Grade 2 ~ Science – CoolSchool101

This is a Christian based schooling program, therefore our children will not learn that animals have changed and adapted to their environment over billions of years. They will learn that animals were made by God to be the way they are in order to be able to live in their respective habitats.

Growth and Changes in Animals – Unit 1

Lesson 1

~ Watch this video about Mammals.

~ Print and complete this mammals worksheet. Print and complete this mammals worksheet.

Lesson 2

~ Print the “My Animal Book“, staple it together and keep it in your science folder for use throughout this unit.

~ Print and complete this worksheet on animal classification.

Lesson 3

~ Watch this Video about different kinds of Animals. (Classification).

~ Watch this video about Mammals .
~ Print and Complete this Animal Classification Worksheet.

Lesson 4

~ Watch this video about "Bears"
~ Read "Don’t Be Scared of Bats". Print and Color this facts about bats Worksheet.Write the answers to the following questions in your workbook. Where do bats live? What do they eat? How does it find food? How do bats help us?

Lesson 5

~ Read "Animal Moves". Write out each animal in your workbook and write how it moves.
~ Read "Arctic Foxes: Secrets of Survival". Do this online arctic fox jigsaw puzzle
~ Complete this online interactive exercise labelling different Mammals.

Lesson 6

~ Print & Complete this Mammals Crossword Puzzle.
~ Color the mammals page in the "My Animals Book".

Lesson 7

~ Watch These videos about different kinds of Birds. Love Birds, Eagles, Snowy Owl.
~ Color all the birds in your Animal Book.
~ Print this Birds Worksheet and Color, Fill in the missing letter. \

Lesson 8

~ Complete the Bird Word Search printout from "My Animal Book".

Lesson 9

~ Complete the fill in the blanks Mammals worksheet from "My Animal Book" printout.
~ Complete the coded message, fill in the blanks review sheet from "My Animal Book" printout.

Lesson 10

~ Print and Label the bird worksheet
~ Complete this online bird jigsaw puzzle

Lesson 11

~ Complete this online interactive exercise on labelling types of birds diagram 1.
~
Complete this online interactive exercise on labelling types of birds diagram 2.

Lesson 12

~ Watch this video program about insects.

~ Create your own insect Lifecycle in a Jar as demonstrated in the video.

Lesson 13

~ Complete this online interactive exercise labelling the parts of an insect and the lifecycle of a butterfly.
~ Complete this online jigsaw puzzle of a honey bee.
~ Print and complete these worksheets about insects. Worksheet 1 & Worksheet 2.

Lesson 14

~ Finish science worksheets from last class if they are incomplete.
~ Take this online Quiz on Insect Anatomy.

Lesson 15

~ Read "Frogs of the World". Print and Color this facts about Frogs Worksheet. How do frogs help us? What do frogs and bats have in common?

Lesson 16

~ Try this online interactive Exercise classifying different animal characteristics.
~ Color the Amphibians in the “My Animals Book”

Lesson 17

~ Reptiles, Watch this video on reptiles, video 2, video 3, video 4, video 5

Lesson 18

~ Watch this video on crocodiles.
~ Complete this online exercise on reptiles.

Lesson 19

~ Complete this online exercise about the life cycle of a sea turtle.
~ Have fun completing these online reptile jigsaw puzzles.
~ Print and complete this worksheet on reptiles.

Lesson 20

~ Watch this video about different animal types based on what they eat.

~Take this online quiz about animals grouped by Herbivore, Omnivore, and Carnivore.
~ Print and complete this worksheet comparing animal similarities and differences.

Lesson 21

~ Print and complete this Mammals review worksheet.

Lesson 22

~ Print and complete this Birds review worksheet.

Lesson 23

~ Print and complete this Reptiles review worksheet.

Lesson 24

~ Watch this video review on the differences between Reptiles and Amphibians and Mammals.

Lesson 25

~ Watch this video about the characteristics of Amphibians.

~ Watch this lesson review on a frog’s life cycle.
~ Print and complete this fill in the blanks worksheet on Amphibians.

Lesson 26

~ Watch this video about the characteristics of fish.

~
Print and complete this worksheet on the parts of a fish.
~ Print and complete this fill in the blanks worsheet on fish.

Lesson 27

~ Print and complete this test on animals.

Lesson 28

~ Do a quick review all your worksheets on animals and their different characteristics.
~ Print and complete this unit test and crossword on animals.

Lesson 29

~ Read online this information about Butterflies.
~ Watch this video about the lifecycle of the Monarch Butterfly.

~ Watch this online activity about the Butterfly lifecycle. Complete the online exercises.

Lesson 33

~ Learn about the life cycle of a crab.
~ Complete this online crossword puzzle about animals.

Lesson 34

~ Play this online match up game about animals.
~ Listen to this online review about animal groups.

~ Listen to this review about what you have learned about animals.

Lesson 35

~ Review on animals that lay eggs.

~ Learn and review about the lifecycle of animals, Panda and Chicken.
~ Complete this lifecycle true and false activity.

Lesson 36

~ Lifecycle review 1
~ Lifecycle review 2

Movement – Unit 2

Lesson 37

~ Learn about Motion in this online interactive science textbook, Read Page 94-103 (Put page 94 into the search box at the top of the opened page and you will have the option to jump to page 96). Press the speaker buttons throughout in order to have the text read to you.

Lesson 38

~ Complete all lab exercises.
~ Print and complete this lab experiment worksheet about How Things Can Move.

Lesson 39

~ Looking at a tennis ball, a golf ball and a sponge ball. (or any three types of balls). Compare and contrast them. Discuss how they move and ask yourself "Will they all bounce the same?"
~ Print this question and answer sheet to help you complete the ball experiment.

Lesson 40

~ Watch this interactive lesson Review on Movement. Answer the questions at the end.
~ Print and complete this worksheet on Different Ways Objects Move.
~ Play this online BBC Bitesize experiment to practise Motion.

Lesson 41

~ Watch this interactive lesson Review on Position. Answer the questions at the end.
~ Print and complete this worksheet on Position.

Lesson 42

~ Print and Complete this How to Ride a Scooter Worksheet.
~ Print and Complete this Lesson Quick Study What Are Ways Things Can Move?

Lesson 43

~ Learn about What Makes Things Move this online interactive science textbook, Read Page 104-111 (login: nyork21, password: science. Click on the image of the science textbook, enter page 104 into the search box at the top of the opened page and you will have the option to jump to page 104). Press the speaker buttons throughout in order to have the text read to you.

Lesson 44

~ Complete all lab exercises.
~ Print and complete this Lab worksheet to experiment on how you move things in the classroom.

Lesson 45

~ Print and complete this Lesson Quick Study on What Makes Things Move.
~ Play this online interactive game on things that move.

Lesson 46

~ Watch this Video Explaining Forces of Motion and Gravity.
~ Play this BBC Bitesize game to learn about Forces.

Lesson 47

~ Print and complete this worksheet on Forces and Motion.
~ Complete this online crossword puzzle about Motion.

Lesson 48

~ Watch this Video explaining Friction.
~ Watch this online Lesson Review on Changes in Motion ~ Friction.
~ Play this online game about Energy and Motion.

Lesson 49

~ Watch this online Lesson Review on Pushes and Pulls
~ Play this online BBC Bitesize Game on Pushes and Pulls

Lesson 50

~ Play this interactive game on Sorting Pushes and Pulls.
~ Print and Complete this Forces – Fast & Slow worksheet

Lesson 51

~ Play this sorting game to practise what makes things move.
~ Take this online Quiz on Pushes and Pulls.

lesson 52

~ Print and complete this Forces – Being Forceful Worksheet.
~ Print and Complete this worksheet on Forces – Be Forceful.

Lesson 53

~ Listen to this Science in Motion, Gravity at work, tutorial.
~ Play these online activities to see Gravity working!

Lesson 54

~ Listen to this online Lesson Review on Gravity.
~ Print and Complete this activity worksheet on Gravity.
~ Print and Complete this worksheet activity on Gravity.

Lesson 55

~ Watch this Video on Simple Machines

~ Listen to this online Lesson Review on Tools and Machines. and complete the questions at the end.
~ Print and complete this chart on the tools that you saw in this lesson, or think of other tools you know of instead.

Lesson 56

~ Learn about Work and Machines in this online interactive science textbook, Read Page 524-533 (login: nyork3, password: science. Click on the science textbook. Go to Chapter 16 – Opener. Page 524 into the search box at the top of the opened page and click GO.) Press ALL the speaker buttons throughout in order to have the text read to you.

lesson 57

~ Complete all lab exercises if you have the materials. Print this Investigate Log for the experiment on page 527.
~ Print and complete this Lesson Quick Study What is Work? for page 533 in the textbook.

Lesson 58

~ Learn about Work and Machines in this online interactive science textbook, Read Page 534-537 (Chapter 16 – Lesson 2. login: nyork3, password: science Page 534 into the search box at the top of the opened page and click GO.) Press ALL the speaker buttons throughout in order to have the text read to you.
~ Complete all lab exercises if you have the materials.

Lesson 59

~ Print and complete this Lesson Quick Study help from Simple Machines for page 535 in the textbook.

Lesson 60

~ Learn about Work and Machines in this online interactive science textbook, Read Page 538-543 (login: nyork3, password: science. Click on the textbooks. Go to Chapter 16 – Lesson 2. Page 538 into the search box at the top of the opened page and click GO.) Press ALL the speaker buttons throughout in order to have the text read to you.

Lesson 61

~ Complete all lab exercises if you have the materials.
~ Print and complete this Lesson Quick Study What are Simple Machines for page 543 in the textbook.

Lesson 62

~ Learn about Work and Machines in this online interactive science textbook, Read Page 544-551 (login: nyork3, password: science. Click on the textbook. Go to Chapter 16 – Lesson 3. Page 544 into the search box at the top of the opened page and click GO.) Press ALL the speaker buttons throughout in order to have the text read to you.
~ Complete all lab exercises if you have the materials.

Lesson 63

~ Print and complete this Lesson Quick Study What are Simple Machines for page 543 in the textbook.
~ Print and complete this Reading Review What are Some Other Simple Machines for page 551 in the textbook.

Lesson 64

~ Read about these other not so simple machines Science Spin Weekly articles, Pages 552-556 (login: nyork3, password: science. Click on the textbook and go to Chapter 16 – Spin. Page 552 into the search box at the top of the opened page and click GO.) Press ALL the speaker buttons throughout in order to have the text read to you.
~ Print and Complete this Review Test on Simple Machines.
~ Print and Complete this Note Sheet on Simple Machines.

Lesson 65

~ Print and Complete this worksheet on Levers.
~ Print and Complete this worksheet on Pulleys.

Lesson 66

~ Print and Complete this worksheet on Wedges.
~ Print and Complete this worksheet on Screws.
~ Print and Complete this worksheet on Wheels and Axles.

Lesson 67

~ Now that we are done learning about the six simple machines, we are going to show what we know. Print this Booklet on Simple Machines. Take 3 Lesson Periods to complete this booklet. Answers can be viewed here.
~ Print this Sheet of Cut-outs for the Simple Machines Booklet.

Lesson 68

~ Work on the Simple Machines Booklet.

Lesson 69

~ Work on the Simple Machines Booklet.

Lesson 70

~ Print and complete the Simple Machines Quiz. Answers. Here

Lesson 71

~ Print and complete the Simple Machines Test. Answers. Here

Air and Water – Unit 3

Lesson 72

~ Watch this video about water.

~ Watch this video on What is energy and Types of Energy.

~ Review these pictures and try to figure out what they all have in common. ** It is not necessary to print these. **
~ Print and complete this worksheet about movement and what types of energy make things move.

Lesson 73

~ Watch this video about using wind as a form of energy.
~ Watch this video on how we get power or energy from moving water.

~ Print these worksheets. Complete the first page by either drawing your own photo or printing one off the internet. Then complete the wordsearch puzzle.

Lesson 74

~ Explain the difference between Natural Energy and Man Made energy. Natural means something that would exist without humans and Man-Made is something that would not exist without humans. Then classify the types of energy into natural energy (wind, water, wood, solar) and man-made energy (gasoline, oil, natural gas). Print these 2 worksheets and classify the things into Natural or Man Made.

Lesson 75

~ Watch this video about Renewable and Non Renewable Energy Sources.

~ Print and complete these 2 worksheets on Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy.

Lesson 76

~ Watch this Bill Nye the Science Guy Video Explanation of the Wind Cycle.

~ Print and complete these worksheets on the Wind Cycle.

Lesson 77

~ Complete this video tutorial from Turtle Diary about the water cycle. Play the games at the end.
~ Print and complete these worksheets on Water in the Environment. Worksheet 1, worksheet 2

Lesson 78

~ Watch this Bill Nye the science guy video on the Water cycle.

~ Print and complete these worksheets on the Water Cycle.

Lesson 79

~ Watch this video on How Trees use air and water, and their role in our environement.

~ Print and complete these worksheets on Wood Energy. Write a few important points about how air and water play an important role in the life cycle of a tree, on the lines provided on page 2. Cut and paste the cut-outs into the boxes on page 2.

Lesson 80

~ Watch this video on how to make a pinwheel.

~ Print out this template and make your own pinwheel.
Either print it out on white paper and color it adding designs if you like, or print it out on construction paper, or trace the template onto designed scrapbook/old wall paper.

Lesson 81

~ Watch this video about things that need wind energy to move.
~ Print and complete this worksheet on Pinwheels.

Lesson 82

~ Take this Quiz on Air and Water.

Lesson 83

~ Answers to the Quiz on Air and Water here.
~ Watch this video explanation of Evaporation.
~ Watch this video explanation of melting.

~ Take some plastic or glass cups and fill them 1/2 full of water, then print and complete this worksheet on evaporation. Cover them with a variety of materials (plastic wrap, paper towels, etc). Then predict how much water would be left if we let it sit on the window ledge for one week. You will finish filling out this sheet in lesson 87 once the experiment is complete.

Lesson 84

~ Print and complete this worksheet. Think about how to describe something fully by looking at a simple image. How do we use our 5 senses to describe Air and Water?

Lesson 85

~ Pretend you landed on a planet, on which there were aliens who could actually speak English. In talking to them we discovered they did not understand the words air and water. We tried to explain to them what air and water are by describing them and stating some uses for them. Print and complete this worksheet.

Lesson 86

~ Revisit your cups of water that have been sitting on the window ledge. Think about how some had evaporated, and others had not. On your prediction sheet from lesson 84 finish answering some questions about this evaporation experiment.

Lesson 87

~ Print and go over this Test review worksheet to make sure you understand everything you have been learning about air and water. Also print out this note sheet on the description of Air and Water.
~ Print and complete this multiple choice quiz on Air and Water. Use your notes to help you.

Lesson 88

~ Review the answers to the multiple choice quiz here.
~ Make a list of all the ways we use water at home. . Then throughout the day and night track all the times you use some of these water sources and record them on this worksheet. See how much water your family uses in a day! Use the information below to calculate the total Litres.

Average load of dishes – 8 L – 4 pop bottles
Average toilet flush – 20 L – 10 pop bottles
Average load of laundry – 120 L – 60 pop bottles
Average shower – 160 L – 80 pop bottles

Lesson 89

~ Watch this video explanation of the Water Shortage in some parts of the world, to understand just how lucky we are to have access to clean fresh water right in our homes.

~ Where does water go after we use it? Watch this video to see.

Lesson 90

~ Watch this video about Water pollution.

~ Study some pictures that show water pollution.
~ Print and complete this worksheet on water pollution.

Lesson 91

~ View the answers to the Pollution worksheet here.
~ Think about water conservation. How can we conserve water? Watch this video about water….Who needs it?

~ Watch this video showing us ways we can conserve water.

~ Look at these photos of Japanese toilets that are designed to conserve water.
~ Come up with your own idea of a way we could save water, either by changing how something is done, or by inventing something new. Use these worksheets.

Lesson 92

~ Take the final test on this Unit of Air and Water. You may use your notes to help you. Answers.

Properties of Solids and Liquids ~ Unit 4

Lesson 93

~ Watch this Bill Nye the Science Guy Video on Solids, Liquids and Gases.

Lesson 94

~ Watch another short Video Rap about changes in states of matter.

~ Print and complete this worksheet on Matter.

Lesson 95

~ Answers to the Matter Hunt here.
~ Print and complete this worksheet on Solids.

Lesson 96

~ Answers to worksheet on Solids.
~ Play this online game where you learn about changing the state of matter.
~ Print and complete this worksheet on Solids in Pieces.

Lesson 97

~ Answers to the worksheet on Solids in Pieces.
~ Watch this video tutorial on solids, liquids and gases.

~ Print and complete this worksheet on Liquids.

Lesson 98

~ Watch this Study Jam video about Solids, Liquids and Gases.
~ Play the Karaoke Song to hear about the properties of Matter.
~ Take the Study Jam test on Matter.
(Help from the parent will be needed to explain the questions).

Lesson 99

~ Conduct an experiment, The Liquid Race. Put 3 liquids (any 3 you like) on a tray and then lift the tray to see which move faster.

Lesson 100

~ Play I Spy ~ Matter game. Look around the room and write down some examples of Matter and then write some vivid words to describe it. Think about your 5 senses when describing the objects.

Lesson 101

~ Review the explanations of household products here.
~ Some matter in our homes is not even safe, but these substances normally have Hazardous Household Product Symbols on them (HHPS). Go on a scavenger hunt to find household products that can be dangerous (cleaners, paint, glue, etc). Look at a product, find the symbols, and learn how that product is dangerous to us. Complete the worksheet.

Lesson 102

~ Answers to the HHPS worksheet here.
~ Print and complete this worksheet on finding HHPS in your home.

Lesson 103

~ Look at what happens when you mix certain solids in to a liquid (sand, salt and rocks into water). Observed what the combined liquid and solids looked like after stirring, and after allowing them to settle. Do the experiement and record your observations on this worksheet.

Lesson 104

~ Print and complete this Wordsearch on Liquids, Solids and Gases.

Lesson 105

~ Now see how Liquids mix with eachother. Print and record your observations on this worksheet.

Lesson 106

~ Use pipe-cleaners to make bubble-wands and experiment with different ways to make bubbles. See that bubbles are made when air gets trapped by the soapy water. Air is a gas, which is a state of matter that has no shape or size. It spreads out to fill any container it is in. Print and complete this worksheet on Gases.

Lesson 107

~ Answers to gases worksheet here.
~ Let’s learn about Floating. We think that heavy objects will sink and light objects will float, but conduct an experiment to see if this idea holds true. Fill a large bowl or the kitchen sink with water and see if these objects float. Print and complete this worksheet.

Lesson 108

~ Take 30 cm piece of aluminum foil. Your task is to build a boat that can stay a float while holding pennies inside. After building your boat, put it in water. Add pennies, one at a time, until your boat sinks. What do you learn from this experiment?

Lesson 109

~ Today look at the changing states of matter. Look at water in it’s 3 forms. Water in a glass (a liquid), water as an ice cube (a solid) and then water heated to boiling which turns it into (a gas). Print and complete this worksheet on the changing states of matter. Understand that when the ice cube (a solid) is melted, it turns into a liquid, when the water is frozen it turns into a solid, and when heated it turns into a gas.

Lesson 110

~ Answers to the changes in state worksheet here.
~ Play this online BBC game to see the changing states of matter.
~ Print and complete this Changing states of matter worksheet 2.

Lesson 111

~ Answers to the changing states of matter worksheet 2 here.
~ Make magic mud! Learn how it looks like a liquid, but when squeezed it gets hard (the mixture is actually a suspension, so it is a solid contained within a liquid).

Lesson 112

~ Learn about Absorption and Repelling. "Absorb" means that something will take a liquid inside of it (actually inside the material, not just hold it like a bowl) and "repel" means that it will not, the liquid will run off it. Try an experiment and then Print and complete this worksheet.

Lesson 113

~ Answers to the Absorption worksheet here.
~ How do we use mixing matter in real life? After thinking about it, look at a variety of things and ask what are they? and what state of matter are they? After looking at all the items (flour, baking soda, salt, butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla and chocolate chips) I’m sure you know where this is heading……sure enough, next up was a recipe. Combine the ingredients, think about how matter is mixed, and then put the cookie dough in the oven. Enjoy science!

Lesson 114

~ Print and review this information review on Matter to prepare for you test.

Lesson 115

~ Take the final unit test on Matter.

** Congratulations! You have completed all your Science for Grade 2! You are well on your way to being a top notch Scientist! **