Science, Grade 2

Unit 1: Life Science: Animal Growth and Changes

Life cycles and growth of organisms, comparing life cycles of familiar animals, and human growth and healthy living.

• Changes through a life cycle
• Setting up an observation
• Asking questions about an organism
• Recording what we observe
• Constant and changing traits
• Sharing ideas about an organism
• Naming the stages of development
• Meeting needs and drawing conclusions
• Communicating the investigation
• New questions to explore

• Finding out about life cycles
• Comparing and grouping life cycles
• Environments that support animals
• Predicting life-cycle stages

• How humans grow and change
• Food groups and healthy choices

Unit 2: Earth and Space Science: Air and Water in the Environment

Air as a substance and wind, moisture and precipitation, how materials interact with moisture, and water in the environment and conserving it.

• Air takes up space
• Questions and ideas about air
• Measuring wind
• Observing air conditions

• Evidence of moisture
• Measuring precipitation
• Changes in moisture
• Questions about materials and moisture
• Testing absorbency and waterproofing
• Ordering materials by water response
• Sharing material test results
• Weather and protecting things

• Water in the environment
• Clean water and conserving it

Unit 3: Physical Science: Liquids and Solids

The three states of water, properties and interactions of familiar liquids and solids, floating and sinking, and mixing liquids and solids to make new materials.

• Sharing ideas about water
• Ice, water, and water vapour

• Questions about liquids and solids
• Comparing properties
• Interactions of liquids and solids
• Recording interactions
• Grouping floating and sinking
• Solving a floating problem
• Comparing floating solutions
• Sharing the floating solution

• Choosing materials and tools
• Sharing ideas while mixing
• Making a new material
• Getting ideas from sources
• Using materials to stay clean and healthy

Unit 4: Physical Science: Relative Position and Motion

Describing the position of objects from different perspectives and describing and investigating the motion of objects.

• Building objects that move
• Describing an object's position
• Position from different views
• Working out accurate descriptions

• Describing motion
• Following movement instructions
• Questions about what affects motion
• Predicting how factors affect motion
• Testing motion with tools
• Comparing how objects move