Plant and Animal Life Cycles, Needs, Interdependence 2nd Grade Science BUNDLE
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This second grade plant and animal needs, life cycles and interdependence science bundle is a 3-week science resource carefully designed with literally everything you need to teach 2nd grade NGSS Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems and these standards: 2-LS2-1, 2-LS2-2, 2-LS4-1, K-2-ETS1-2, K-2-ETS1-3.
It includes 17 days of high interest, hands-on science lessons on these topics:
- Plant and animal interdependence
- Plant needs and their lifecycles
- Animal needs and their life cycles
- Seed dispersal
- Pollination and pollinators
- Parts of a seed, plant, and flower
All of the activities are included in both a printable version and in digital format on Google Slides with narrated audio lessons. You will need access to youTube to listen to the audio lessons.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1: Plant Life Cycle
Lesson 2: Plant Needs
Lesson 3: Animal Life Cycles
Lesson 4: Animal Needs
Lesson 5: Interdependence: Plants Rely on Animals
Lesson 6: Interdependence: Animals Rely on Plants
Each ready-to-teach lesson comes with an in-depth instructional PowerPoint, detailed, scripted lesson plans, response journal activities, differentiated quizzes, hands-on investigations, and simple lab activities that are actually do-able in your classroom.
The lessons also include vocabulary posters, guiding questions, and learning objectives display cards as well as related videos for each lesson. Literacy and math-based science centers make it easy to integrate science and reinforce the lessons during other subjects.
Assessments are easy to differentiate using one of two quiz formats: the fill-in-the-blank option or the short, written response format. At the end of the unit, students are assessed with a comprehensive unit test.
What’s included:
- A complete Teacher’s Guide with a flexible 3-week Pacing Guide that can be shortened to fit your schedule
- 7 Days of detailed, scripted lesson plans.
- An in-depth Teaching PowerPoint with embedded videos
- 8 Hands-on lab investigations and STEM activities with guided lab procedures and step-by-step directions with photos.
- Essential questions posters and learning target cards
- Student science journal/workbook with follow-up practice pages for each lesson
- Science-based reading passage
- Vocabulary cards + full-page vocabulary posters
- Full-page life cycle posters
- Quizzes for each lesson in 2 formats (short written response or fill-in-the-blank) with answer keys
- Final unit test with optional pages for differentiation
- Answer keys
- Standards alignment pages for each lesson
- Teacher planning binder with cover and sections
- Videos for each lesson – You will need access to YouTube to view the videos.
- BONUS Bulletin board set
STEM Labs/Experiments/Investigations
Students explore the interdependence of plants and animals, plan and carry out simulations, build models, and conduct investigations in 8 high-interest labs to answer these scientific questions:
- What’s Inside a Seed?
- Can Plants Grow Without Sunlight?
- How Does Water Move Through a Plant?
- What Care Do Animals Need?
- How Do Animals Move Seeds?
- Pollination Simulation: How Do Animals Help Plants Reproduce?
- Breathing Leaves: How Do Leaves Produce Oxygen?
Digital resources included:
NOTE: You will need a free Google account or Google Classroom to access the digital version on Google Slides. You will need access to YouTube to listen to the audio slides.
- 6 Narrated audio lessons
- 6 Digital journal activities with moveable parts
- 12 Digital quizzes in multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank formats
- Digital unit test and answer keys for all assessments
Included Science Centers in both print and digital format
Students practice math & literacy skills using science content:
- Cause & Effect
- Organizing Data
- Sorting and Classifying
- Applying Vocabulary
- Math and science word problems
*Please download the preview for both units to see details and pictures of all resources included in this bundle.
Note: The units in this bundle download as zipped (ZIP) folders with multiple files inside. CLICK HERE for directions to open a ZIP file.
Happy teaching!
Linda Kamp
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