Second Grade Science Curriculum Bundle
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Are you searching for an NGSS-Aligned Second Grade Full-Year Science Curriculum that promotes hands-on/minds-on inquiry-based learning, while reinforcing ELA standards? Then, check out this bundle! All 11 of my second grade NGSS lessons come in this curriculum bundle:
Physical Science:
1. Sorting Matter
2. Testing Matter
3. Building Matter
4. Changing Matter
Earth Science:
5. Earth’s Events
6. Wind and Water Erosion
7. Land and Water
8. Earth’s Water
Life Science:
9. What Plants Need
10. Plants and Animals
11. Animal and Plant Habitats
See below for general items included and specific lesson details. Please see the downloadable PDF preview for a visual of what is included. If you have ANY questions, please feel free to contact me via the questions tab or at pawsomeresources@gmail.com.
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SPECIAL NOTES:
***EDITABLE PowerPoint versions of the Lesson Materials PDFs are included to meet your needs. However, the EDITABLE PowerPoint versions do NOT contain fancy font or clip art.***
***SOFTWARE NEEDED: You will need to be able to open a PDF*. You will also need Smart Board software OR PowerPoint software to open up the teacher slides. PowerPoint versions are included for all Smart Board slides to meet the needs of buyers.***
***Each unit or individual lesson can be purchased separately if you are not in need of this full curriculum.***
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This product is classroom tested:
I've personally used this curriculum with my kiddos and have continually tweaked it over the years based on my own reflection and other teachers' feedback.
So, how are other teachers responding to the curriculum?
"My partner teacher bought this and loved it so I followed suit."
"Just what I was looking for!"
“Very well done.”
Is it a time saver? Does it help with planning? YES! See what teachers are saying...
"This was a great resource for planning."
"Your product has saved me so much time!! Thanks for your hard work!"
"This was a great resource to help me develop my second grade science units."
"This is very helpful!!!!"
Is it all-inclusive? Can I modify it to meet the needs of my students?
YES! See what teachers are saying...
“This resource has EVERYTHING!”
“This was great in helping me understand the standards. It’s written loosely enough so that I can make it my own, but clear enough so have direction. Thank you!”
"Great bundle and very helpful to have everything in one place! Thank you!"
"Awesome bundle! Very inclusive! Thank you!"
"Oh my goodness - I just purchased this, started digging into it and can't WAIT to start using it! It is so thoroughly done, and clearly worth the money! Thank you so much for the time you invested into this!"
"Thank you! This is very comprehensive."
"I love how everything is editable and I can easily translate to Spanish."
What about if I'm new to NGSS? How easy is it to use? Are teaching tips included? YES! See what teachers are saying...
“Very easy to use and helpful with the NGSS thank you.”
“I’m still getting used to the new standards so this product was helpful with ideas and plans.”
"Such a life saver when trying to digest and use the NGSS standards! Thank you for this resource!"
"This is a lifesaver! This is my first year teaching the NGSS Curriculum and I needed something like this to help me. This is an amazing resource. Thanks for creating this!"
"As I switched grade-levels this year and my district doesn't have NGSS aligned curriculum, I needed a guide to help me get started. This was helpful. Thanks."
"We have no actual curriculum to use, but are required to teach to the new NGSS standards this year...thanks for making it easy! These plans are easy for me to use and I love all the hands on activities! Thank you!"
“Paw-some resource! I did not have a science curriculum when I first arrived, so this was very helpful.”
What If I struggle to find time for science? Is this resource cross-curricular?
YES! See what teachers are saying...
"Love that these science lessons are tied to ELA CCSS too!"
"Like that it covers the CCSS standards!"
***See bottom of description for FAQs. Please reach out to me if you have ANY questions. :)***
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General Items and Tips included:
NGSS background items:
1. biggest shifts information
2. kid-friendly science and engineering I can statements (classroom sign)
5 Es items:
1. facilitation tips
2. kid-friendly I can statements (classroom signs)
Check out my NGSS/5 Es Lesson Template and Facilitation FREEBIE
Classroom talk items:
1. facilitation tips
2. classroom signs
3. student talk cards
4. noise level sign
5. class and group voice-o-meters
6. group rubric
Check out my Classroom Talk Pack
Please note: These general items/tips can be used with any inquiry-based lesson.
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Specific Lesson Details:
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Physical Science Unit (Unit 1 of 3*):
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Lesson 1/Sorting Matter:
Objective: Students will plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.
NGSS/CCSS Standards:
o Physical Science: 2-PS1-1
o Reading Informational: 2.RI.4, 2.RI.5, 2.RI.7, 2.RI.9, 2.RI.10
o Speaking and Listening: 2.SL.1
Teacher Resources:
-5 Es lesson plan with: 3-D learning background information, standards alignment, suggested lesson pacing, possible vocabulary, suggested read alouds* (Sort it Out!
and What is the World Made Of?: All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases), I can statements, suggested questions, and teacher tips
*These are merely a suggestion. You can substitute with what is available to you in your classroom/school library. (The lesson plan does contain links to online read alouds of the suggested teacher reads for your convenience.)
-Essential Question classroom sign
-I Can Statements classroom sign
-Classroom Vocabulary cards
-teacher slide with pictures for students to make observations (PowerPoint AND Smart Board version included)
Student Graphic Organizers/Tasks:
-Observation Notes
-Sorting Matter
-Types of Matter
-Vocabulary journal
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Lesson 2/Testing Matter:
Objective: Student will analyze data obtained from testing different materials to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose.
NGSS/CCSS Standards:
o Physical Science: 2-PS1-2
o Reading Informational: 2.RI.4, 2.RI.5, 2.RI.10
o Speaking and Listening: 2.SL.1
Teacher Resources:
-5 Es lesson plan with: 3-D learning background information, standards alignment, suggested lesson pacing, possible vocabulary, suggested read aloud* (Properties of Matter), I can statements, suggested questions, and teacher tips
*This is merely a suggestion. You can substitute with what is available to you in your classroom/school library. (The lesson plan does contain a link to an online read aloud of the suggested teacher read for your convenience.)
-Essential Question classroom sign
-I Can Statements classroom sign
-Classroom Vocabulary cards
Student Graphic Organizers/Tasks:
-How Do We Use It?
-Which Paper Towel is Best?
-Vocabulary journal
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Lesson 3/Building Matter:
Objective: Students will make observations to construct an evidence-based account of how an object made of a small set of pieces can be disassembled and made into a new object.
NGSS/CCSS Standards:
o Physical Science: 2PS1-3
o Reading Informational: 2.RI.4, 2.RI.5, 2.RI.7, 2.RI.9, 2.RI.10
o Speaking and Listening: 2.SL.1
Teacher Resources:
-5 Es lesson plan with: 3-D learning background information, standards alignment, suggested lesson pacing, possible vocabulary, suggested read alouds* (The Most Magnificent Thing and What Are Atoms?), I can statements, suggested questions, and teacher tips
*These are merely a suggestion. You can substitute with what is available to you in your classroom/school library. (The lesson plan does contain links to online read alouds of the suggested teacher reads for your convenience.)
-Essential Question classroom sign
-I Can Statements classroom sign
-Classroom Vocabulary cards
Student Graphic Organizers/Tasks:
-Transform It!
-What is the Connection?
-Vocabulary journal
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Lesson 4/Changing Matter:
Objective: Students will construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.
NGSS/CCSS Standards:
o Physical Science: 2-PS1-4
o Reading Informational: 2.RI.4, 2.RI.5, 2.RI.7, 2.RI.9, 2.RI.10
o Speaking and Listening: 2.SL.1
Teacher Resources:
-5 Es lesson plan with: 3-D learning background information, standards alignment, suggested lesson pacing, possible vocabulary, suggested read alouds* (Joe Joe the Wizard Brews Up Solids, Liquids, and Gasses and Wemberly’s Ice-Cream Star), I can statements, suggested questions, and teacher tips
*These are merely a suggestion. You can substitute with what is available to you in your classroom/school library. (The lesson plan does contain links to online read alouds of the suggested teacher reads for your convenience.)
-Essential Question classroom sign
-I Can Statements classroom sign
-Classroom Vocabulary cards
Student Graphic Organizers/Tasks:
-Popsicle
-Solids and Liquids
-Be an Engineer!
-Vocabulary journal
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Earth Science Unit (Unit 2 of 3*):
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Lesson 1/Earth’s Events:
Objective: Students will use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.
NGSS/CCSS Standards:
o Earth Science: 2-ESS1-1
o Reading Informational: 2.RI.4, 2.RI.5, 2.RI.7, 2.RI.9, 2.RI.10
o Speaking and Listening: 2.SL.1
Teacher Resources:
-5 Es lesson plan with: 3-D learning background information, standards alignment, suggested lesson pacing, possible vocabulary, suggested books for student exploration* (Volcanos!-National Geographic Kids, Earthquakes-National Geographic Kids, and
Wind and Water Shape the Land), I can statements, suggested questions, and teacher tips
*These are merely a suggestion. You can substitute with what is available to you in your classroom/school library. (The lesson plan does contain links to online read alouds of the books for your convenience.)
-Essential Question classroom sign
-I Can Statements classroom sign
-Classroom Vocabulary cards
-teacher slide (PowerPoint AND Smart Board version included)
Student Graphic Organizers/Tasks:
-Earth’s Events Notes
-Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Erosion!
-Vocabulary journal
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Lesson 2/Wind and Water Erosion:
Objective: Students will compare multiple solutions designed to slow or prevent wind and water from changing the shape of the land and analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each perform.
NGSS/CCSS Standards:
o Earth Science: 2-ESS2-1
o Engineering: K-2-ETS1-3
o Reading Informational: 2.RI.4
o Speaking and Listening: 2.SL.1
Teacher Resources:
-5 Es lesson plan with: 3-D learning background information, standards alignment, suggested lesson pacing, possible vocabulary, suggested read aloud* (Kate Who Tamed the Wind), I can statements, suggested questions, and teacher tips
*These are merely a suggestion. You can substitute with what is available to you in your classroom/school library. (The lesson plan does contain a link to an online read aloud of the suggested teacher read for your convenience.)
-Essential Question classroom sign
-I Can Statements classroom sign
-Classroom Vocabulary cards
-teacher slide (PowerPoint AND Smart Board version included)
Student Graphic Organizers/Tasks:
-Help Farmer Ted
-What’s the Solution?
-Vocabulary journal
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Lesson 3/Land and Water:
Objective: Students will develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land and bodies of water in an area.
NGSS/CCSS Standards:
o Earth Science: 2-ESS2-2
o Reading Informational: 2.RI.5, 2.RI.7, 2.RI.10
o Speaking and Listening: 2.SL.1
Teacher Resources:
-5 Es lesson plan with: 3-D learning background information, standards alignment, suggested lesson pacing, possible vocabulary, suggested read alouds* (There’s a Map on My Lap and Me on the Map), I can statements, suggested questions, and teacher tips
*These are merely a suggestion. You can substitute with what is available to you in your classroom/school library. (The lesson plan does contain links to online read alouds of the suggested teacher reads for your convenience.)
-Essential Question classroom sign
-I Can Statements classroom sign
-Classroom Vocabulary cards
-teacher slide (PowerPoint AND Smart Board version included)
Student Graphic Organizers/Tasks:
-Model Notes
-My Map and Rubric
-Vocabulary journal
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Lesson 4/Earth’s Water:
Objective: Students will obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid.
NGSS/CCSS Standards:
o Earth Science: 2-ESS2-3
o Reading Informational: 2.RI.4, 2.RI.5, 2.RI.7, 2.RI.10
o Speaking and Listening: 2.SL.1
Teacher Resources:
-5 Es lesson plan with: 3-D learning background information, standards alignment, suggested lesson pacing, possible vocabulary, suggested read aloud* (Hey, Water!), I can statements, suggested questions, and teacher tips
*These are merely a suggestion. You can substitute with what is available to you in your classroom/school library. (The lesson plan does contain a link to an online read aloud of the suggested teacher read(s) for your convenience.)
-Essential Question classroom sign
-I Can Statements classroom sign
-Classroom Vocabulary cards
-teacher slide (PowerPoint AND Smart Board version included)
Student Graphic Organizers/Tasks:
-Earth’s Water Notes
-Our Body of Water and Rubric
-Vocabulary journal
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Life Science Unit (Unit 3 of 3*):
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Lesson 1/What Plants Need:
Objective: Students will plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
NGSS/CCSS Standards:
o Life Science: 2-LS2-1
o Reading Informational: 2.RI.4, 2.RI.5, 2.RI.7, 2.RI.10
o Writing: 2.W.2
o Speaking and Listening: 2.SL.1
Teacher Resources:
-5 Es lesson plan with: 3-D learning background information, standards alignment, suggested lesson pacing, possible vocabulary, suggested read alouds* (The Bad Seed and How a Seed Grows), I can statements, suggested questions, and teacher tips
*These are merely a suggestion. You can substitute with what is available to you in your classroom/school library. (The lesson plan does contain links to online read alouds of the suggested teacher reads for your convenience.)
-Essential Question classroom sign
-I Can Statements classroom sign
-Classroom Vocabulary cards
-teacher slide (PowerPoint AND Smart Board version included)
Student Graphic Organizers/Tasks:
-My Plant Observations
-My Writing Plan
-My Plant Paragraph and Rubric
-Vocabulary journal
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Lesson 2/Plants and Animals:
Objective: Students will develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.
NGSS/CCSS Standards:
o Life Science: 2-LS2-2
o Engineering: K-2-ETS1-2
o Reading Informational: 2.RI.4, 2.RI.5, 2.RI.7, 2.RI.9, 2.RI.10
o Speaking and Listening: 2.SL.1
Teacher Resources:
-5 Es lesson plan with: 3-D learning background information, standards alignment, suggested lesson pacing, possible vocabulary, suggested read alouds* (The Dandelion Seed and Who Will Plant a Tree?), I can statements, suggested questions, and teacher tips
*These are merely a suggestion. You can substitute with what is available to you in your classroom/school library. (The lesson plan does contain links to online read alouds of the suggested teacher reads for your convenience.)
-Essential Question classroom sign
-I Can Statements classroom sign
-Classroom Vocabulary cards
Student Graphic Organizers/Tasks:
-Compare Them
-Seeds on the Move and Rubric
-Vocabulary journal
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Lesson 3/Animal and Plant Habitats:
Objective: Students will make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
NGSS/CCSS Standards:
o Life Science: 2-LS4-1
o Reading Informational: 2.RI.4, 2.RI.5, 2.RI.7, 2.RI.10
o Writing: 2.W.2
o Speaking and Listening: 2.SL.1
Teacher Resources:
-5 Es lesson plan with: 3-D learning background information, standards alignment, suggested lesson pacing, possible vocabulary, suggested read aloud* (No Place Like Home), suggested books for student exploration* (The Cactus Hotel, In the Small, Small Pond,
The Busy Tree, Cave Homes, Animals Building Homes, Who Lives in a Tree?, Artic Animals (Who’s That?), Way Up in The Arctic, A Rainforest Habitat), I can statements, suggested questions, and teacher tips
*These are merely a suggestion. You can substitute with what is available to you in your classroom/school library. (The lesson plan does contain links to online read alouds of the books for your convenience.)
-Essential Question classroom sign
-I Can Statements classroom sign
-Classroom Vocabulary cards
-teacher slide (PowerPoint AND Smart Board version included)
Student Graphic Organizers/Tasks:
-My Habitat Notes
-My Writing Plan
-My Habitat Paragraph and Rubric
-Vocabulary journal
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Other FAQs*:
Does it have to be used as is, or can it be used as a supplement? This curriculum can be used as is, or can supplement your existing curriculum.
Is this product student-centered? This package contains tasks and lesson sequences that are for teachers ready to explore NGSS and try inquiry-based learning. The lessons in this product are designed to put the learning in the hands of the students while the teacher is the facilitator; therefore, they are rigorous in nature. (If you are new to NGSS and/or the 5 Es inquiry-based lesson sequence, feel free to message me for more information to see if this product is the right fit for you and your students.)
What are the lesson plans based on? They are based on the following:
1) NGSS standards and ELA CCSS standards.
2) Inquiry-based learning: This encourages minds-on/hands-on learning.
3) The 5 Es:
Step 1: Engage
Step 2: Explore
Step 3: Explain
Step 4: Elaborate
Step 5: Evaluate
(These steps help with the inquiry process.)
4) Cross-curricular aspects (Reading and Writing aspects are intertwined.)
5) 3-Dimensional Learning required by NGSS:
1. Science and Engineering Practices: These are thinking about and doing science.
2. Core Ideas: These are what we traditionally think of as content/facts.
3. Crosscutting Concepts: Students should be looking for these as they complete the lessons.
Does this product contain worksheets and tests? You will not find traditional tests and worksheets with this product since the NGSS standards are heavy on inquiry-based learning. (See each lesson's objective and what's included for each lesson.)
How many lessons are included? There are 11 "lessons" included. Each lesson lasts 1-3 weeks, or more, depending upon the content. The NGSS Standards require an inquiry approach, so the lessons are in-depth putting the learning in the hands of the students while the teacher is the facilitator. A traditional 1-2 day lesson wouldn’t be adequate to cover the NGSS Standard(s) in each lesson. (Plus the lessons are cross-curricular, integrating a number of second grade ELA standards. This helps reinforce common CCSS reading and writing standards.)
Are facilitation tips included? The unit plans included in this product have lesson sequences specific to each lesson, while the 5 Es facilitation tips give more information about the inquiry-process and general facilitation tips for teachers. There are also facilitation tips for establishing and maintaining appropriate student discourse. (If you decide to purchase, you can always message me throughout your implementation of the standards and curriculum. I've went through the journey with my kiddos and I'm more than happy to share/help in whatever way I can. It can be daunting switching from teacher-centered to student-centered learning at first, but I now fully enjoy the student-centered inquiry-based facilitation model.
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Do you need an inquiry-based social studies curriculum? Check out my Second Grade Social Studies Curriculum here.
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