and nutrients.  Questions asked included:

            How do plants grow and develop?

            Does the environment (including water, light, air, and nutrients) affect growth?

Each student then created their own “Seed Growth Book”, in which they identified the stages of seed growth and the parts of growing plants.