Dayton Duffy

2nd Grade
Science
Blooms Taxonomy

Topic - Growth of a living organism

● Activity - Labeling a plant worksheet. Students will fill in the blanks after memorizing the
parts of a plant
● Level Of Blooms - Level 1, remembering, because this activity only asks students to
recall parts.
● TEKS - 2(B)
● SPED/ESL Accomodations - allow ESL students to use a translator, allow students to tell
someone what to write down- give them hints.
● Technnology is not needed
Topic - Growth of a living organism
● Activity - Making flashcards about each part of the plant. On the blank side, students will
label the name of the part and then on the flip side write 3 functions/ purposes of that
part.
● Level Of Blooms - Level 2, understanding, because students have memorized the parts,
but now have to explain what they do.
● TEKS - 10(A)
● SPED/ESL Accomodations - Only make students write down one function
● Technology is not needed
Topic - Growth of a living organism
● Activity - Fill out a venn diagram comparing the properties of a dying vs. healthy plant
when given a word bank
● Level Of Blooms - Level 4, analysis, because students are comparing two types of an
organism
● TEKS - 10(B)
● SPED/ESL Accomodations - Allow students to go to the learning lab
● Technology not needed
Topic - Growth of a living organism
● Activity - Show a powerpoint full of slides comparing healthy vs. dying plants and their
differences. The students will then go outside, with their venn diagrams from level 4, and
use their knowledge and practice it by examining the real plants. They can make
changes to their diagram if necessary.
● Level Of Blooms - Level 3, application, because the students are using their new found
knowledge and applying to a real situation.
● TEKS - 2(C)
● SPED/ESL Accomodations - Give students a printed copy of the powerpoint and have
them take it outside to compare to the actual plants.
● If the powerpoint does not load, pass around the made example
Dayton Duffy
2nd Grade
Science
Blooms Taxonomy

Topic - Growth of a living organism

● Activity - Students will examine dirt samples and predict which type is better and why.
Students will be asked to defend their postition.
● Level Of Blooms - Level 5, evaluation, because students are taking their knowledge and
making a decision. They are judging the dirt samples and choosing which is better for
the plants.
● TEKS - 9(A)
● SPED/ESL Accomodations - Allow students to skip the google survey or go to learning
lab to complete it
● If the google survery can’t load, pass out a copy to each student
Topic - Growth of a living organism
● Activity - Assign either a gummy bear or real plant to the students and explain the
project. Students will keep a log of the growth - including height, amount of water and
sun, color, etc.
● Level Of Blooms - Level 6, create, because students are constructing an experiment that
may help them grasp information that a worksheet could not provide.
● TEKS - 9(B)
● SPED/ESL Accomodations - Do not doc points for spelling errors in the logs; allow
students to go to the learning lab if they want help explaining their data to someone
● Technology not needed