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Grade 2 Science.

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The whole year, lesson by lesson.

Textbook 1Repeated Observations, Measurement, and Evidence

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Observing More Than Once

Chapter 2

Measuring with Simple Tools

Chapter 3

Following the Same Procedure

Chapter 4

Tables, Pictographs, and Evidence

Textbook 2Solids, Liquids, Gases, and Mixtures

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Solids Keep Their Shape

Chapter 2

Liquids Flow and Take Container Shape

Chapter 3

Gases Spread Through Space

Chapter 4

Simple Mixtures

Textbook 3Changing and Building with Materials

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Changes Caused by Cutting, Folding, and Shaping

Chapter 2

Heating and Cooling Materials

Chapter 3

Objects Made from Parts

Chapter 4

Choosing and Improving a Material Design

Textbook 4Pushes, Pulls, Direction, and Shape

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Strength and Direction

Chapter 2

Changing Motion

Chapter 3

Changing Shape

Chapter 4

Controlling Motion Through Design

Textbook 5Life Cycles and Growing Organisms

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Living Things Grow and Change

Chapter 2

Plant Life Cycles

Chapter 3

Animal Life Cycles

Chapter 4

Structures Inside Living Things

Textbook 6Habitats and Interdependence

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Resources and Conditions in a Habitat

Chapter 2

Plants and Animals Depend on One Another

Chapter 3

Investigating Plant Needs

Chapter 4

Helping and Harming Habitats

Textbook 7Diversity of Life in Different Places

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Many Kinds of Living Things

Chapter 2

Comparing Two Habitats

Chapter 3

Grouping Organisms by Visible Features

Chapter 4

Structures, Needs, and Habitat Fit

Textbook 8Bones, Teeth, Growth, and Healthy Living

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Bones Support and Protect

Chapter 2

Teeth and Their Jobs

Chapter 3

Bodies Grow and Change

Chapter 4

Health, Safety, and Reliable Help

Textbook 9Wind, Water, and Changing Land

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Water Moves and Reshapes Land

Chapter 2

Wind Changes Land

Chapter 3

Fast and Slow Earth Changes

Chapter 4

Protecting Land from Moving Water and Wind

Textbook 10Weather, Seasons, the Moon, and Daylight Patterns

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Weather Across Weeks

Chapter 2

Seasonal Patterns Around the World

Chapter 3

Observing the Moon Over Time

Chapter 4

Comparing Sun, Moon, and Star Patterns

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Every competency, covered.

The 45 competencies set for Grade 2 Science, and every one has lessons behind it.

Repeated Observations, Measurement, and Evidence

8 competencies

Record and organize observations in a simple table, tally chart, pictograph, or ordered sequence.
Identify and describe a pattern using information gathered across repeated observations.
Compare two objects, materials, organisms, processes, or designs using recorded evidence.
Follow safety and care procedures when measuring, observing living things, or investigating materials.
Make repeated observations of an object, organism, process, or event across several trials or points in time.
Use simple tools and age-appropriate units to measure or compare length, mass, volume, temperature, and time.
Follow a provided procedure consistently so that two or more observations can be compared.
Describe whether repeated observations agree and use them to answer the investigation question.

Solids, Liquids, Gases, and Mixtures

7 competencies

Record and organize observations in a simple table, tally chart, pictograph, or ordered sequence.
Compare two objects, materials, organisms, processes, or designs using recorded evidence.
Distinguish solids, liquids, and gases using observable behavior.
Classify familiar materials as solid, liquid, or gas and explain the observable evidence.
Recognize a simple mixture as two or more visible materials present together.
Use simple tools and age-appropriate units to measure or compare length, mass, volume, temperature, and time.
Follow a provided procedure consistently so that two or more observations can be compared.

Changing and Building with Materials

11 competencies

Use a sequence diagram or physical model to represent a process that changes over time.
Compare two objects, materials, organisms, processes, or designs using recorded evidence.
Choose a material for a design by connecting one or more observable properties to the intended purpose.
Compare two simple designs against one stated goal.
Build, test, and improve a simple structure or object using evidence from its performance.
Describe observable changes caused by heating, cooling, cutting, folding, bending, crushing, or mixing materials.
Compare changes that can be reversed with changes that cannot easily be reversed.
Explain that an object made from parts can be taken apart and rearranged to make a different object.
Compare materials or designs for one stated purpose using observable evidence.
Make repeated observations of an object, organism, process, or event across several trials or points in time.
Use simple tools and age-appropriate units to measure or compare length, mass, volume, temperature, and time.

Pushes, Pulls, Direction, and Shape

10 competencies

Record and organize observations in a simple table, tally chart, pictograph, or ordered sequence.
Identify and describe a pattern using information gathered across repeated observations.
Compare two objects, materials, organisms, processes, or designs using recorded evidence.
Compare two simple designs against one stated goal.
Build, test, and improve a simple structure or object using evidence from its performance.
Describe a push or pull by its relative strength and direction.
Predict and compare how the strength, direction, or point of application of a push or pull changes an object’s motion or shape.
Follow a provided procedure consistently so that two or more observations can be compared.
Make a prediction based on a prior observation or an identified pattern.
Describe whether repeated observations agree and use them to answer the investigation question.

Life Cycles and Growing Organisms

8 competencies

Record and organize observations in a simple table, tally chart, pictograph, or ordered sequence.
Use a sequence diagram or physical model to represent a process that changes over time.
Identify and describe a pattern using information gathered across repeated observations.
Compare two objects, materials, organisms, processes, or designs using recorded evidence.
Describe growth as an ordered process in which a young organism changes over time.
Compare the life-cycle stages of two or more plants or animals.
Identify selected internal structures of plants or animals and describe their basic jobs.
Make repeated observations of an object, organism, process, or event across several trials or points in time.

Habitats and Interdependence

10 competencies

Record and organize observations in a simple table, tally chart, pictograph, or ordered sequence.
Use a sequence diagram or physical model to represent a process that changes over time.
Compare two objects, materials, organisms, processes, or designs using recorded evidence.
Build, test, and improve a simple structure or object using evidence from its performance.
Explain how a habitat provides the resources and conditions an organism needs.
Describe simple ways plants and animals depend on one another.
Develop or use a model showing how animals may pollinate flowers or move seeds.
Describe how a human choice may help or harm a local habitat or living thing.
Make repeated observations of an object, organism, process, or event across several trials or points in time.
Follow a provided procedure consistently so that two or more observations can be compared.

Diversity of Life in Different Places

6 competencies

Record and organize observations in a simple table, tally chart, pictograph, or ordered sequence.
Identify and describe a pattern using information gathered across repeated observations.
Compare two objects, materials, organisms, processes, or designs using recorded evidence.
Compare the variety of plants and animals observed in two or more habitats.
Group organisms using one or two visible characteristics and explain the grouping rule.
Use observable structures and habitat information to explain how an organism meets a basic need.

Bones, Teeth, Growth, and Healthy Living

8 competencies

Record and organize observations in a simple table, tally chart, pictograph, or ordered sequence.
Use a sequence diagram or physical model to represent a process that changes over time.
Describe how bones support, protect, and help the body move.
Describe the structure and basic jobs of teeth and explain how teeth change during childhood.
Use observations or records to describe ways the human body grows and changes over time.
Explain how movement, rest, clean water, safe food, hygiene, and appropriate adult help support health.
Identify reliable people and information sources for basic health and safety questions.
Follow safety and care procedures when measuring, observing living things, or investigating materials.

Wind, Water, and Changing Land

11 competencies

Record and organize observations in a simple table, tally chart, pictograph, or ordered sequence.
Use a sequence diagram or physical model to represent a process that changes over time.
Compare two objects, materials, organisms, processes, or designs using recorded evidence.
Use observations or models to explain how wind or moving water changes land.
Compare Earth-surface changes that happen rapidly with changes that happen gradually.
Develop a model showing the shapes and locations of land and bodies of water in a selected area.
Identify water as solid or liquid in oceans, rivers, lakes, ponds, glaciers, snow, and groundwater at an introductory level.
Compare two simple designs against one stated goal.
Build, test, and improve a simple structure or object using evidence from its performance.
Make repeated observations of an object, organism, process, or event across several trials or points in time.
Follow a provided procedure consistently so that two or more observations can be compared.

Weather, Seasons, the Moon, and Daylight Patterns

9 competencies

Record and organize observations in a simple table, tally chart, pictograph, or ordered sequence.
Use a sequence diagram or physical model to represent a process that changes over time.
Identify and describe a pattern using information gathered across repeated observations.
Compare two objects, materials, organisms, processes, or designs using recorded evidence.
Record and describe weather patterns across weeks or seasons.
Compare seasonal patterns in daylight, temperature, precipitation, and living activity using supplied or collected records.
Record and describe the changing apparent shape and position of the Moon over time without explaining the mechanism.
Compare recurring patterns in the visibility and apparent movement of the Sun, Moon, and stars.
Make repeated observations of an object, organism, process, or event across several trials or points in time.

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The whole year, lesson by lesson.

Textbook 1Repeated Observations, Measurement, and Evidence

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Observing More Than Once

Chapter 2

Measuring with Simple Tools

Chapter 3

Following the Same Procedure

Chapter 4

Tables, Pictographs, and Evidence

Textbook 2Solids, Liquids, Gases, and Mixtures

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Solids Keep Their Shape

Chapter 2

Liquids Flow and Take Container Shape

Chapter 3

Gases Spread Through Space

Chapter 4

Simple Mixtures

Textbook 3Changing and Building with Materials

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Changes Caused by Cutting, Folding, and Shaping

Chapter 2

Heating and Cooling Materials

Chapter 3

Objects Made from Parts

Chapter 4

Choosing and Improving a Material Design

Textbook 4Pushes, Pulls, Direction, and Shape

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Strength and Direction

Chapter 2

Changing Motion

Chapter 3

Changing Shape

Chapter 4

Controlling Motion Through Design

Textbook 5Life Cycles and Growing Organisms

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Living Things Grow and Change

Chapter 2

Plant Life Cycles

Chapter 3

Animal Life Cycles

Chapter 4

Structures Inside Living Things

Textbook 6Habitats and Interdependence

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Resources and Conditions in a Habitat

Chapter 2

Plants and Animals Depend on One Another

Chapter 3

Investigating Plant Needs

Chapter 4

Helping and Harming Habitats

Textbook 7Diversity of Life in Different Places

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Many Kinds of Living Things

Chapter 2

Comparing Two Habitats

Chapter 3

Grouping Organisms by Visible Features

Chapter 4

Structures, Needs, and Habitat Fit

Textbook 8Bones, Teeth, Growth, and Healthy Living

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Bones Support and Protect

Chapter 2

Teeth and Their Jobs

Chapter 3

Bodies Grow and Change

Chapter 4

Health, Safety, and Reliable Help

Textbook 9Wind, Water, and Changing Land

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Water Moves and Reshapes Land

Chapter 2

Wind Changes Land

Chapter 3

Fast and Slow Earth Changes

Chapter 4

Protecting Land from Moving Water and Wind

Textbook 10Weather, Seasons, the Moon, and Daylight Patterns

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Weather Across Weeks

Chapter 2

Seasonal Patterns Around the World

Chapter 3

Observing the Moon Over Time

Chapter 4

Comparing Sun, Moon, and Star Patterns

Every competency, covered.

The 45 competencies set for Grade 2 Science, and every one has lessons behind it.

Repeated Observations, Measurement, and Evidence

8 competencies

Record and organize observations in a simple table, tally chart, pictograph, or ordered sequence.
Identify and describe a pattern using information gathered across repeated observations.
Compare two objects, materials, organisms, processes, or designs using recorded evidence.
Follow safety and care procedures when measuring, observing living things, or investigating materials.
Make repeated observations of an object, organism, process, or event across several trials or points in time.
Use simple tools and age-appropriate units to measure or compare length, mass, volume, temperature, and time.
Follow a provided procedure consistently so that two or more observations can be compared.
Describe whether repeated observations agree and use them to answer the investigation question.

Solids, Liquids, Gases, and Mixtures

7 competencies

Record and organize observations in a simple table, tally chart, pictograph, or ordered sequence.
Compare two objects, materials, organisms, processes, or designs using recorded evidence.
Distinguish solids, liquids, and gases using observable behavior.
Classify familiar materials as solid, liquid, or gas and explain the observable evidence.
Recognize a simple mixture as two or more visible materials present together.
Use simple tools and age-appropriate units to measure or compare length, mass, volume, temperature, and time.
Follow a provided procedure consistently so that two or more observations can be compared.

Changing and Building with Materials

11 competencies

Use a sequence diagram or physical model to represent a process that changes over time.
Compare two objects, materials, organisms, processes, or designs using recorded evidence.
Choose a material for a design by connecting one or more observable properties to the intended purpose.
Compare two simple designs against one stated goal.
Build, test, and improve a simple structure or object using evidence from its performance.
Describe observable changes caused by heating, cooling, cutting, folding, bending, crushing, or mixing materials.
Compare changes that can be reversed with changes that cannot easily be reversed.
Explain that an object made from parts can be taken apart and rearranged to make a different object.
Compare materials or designs for one stated purpose using observable evidence.
Make repeated observations of an object, organism, process, or event across several trials or points in time.
Use simple tools and age-appropriate units to measure or compare length, mass, volume, temperature, and time.

Pushes, Pulls, Direction, and Shape

10 competencies

Record and organize observations in a simple table, tally chart, pictograph, or ordered sequence.
Identify and describe a pattern using information gathered across repeated observations.
Compare two objects, materials, organisms, processes, or designs using recorded evidence.
Compare two simple designs against one stated goal.
Build, test, and improve a simple structure or object using evidence from its performance.
Describe a push or pull by its relative strength and direction.
Predict and compare how the strength, direction, or point of application of a push or pull changes an object’s motion or shape.
Follow a provided procedure consistently so that two or more observations can be compared.
Make a prediction based on a prior observation or an identified pattern.
Describe whether repeated observations agree and use them to answer the investigation question.

Life Cycles and Growing Organisms

8 competencies

Record and organize observations in a simple table, tally chart, pictograph, or ordered sequence.
Use a sequence diagram or physical model to represent a process that changes over time.
Identify and describe a pattern using information gathered across repeated observations.
Compare two objects, materials, organisms, processes, or designs using recorded evidence.
Describe growth as an ordered process in which a young organism changes over time.
Compare the life-cycle stages of two or more plants or animals.
Identify selected internal structures of plants or animals and describe their basic jobs.
Make repeated observations of an object, organism, process, or event across several trials or points in time.

Habitats and Interdependence

10 competencies

Record and organize observations in a simple table, tally chart, pictograph, or ordered sequence.
Use a sequence diagram or physical model to represent a process that changes over time.
Compare two objects, materials, organisms, processes, or designs using recorded evidence.
Build, test, and improve a simple structure or object using evidence from its performance.
Explain how a habitat provides the resources and conditions an organism needs.
Describe simple ways plants and animals depend on one another.
Develop or use a model showing how animals may pollinate flowers or move seeds.
Describe how a human choice may help or harm a local habitat or living thing.
Make repeated observations of an object, organism, process, or event across several trials or points in time.
Follow a provided procedure consistently so that two or more observations can be compared.

Diversity of Life in Different Places

6 competencies

Record and organize observations in a simple table, tally chart, pictograph, or ordered sequence.
Identify and describe a pattern using information gathered across repeated observations.
Compare two objects, materials, organisms, processes, or designs using recorded evidence.
Compare the variety of plants and animals observed in two or more habitats.
Group organisms using one or two visible characteristics and explain the grouping rule.
Use observable structures and habitat information to explain how an organism meets a basic need.

Bones, Teeth, Growth, and Healthy Living

8 competencies

Record and organize observations in a simple table, tally chart, pictograph, or ordered sequence.
Use a sequence diagram or physical model to represent a process that changes over time.
Describe how bones support, protect, and help the body move.
Describe the structure and basic jobs of teeth and explain how teeth change during childhood.
Use observations or records to describe ways the human body grows and changes over time.
Explain how movement, rest, clean water, safe food, hygiene, and appropriate adult help support health.
Identify reliable people and information sources for basic health and safety questions.
Follow safety and care procedures when measuring, observing living things, or investigating materials.

Wind, Water, and Changing Land

11 competencies

Record and organize observations in a simple table, tally chart, pictograph, or ordered sequence.
Use a sequence diagram or physical model to represent a process that changes over time.
Compare two objects, materials, organisms, processes, or designs using recorded evidence.
Use observations or models to explain how wind or moving water changes land.
Compare Earth-surface changes that happen rapidly with changes that happen gradually.
Develop a model showing the shapes and locations of land and bodies of water in a selected area.
Identify water as solid or liquid in oceans, rivers, lakes, ponds, glaciers, snow, and groundwater at an introductory level.
Compare two simple designs against one stated goal.
Build, test, and improve a simple structure or object using evidence from its performance.
Make repeated observations of an object, organism, process, or event across several trials or points in time.
Follow a provided procedure consistently so that two or more observations can be compared.

Weather, Seasons, the Moon, and Daylight Patterns

9 competencies

Record and organize observations in a simple table, tally chart, pictograph, or ordered sequence.
Use a sequence diagram or physical model to represent a process that changes over time.
Identify and describe a pattern using information gathered across repeated observations.
Compare two objects, materials, organisms, processes, or designs using recorded evidence.
Record and describe weather patterns across weeks or seasons.
Compare seasonal patterns in daylight, temperature, precipitation, and living activity using supplied or collected records.
Record and describe the changing apparent shape and position of the Moon over time without explaining the mechanism.
Compare recurring patterns in the visibility and apparent movement of the Sun, Moon, and stars.
Make repeated observations of an object, organism, process, or event across several trials or points in time.