Virtual Field Trips

This week as part of our Animal Adaptation science unit  Mrs. Kennedy's Second Grade Super Stars did some virtual traveling. On Monday we traveled to Komodo Island to learn about the Komodo Lizard or Dragon. The host of our virtual field trip, Brandon Hall, shared his adventures while visiting this island.   We got to see this huge lizard up close and live. At the end of the field trip students competed with lots of other classes globally in a Kahoot quiz game.

 On Wednesday we traveled virtually to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming to learn about some adaptations of the animals that live in this national park. We got to ask the Park Ranger lots of questions about the park.

Here are some facts we learned:
 The Komodo Dragon is named after Komodo Island.
Komodo Lizards have fork tongues.
The Komodo Dragon can run 12mph.
The Komodo Dragon is longer than a person.
The Komodo Dragon is the biggest lizard in the world.

Komodo Island

Yellowstone National Park

Here are some facts we learned:

There are more than 20,000 animals like bears, bison, wolves, and elk that live in the park.

There are geysers that are 300 feet tall in Yellowstone National Park.

Grizzly bears have a hump on their backs.

Yellowstone National Park has a volcano in it.

If an animal has eyes on the sides of its head then it hides from its prey.

Black bears eat fish.

A ram's horn can break off if it gets too big.