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Students conduct an individual performance assessment in which they plan and carry out an investigation to answer the question: “Do plants need water and sunlight to grow and be healthy?” 

Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants. Lessons include extensive teacher background, teaching tips, student recording pages, rubrics for scoring, Comic Book style reading pages for research. 

This inviting PowerPoint presentation will generate discussion interactions of plants and animals in pollination of plants.  Bright photos and video demonstrate  Teaching ideas with questions and background are provided in Notes View and Presenters View. 

The 3 above resources to assist your teaching of Grade 2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics.

Students make observations to construct an evidence-based account of how an object of a small set of pieces can be disassembled and made into a new object.

Students construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot. Students defend  their claim through scientific argument about the results. 

Students plan and conduct  investigations to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties. They investigate and classify objects based on the properties of hardness, flexibility, texture, and color. 

In this sequence of six activities/assessments students plan and conduct investigations to describe and classify objects that will interact with clear soda like raisins.They use their data as evidence to answer questions about how a variety of objects will interact with soda. 

Students observe patterns to plan and conduct an investigation to classify fabric samples. Students investigate the properties of fabrics and classify fabric samples into groups based on the properties that can be seen and felt. 

Students analyze data obtained from testing different materials to

determine which materials for a boat have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose in water.

What a bundle! There are 192 pages with more than 30 lessons about Matter and Its Interactions- all you need to teach and assess the Next Generation Science Standards for second grade.

What a bundle! There are 192 pages with more than 30 lessons about Matter and Its Interactions- all you need to teach and assess the Next Generation Science Standards for second grade.

Ten challenging tasks for students to demonstrate what they are able to do as a result of their science experiences. These hands on activities use inexpensive materials and are flexible enough to use with individuals, small groups, whole class, or after school. 

Nine lessons that concentrate on practicing science practices and inquiry skills. Lesson include teacher notes, assessment rubric, background content, writing assignment, and inviting student recording pages.

Lessons: Observe, Communicate, Classify, Measure, Infer,Predict, Making Models, Scientific Definition, Investigation,  Template for open investigation. 

Use the steps and application of the processes of inquiry in 40 activities and investigations that include Life, Earth, and Physical Science content- seeds, matter and dinosaurs.

The 193 page book contains 33 developmentally appropriate hands-on performance assessments for the science process skills of inquiry, levels1,2, and 3.

This free video shows backyard bees, beetles, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other insects at work gathering food and pollinating flowers.