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2nd Grade Science Units:

  1. Physical Science:  Structure and Properties of Matter

  2. Earth and Space Science:   Earth’s Systems: Processes that Shape the Earth

  3. Life Science:     Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

General Information

  1. Brainpop.com
  2. Journey North   Online Projects
  3. National Geographic KIDS
  4. Sid the Science Kid   *   PBS site   

Weather
 

  1. ACCU Weather forecast
  2. ACCU Weather US satellite forcast
  3. CNN Weather  - Weather for Oradell, NJ
  4. National Weather Service  - U.S. weather

Tools

  1. Welcome to Eye on the Sky  - Generate a weather report using real time information.
  2. Weather Watch Tools  - Scholastic
  3. Clouds  - Wild Weather
     


1. Matter: Structures and Property

ACTIVITIES

  1. Gas, Liquid or Solid  - states of matter by Hartcourt 
  2. Solids & Liquids  - BBC 
  3. Water cycle
  4. States of Matter Lab  - elearning

     
VIDEOS
  1. The Changing of Matter - Ice Cream- Part 1
  2. 2nd Graders Experiment with Matter
  3. States of Matter for Kids  - video
  4.  Matter Chatter  Song 
  5. States of Matter: Atoms & how they move within a solid, liquid and gas
  6. 3 States of Matter  
  7. Physical vs chemical change  - video
     

MATTER  Vocabulary

  • absorb:  to soak up a liquid
  • atoms:  smallest building blocks of matter
  • float:   rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking
  • gas:  matter that has no shape, has particles that are not connected to each other, and takes up whatever space is available
  • length:  the measurement of something from end to end
  • liquid:  matter that does not have a definite shape but takes up a definite amount of space
  • mass:  the amount of matter in an object
  • matter:  anything that takes up space and has mass
  • properties:   characteristics that can be observed or measured
  • sink:  to drop below the surface of a liquid
  • solid:  matter that has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space
  • texture:  the way an object feels
  • volume:  amount of space an object occupies
  • weight:  how heavy something is

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES

  1. Properties of Materials and their everyday uses - NSTA * Primary Resources UK
  2. The Matter Song  video *   Lesson
  3. Physical Science- Properties of Matter video * Lesson
  4. Sink or Float
  5. Balloon baking soda, vinegar experiment
  6. Melting and Freezing  * Lesson-NSTA
  7. Ready Set Dough -   Magic School Bus
  8. Ooblek
  9. Matter and Heat/ Irreversible Changes

Resources

  1. NSTA -  NGSS Standards, by topic  *  background  * lessons *  Ideas * 
  2.   Discovery videos and lesson ideas
  3.  Open Ed - Background and lesson
  4. Science Spot lessons
  5. Brainpop
  6. ShiShow Kids YouTube (4 min video clips and experiment ideas)
  7. You be the Chemist Activity Guidelines

 

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2. Earth's Systems
        Processes that Shape the Earth

*  Map Machine  by National Geographic
Physical map, political map, volcanoes, SST & so much more

* Volcanoes and Earthquakes - PHET Simulations

LANDFORMS

Types of Landforms

  1. Basic  Landforms Glossary - Enchanted Learning 
  2. Landforms around the world  - Mr. Nussbaum 
  3. Types of Lands  - Hardcourt Publisher
  4. Land Forms
  5. Landforms photos  are natural features of the landscape - PEI, Can
  6. US Landforms  photo - World Atlas 

Plate Tectonics

  1. Moving continents  - brainpop

Photographs

  1. Grand Canyon
  2. Arches National Park
  3. Volcanic Landforms
  4. Antartica  - ghost mountains under the snow 

Volcanoes in Action

  1. Samoa underwater volcano
  2. New Island in the South Pacific Ocean

VOCABULARY

  • cliff: high, steep rock wall
  • compass: tool that shows direction
  • compass rose: shows the directions on a map
  • dam: a barrier to block the flow of water
  • dike: a long wall built to prevent flooding from the sea
  • earthquakes: a sudden shaking of the ground caused by land moving
  • erosion: the movement of rocks or soil caused by wind, water, or ice
  • flood: water covers land that was dry before
  • glacier: area of thick ice that stays frozen all year
  • globe: a model of the Earth
  • island: area of land with water all around it
  • lake: body of water with land all around it
  • landslide: soil and rocks move from higher ground to lower ground
  • lava: melted rock that flows from a volcano
  • levee: a wall that keeps water away from dry land
  • map key: explains what the symbols on a map mean
  • ocean: salty water that covers much of Earth’s surface
  • river: water that flows across land
  • sand dune: a hill of sand made by the wind
  • sandbar: a sandy place in a river
  • seismograph: a tool that measures earthquakes
  • soil: top layer of land where plants grow
  • valleys: low places that lie between mountains or hills
  • volcano: an opening on Earth from which lava flows
  • weathering: breaking of rocks into smaller pieces
  • ​windbreak: a row of trees or shrubs used to block the wind

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES

  1. How Can Water Change the Shape of the Land?
  2. How Can Wind Change the Shape of the Land?
  3. Finding Erosion At Our School
  4. Soil Erosion Simulation
  5. Quick or Slow? I’ve Got to Know!
  6. Water and Landform Unit
  7. Earth's Changes Unit
  8. BrainPOP  Weathering Video
  9. Where Do Mountains Come From?  - video


Resources

  1. NSTA -  NGSS Standards, by topic  *  background   *  lessons  *   Ideas  * 
  2.   Discovery videos and lesson ideas
  3.  Open Ed - Background and lesson
  4. Science Spot lessons
  5. Brainpop
  6. ShiShow Kids  YouTube (4 min video clips and experiment ideas)

 


3. Ecosystems- Interdependent Relationships 

  1. The Great Plant Escape   
    Help Detective LePlant solve the mysteries of plant life! Learn about plant parts and growth; soil and nutrients; seeds and germination; flowers; and bulbs.
  2. Plant Life Cycle
  3. How Plants Grow   - ScienceKids
  4. Helping Plants Grow  - BBC 
  5. Plants in Motion
  6. Plants & CO2

Worms & Dirt

  1. The Adventures of Herman the Worm  
    This colorful site reminds us that without worms, our soil would be very poor. 
  2. The Dirt on Soil   by Discovery School 
  3. Worm World   Interactive site about worms and their jobs under the ground
  4. Sid the Science Kid: Dirt on Dirt
  5. Pizza Garden  select the needed amount of water, sun and fertilizer
  6. Root Factory

Insects

  1. An Insect's Perspective - Webquest 
    Learn about the life of an ant, bee, cockroach or termite
  2. Roach World   - Discovery 
  3. Pest World   for Kids
  4. Let's Talk About Insects!   - Slideshow with audio 
  5. Insect Books   - Mr. Nussbaum.com 
  6. Name that Bug!   - Orkin - Use the clues to name the mystery bug behind the screen!
  7. Cricket parts   - Mr. Nussbaum 
  8. Classifying Insects   - Scholastic 
  9. Insect Quiz
  10. Lady beetles  , also known as ladybugs, are beneficial insects which help control many pests. 

VOCABULARY

  • biologist: a scientist that studies living things
  • depend: to need something in order to live
  • ecosystems: all of the living things in a given area, interacting with each other, and also with their environments
  • germination: the sprouting of a new plant from a seed
  • habitat: the home of an animal or a plant
  • interdependent: people, animals, plants, or things that depend on each other
  • plants: a living thing that uses sunlight to create it’s own food.
  • pollinate: to move pollen from one flower to another.
  • seedling: a young plant
  • seeds: the small parts produced by plants from which new plants grow.
  • soil: the top layer of the Earth which plants grow in

Suggested Activities

  1. Who Needs What?
  2. Do Plants Need Sunlight?
  3. I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Vanilla Ice Cream!
  4. The Bug Chicks-Mission: Pollination (Episode 5)
  5. Habitat Project -  Create your own animal  *  Creature

Resources

  1. NSTA -  NGSS Standards, by topic  *  background   *  lessons  *   Ideas  * 
  2.   Discovery videos and lesson ideas
  3.  Open Ed - Background and lesson
  4. Science Spot lessons
  5. Brainpop
  6. ShiShow Kids  YouTube (4 min video clips and experiment ideas)

 

MORE Science Links

Health & Nutrition

  1. My Pyramid Activity
  2. KIDS: Explore the World of Nutrition   Fun Links and activities
  3. Dole 5 a Day   
  4. Pyramid Cafe 
  5. Assemble the Food Pyramid  (pg.19 teachercreated.com) 
  6. Kids World - Nutrition - Food Pyramid 
  7. Your Gross & Cool Body 
    All about how and why your body functions the way it does.

 


 
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