📗 YEAR 2 SCIENCE – FULL CURRICULUM

A. Shapes and colours

1. Classify objects by two-dimensional shape

2. Sort objects by two-dimensional shape

3. Classify objects by three-dimensional shape

4. Sort objects by three-dimensional shape

5. Classify objects by colour

6. Sort objects by colour

B. Materials

1. Classify objects by texture

2. Sort objects by texture

3. Classify objects by material

4. Sort objects by material

5. Classify objects by shape, colour, material and texture

6. Describe objects

7. Identify materials in objects

8. Identify multiple materials in objects

C. Comparing

1. Long and short

2. Light and heavy

3. Hot and cold

4. Fast and slow

D. Heating and cooling

1. Changes caused by heating and cooling

E. Light and sound

1. More light or less light

2. Which lets light go through?

3. How do we use light and sound to communicate?

F. Force and motion

1. Push and pull

2. Investigate pushes and pulls

3. The way things move

4. What objects can a magnet pull?

5. How do magnets push and pull each other?

G. Animals

1. What do animals need to survive?

2. Match animals to their parents

3. Where do dromedary camels and polar bears live?

4. Where do giraffes and beavers live?

5. Where do whale sharks and tree frogs live?

6. The five senses

7. Read animal life cycle diagrams

H. Plants

1. What do plants need to survive?

2. Match plants to their parents

3. Identify types of plants

4. Where do water lilies and saguaros live?

5. Where do bearberries and powdery strap air plants live?

6. Where do turtle grass and giant sequoias live?

I. Living things

1. Identify living and non-living things

2. Identify plants and animals

3. Compare plants and animals

4. Compare young living things to their parents

J. Ecosystems

1. How do living things change their environments to meet their needs?

2. How do grey squirrels change the forest to meet their needs?

K. Earth’s resources

1. Earth materials: water, rocks and soil

2. Bodies of water

3. Classify rocks and minerals

4. Natural resources

L. Human impacts

1. Reduce, reuse, recycle

M. Astronomy

1. The daytime sky

2. The night sky

N. Engineering practices

1. Design a race car track