NGSS Science Second Grade - Year Long STEM Curriculum - Science Sleuths

Second Grade NGSS Science curriculum for the entire year!

Use Science Sleuths to teach NGSS Earth's Systems: Process that Shape Earth, Structure and Properties of Matter, and Ecosystems: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems for second grade. Includes a complete integrated unit with teacher standard practices in the disciplinary core ideas, science and engineering practices, and crosscutting concepts. Other subject connections to ELA, Math, and Art are also included. Science Sleuths for NGSS Science STEM curriculum is unique and gamified for your students to earth Science Sleuths Badges as they work through unit science challenges and investigations.

BONUS: This is Project-Based STEM Learning Curriculum with integrated art practices!

Students will read to learn with a grade level appropriate easy ready or story activity pages. Google version includes easy ready and activity pages, also. Did I mention there is an EASY NON-FICTION READER INCLUDED?! Every NGSS Science unit includes a formative secret picture tiles ending subject matter assessment.

These NGSS science curriculum units encourages students to think critically across subject matter. Poetry with enrichment projects are also found within each NGSS Science STEM unit. You will never need another resource for your science standards and STEM/STEAM learning! Your students will also get hands on experiments and games that engage for learning.

Each unit is PDF formatted and made for Google formatted! 3 NGSS Science STEM Units are include. All units include:

Teacher Guide Includes:

•General Instructions

•NGSS Standards and Lesson Correlations

•Phenomenon Instruction/ Questioning Tips/Badge Concept

•Other Subject Correlations

2 Badge Display Patterns

2 Badges

•Lesson Completion Badge

•Bonus Badge

Phenomenon Image

Ecosystems: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems unit:

• Nature Investigation
• How do plant and animal ecosystems work?
• Do you live in an ecosystem?
• Draw your Ecosystem Worksheet
• Science Sleuth Challenge
• Natural Ecosystems
• 76 Living and Non-Living Investigation Cards
• 12 Ecosystem Cards
• Discovering Plant Life 1
• Discovering Plant Life 2
• Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
• Bean Sprout Observations Book
• Class Data Chart Example
• So, What now?
• Nature is Amazing!
• Seed Dispersal
• Build a Seed Popper
• Plan and Create
• Be a Seed Dispersal Scientist
• Ecosystem Enrichment Poem
• Super Sleuth Challenge for Ecosystem Poems
• Easy Reader - 8 pages
• Secret Picture Tiles Picture Key for print and made for Google version

Earth's Systems: Process that Shape Earth unit:

• Earth Investigation
• How does Earth change its shape?
• The Earth Around You
• Earth's Water and Land
• Time to be a Science Sleuth!
• Changes to Earth
• More Changes to Earth
• Earth's Shape Game
• Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
• Erosion Investigation
• Erosion Investigation Observation Book
• Our Data Chart Example
• Earth Sculptures
• When Earth Changes Quickly
• Preventing Changes
• Earth's Landform Project & Interactive Notebook
• Creating a Landscape
• Landform Poem
• Super Sleuth Challenge for Landform Poem
• Extension Lesson: Colorado- An Interesting Landscape
• Easy Reader - 10 pages
• Secret Picture Tiles
• Secret Picture Tiles Picture Key for print and made for Google version

This unit includes 24+ Lessons that will excite and engage!

Structure and Properties of Matter unit:

• What is Matter?
• Solids, Liquids, Gases
• How can we organize matter by its characteristics?
• Properties Sort Instructions
• Properties Cards
• Matter Cards
• Object Comparison
• How does matter change?
• Super Sleuth Challenge
• Changes in Matter
• Break it Apart Lab
• Matter Poem - Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
• Super Sleuth Challenge
• Final Art Project Challenge
• Easy Reader - 11 pages
• Secret Picture Tiles
• Secret Picture Tiles Picture Key for print and made for Google version
• Secret Picture Tiles Unit Comprehension
• Secret Picture Tiles Picture Key for print and made for Google version

Want to try out one of the Science Sleuths student games first? Check out the Science Sleuths Ecosystems Creation Game with 12 Ecosystems and 76 Game Cards.