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Choose the resources below that help you and your student reach your goals. You do no not have to use all of the resources below. However, these resources are suggestions.- Lessons in Nature Study 2nd Grade by Jenkins and Kellogg
Lessons in Nature Study Guide 2nd Grade - Nature Book for boys and girls
- (For more information about the above textbooks, see the notes on the 3rd Grade Science page. If there is more than one student in your family, everyone may like to observe the same set of animals and plants together.)
- Science reading report
- Nature Notebook How to Keep a Field Journal
- Science Book 1 (Web) Science Book 1 (2.49 mb) PDF
Topics to be covered this year
- Useful and harmful animals
- Birds in winter (more info) (migration game)
- insects in winter: bees, other
- Life cycle (optional life cycle tour - kangaroo, frog, dolphin, butterfly)
- Animal babies
- Animal defense of themselves and their young (game) (optional activity)
- Plant and animal food
- Dinosaurs and other extinct animals
- optional: fossils movie
- optional: fossils movie
- Food chain (learn more) (review) (nice photo)
- Plant reproduction and growth
- Habitats and homes (game)
- Optional: virtual tour of several habitats
- Optional: virtual tour of several habitats
- Effects of the seasons on the lives of people, animals, and plants
- Climate (more climate)
- Weather and its effects on earth (optional movies: mountains, glaciers, and weathering)
- Water cycle (game) (tramline tour)
Additional Topics if Time permits
- Air and atmosphere (more atmosphere)
- Magnets (more) and forces
- Gravity, center of gravity
- Earth and sky
- Sun, moon, planets (activity1) (activity 2)
- Simple constellations (or here) and diagrams/myths (list and lessons and sky charts and constellation hunt)
- Exploring space (detailed) (and optional experiments) (activity) (another activity)
- Scientific method and scientific inquiry
- Fun animal facts
Extra:
- Summaries of entire McGraw-Hill 2nd grade science
- Helpful lessons, worksheets, graphics, etc. from Math Science Nucleus