Grade 2 Science
"Time" for Kids
A to Z Teacher Stuff is a teacher-created site designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly and easily. Find lesson plans, thematic units, teacher tips, discussion forums for teachers, downloadable teaching materials & eBooks, printable worksheets and blacklines, emergent reader books, themes, and more.
Choose to play an interactive, online scientific mystery, search the database for grade and subject appropriate activities, or view graphics and animations. This is a large website with a lot to offer!
Two exciting kits available for booking from the GSCS Resource Center.
Choose between Carnivores and Herbivores and Birds.
Hundreds of activities for your students. Both online and printable options available.
A three day lesson where students choose an animal to learn about, keep track of sources, and draw their animal.
If you go to an apple orchard today what do you think an apple tree would look like? The answer to this question is different depending upon what season it is. An apple tree in the winter is quite different from an apple tree in the fall. You will be making a book which shows what an apple tree looks like during each of the four seasons.
In this unit you will learn about the different types of yummy apples
and discover many interesting facts about this favorite fruit. Let's go learn!!
Choose from several different types of worksheets all related to the study of 'APPLES'.
You are a zoologist at the San Diego zoo. Zoo visitors are very excited about visiting your zoo; however, they are sad that there are no aquarium exhibits for them to see. Your job assignment is to set up a new aquarium exhibit.
Welcome to Ask A Scientist! Our service has been in operation since 1991. We have already compiled answers to more than 20,000 questions - and this site now receives more than nine million hits each month!
If you have a question, first check our Archives to see if it has been asked and answered before. Ask A Scientist includes Archives containing questions that our volunteer scientists have answered since our service began. And since 1991, questions have come from every country on the planet!
The BBC has a terrific site for English, Math and Science learning. The activities are highly interactive and engaging!
Biomes of the World
Bubbabrain
This lesson encourages students to learn more about how fossils are formed, and then create their own fossils using art supplies.
This site has activities and daily news.
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Children's University of Manchester
Saskatchewan people will now be able to find climate change information more easily, understand climate change and learn what to do to lessen its effects. There are many links on this site for educators, along with some Mini-Units based on the Saskatchewan's K - Grade 12 Curriculum (although these units do not reflect the recent renewal of curricula).
A nice little webquest for your students to learn about the desert.
You will learn about one dinosaur and the time period in which it lived. You will then work together with the other members of your class to design a Dinosaur Zoo.
This is one cool site for all elementary students. There are informative videos, articles, interactive activities and games.
Discovery Kids: Home Page
Download a Dinosaur
Eduweb develops award-winning digital learning games and interactives about art, history, science, and technology. Their mission is to "create exciting and effective learning experiences that hit the sweet spot where learning theory, digital technology, and fun meet."
Explore science topics with our fun, interactive, on-line games. Iinspired by well-tested, hands-on classroom activities from our Engaging Science teacher workshops. Topics to learn about include Earth and Space Science, Physical Science, and Life Science.
Engaging Science Online Activities
The Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco has compiled a collection of "snacks", or miniature experiments of popular exhibits at their facility. These are perfect for classrooms!
Online since 1993, the Exploratorium was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World Wide Web. Our site now contains over 15,000 Web pages exploring hundreds of different topics.
Exploratorium: the museum of science, art and human perception
This exciting site has much to offer the sciene teacher. Browse through the "Web-based Classroom Projects" for a variety of elementary, middle and high school projects.
Select the appropriate age of your students and choose from a variety of Mathematics, Geography, Art, Science, Language Arts, etc. games.
This site features resources (units and internet sites) that support the Saskatchewan Science Curriculum objectives grades 1-9.
We are going on an adventure to a special habitat. We will learn as much as possible about this habitat and the life within it. We will be hunting through the World Wide Web. This might also be appropriate for the Grade 2 Saskatchewan Curriculum.
As you read and learn about Canada's vanishing natural heritage, you might want to know what an individual can do about it. Well, you've come to the right section, because we've included many practical and doable ideas that you can begin implementing to help Canada's wildlife right now. So, whether you just start out by making your own backyard nature-friendly, or take on a bigger project including your whole community, we know that you'll enjoy the sense of accomplishment you get from making the world a better place for wildlife.
Interactive Whiteboard Links
A template for collecting and displaying different types of leaves. You can customize the information that the students need to include based on their ability.
LearnAlberta
Learningscience.org
There are so many places on the web to find lessons. I hope this one is a little different. I have found some amazing sites that I would like to share with everyone. I have included lots of sites to search through. Just pick out what you need. You will soon find the ones that are what you need.
This method of research is used to walk an entire class through the research process at the beginning of the year.
Mister Teacher
Ce site Web des modules de science a été crée pour les élèves et les enseignants de la 1ère à la 5e année du programme de français immersion.
My Dinos
Activities, Experiments,Games, Stories, News, Animals, Pictures ~ all are found on this site.
This site has been categorized by grade to make your search easier. The lessons are online based and weave nicely with the curriculum in both science and social studies.
NetVet Veterinary Resources / Electronic Zoo Animal Species. The title speaks for itself. Everything one wanted to know about animals ... and then some.
This is an online unit so students will need access to a computer. Students choose two ocean animals to research.
Kids Club
Busy teachers are always looking for new teaching ideas and ways to save time. The Saskatoon Public Schools OLC has compiled a list of online resources that their teachers have created or recommended.
PBS Kids Interactive Whiteboard Games
Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers. Unlike many Internet sites, permission has been granted for teachers and students to use all of the images donated to the Pics4Learning collection.
Free lesson plans, activity ideas and resources for primary teachers. Math, science, art, ELA, P.E., music and more are available here!
Games, puzzles, and virtual worlds to encourage learning in math, language arts, science and social studies. Check the curriculum guide page to find activities that meet your needs.
A collection of lesson plans and experiments for all grade levels.
Saskatchewan and Canada Information
Teaching Resources, Student Activities, Reproducibles, and more!
A list of science resources that are appropriate for K to Grade 2 (cycle #1), Grades 3-4 (cycle #2), or Grades 5-6 (cycle #3)
Science Lesson Plans that Teach Literacy (K-2). This website is devoted to providing lesson plans and ideas for teachers who want to include science instruction for young children. Here, each month, you can find highly tactile lesson plans that can really inspire your students to read and write with the purpose of inquiry. Last revised: April 01, 2001. This month's lesson plans:
Science K-2 lesson plans
The Science Learning Network (SLN) is an online community of educators, students, schools, science museums and other institutions demonstrating a new model for inquiry science education. There is a list of resources developed by SLN museums.
Providing a wealth of resources for K-12 science educators, Science NetLinks is your guide to meaningful standards-based Internet experiences for students. Search the lesson plans, use intereactive sites, and support your students' learning.
Science Up Close
Some really easy science demonstrations for younger audiences.
SuperTeacherTools
The Physics Front
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
Trees are Terrific
The U.S. Geological Survey provides scientific information intended to help educate the public about natural resources, natural hazards, geospatial data, and issues that affect our quality of life. Discover selected online resources, including lessons, data, maps, and more, to support teaching, learning, education (K-12), and college inquiry and research.
A series of weather related questions to answer as you play this game!
Weather Watch Activities
Webquest Locator
A fun-filled activity based site to help students discover the world around them.
Millions of kids read The World Almanac For Kids every year. Now the bestselling book has a companion Web Site -- The World Almanac For Kids Online. So dive in and explore. You might even get smarter.
e-Learning for Kids