Square of Life ProjectMrs. Hess-Balzano’s 2nd

Grade Class

Fall 2015

About Our School

Welcome! Our school is called Winter Springs Elementary which is located in Winter Springs, Florida. We are a group of second grade students that are thankful to live in the Sunshine State! Together, all of the second grade teachers created one foot by one foot squares around our school campus so that we could learn about the living and non-living objects in nature. We found all kinds of things outside such as bugs, plants, rocks, and trash.

Predictions – Living

Tree

Bug

Insect

Cockroach

Spiders

Blue Bird

Queen ant

Queen bee

Snail

Non-Living

Toy

Water

Pieces of wrapping paper

Leaf

ResultsLiving

Ant

Black Crow

Beetle

Praying Mantis

Butterfly

Crab spider

Cockroach

Oak Tree

Grass

Oak seedlings

Non-Living

Rock

Asphalt

Water bottle

Sand

Bottle wrapper

Paper

Who We Compared With: Theodore Roosevelt Elementary

Our class compared our data with Theodore Roosevelt Elementary which is located in Oyster Bay, New York. Our class was very surprised at just how many differences our school in Winter Springs, Florida had when compared to a school in Oyster Bay, New York. We discussed in our class that some of this may have been a result of the New York school completing their Square of Life project in the month of March whereas our school in Florida did our project in the month of October. There are many factors that apply such as climate, weather, and whether or not the school is located in an urban or rural area. As a class, we feel that we learned very valuable information about nature in other places compared to the place that we call home.

Comparing LivingWhat We Found…

Ant

Black Crow

Beetle

Praying Mantis

Butterfly

Crab spider

Cockroach

Oak Tree

Grass

Oak seedlings

What They Found…

Tiny red spider

Small black spider

Small white butterflies

Flies

Ladybugs

Worm

Heard birds – black crow

Dandelion

Violet

Pine trees

Grass

Bushes

Maple sapling

Comparing Non-LivingWhat We Found…

Rocks

Asphalt

Water bottle

Sand

Bottle wrapper

Paper

What They Found…

Spider egg case

Cement

Storm drain

Gum wrappers

Red plastic

Soil

Small rocks

Spider web

Oak leaves

Acorn top

Sticks

BothFlorida New York

Asphalt Cockroach Praying mantis Oak tree Sand Beetle Ant Rock Paper Water bottle Bottle wrapper Grass Seedlings

ButterfliesBlack crow

GrassSpiderRocks

Storm drain Spider egg case Gum wrapper Red plastic Soil Spider web Worm Sticks Lady bugs Oak leaves Flies Bushes Cement Acorn tops Pine trees Dandelion Violet Maple saplings

Crab Spider

Monarch Butterfly

Water Bottle/Bottle Wrapper

Thank you for allowing us to share our data with you! Have a great year!