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2nd grade science activities for Microsoft Publisher

Parts of a Seed

Created by

Use this page to teach students the parts of a seed. Soak fresh seeds (We used lima beans) in water until they absorb water, the seed coat starts to come off, and they start to split open. Should take several hours. Students will each get their own seed and will be able to identify each part on their seed. They will tape each part of their seed to the bottom of their paper.

Subjects:

Earth Day, Science, Spring

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Activities, Laboratory

Blank Flipbook Template

Created by

Mme Suzanne

Here is a template I created to make flipbooks. You only need 3 pieces of paper, and if you follow the 3 steps I included, you are all set to create your own flipbooks for students! Enjoy!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Holidays/Seasonal, Science

Grades:

PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Activities, Handouts

Adaptations Pebble Go Brochure

Created by

Ginny Coalson

2 sided tri-fold brochure to use with PebbleGo.com "Adaptations." Includes fill in the blank, vocabulary, and a drawing to demonstrate understanding. Easily customizable in Microsoft Publisher. Can be done in a small group if needed. Can be put in science interactive notebook.

Subjects:

Biology, Science

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Interactive Notebooks

Animal Research Brochure

Created by

Chantelle Moore

Using this template, students can make an organized brochure about the animal they have been researching. Space is provided for them to write about : Diet Habitat How it moves Babies Interesting Facts The document is editable in Microsoft Publisher so you can add/modify any details to make it customize for your lesson or project.

Subjects:

Biology, Science, Writing-Expository

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

Plant and Animal Life Cycle Graphic Organizer

Created by

Mrs Blakeman's Classroom

With this graphic organizer your students will be able to visually organize the life cycle of plants and animals. This is a standard that is taught throughout elementary and middle school science. For example, birth, growth, reproduction, and death for both plant and animal. Students will be able to explain what each cycle is like and draw a picture.

Subjects:

Environment, Science, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

K - 7th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Graphic Organizers

Ozobot Activity with Lines and Color Coding

Created by

Bethany Burke

This activity is to be used with the Ozobot EVO model. It is a complete lesson including answer keys. It can be used in one class or across three classes, depending on the level of your students. This does not require a computer or computer programing. There are many different ways to use the lesson and they are all included in this resource. This also has advanced lessons in it with color coding and determining the more advanced codes. It also has an answer key for each worksheet. This is a ver

Subjects:

Computer Science - Technology, Engineering, Science

Grades:

K - 8th

Types:

Activities

Mary Anning worksheet template.

Created by

Mr Bojangles

Mary Anning lesson template. Study the life of Mary Anning and use this template at the end of the lesson to record findings.

Subjects:

Science

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

Also included in: Year 1 and 2 complete curriculum lesson bundle.

Living Vs. Nonliving

Created by

Mrs Blakeman's Classroom

Living Vs. Nonliving is a standard covered over many grade levels. This worksheet allows students to determine which items are living or nonliving in an environment. This worksheet is editable so you can add your own items to match to living or nonliving. 3rd Grade Standard LS2.C Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems. Ecosystem Dynamics Functioning, and Resilience

Subjects:

Environment, Science

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Homework

Modified Science Curriculum: Physics Elapsed Time for Special Ed

Created by

MD Special Educator

This physics worksheet is modified from the middle school curriculum. It is excellent for special education students who require an alternate or modified curriculum. There are 6 items on the worksheet. Four items show clocks and ask students to find the elapsed time. Student is required to circle figure out the elapsed time from a field of two choices, and mark the correct box. The last two items include a tie-back question to answer questions about physics. The questions ask about accelerate

Subjects:

Life Skills, Physics, Special Education

Grades:

PreK - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

Classify Animals Foldable

Created by

Christine Pitrelli

In this project, students can create a foldable by drawing a picture of each type of animal with a Backbone: Reptile Amphibian Mammal Birds Fish Students then write information learned under each foldable category. This is a great activity to supplement your current lesson or as a stand alone lesson about animals with backbones.

Subjects:

Basic Principles, General Science

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas

Solar Eclipse Brochure

Created by

Carol Pirman

This is an informational, full color, two sided brochure with basic solar eclipse facts. Easy to carry along outside to read while awaiting the eclipse debut! Also, great for taking home to share with families after school. Included are safety tips for looking at the eclipse by making a pin hole projector, as well as two US maps indicating the schedule of the eclipse and the totality seen for each region. I’ve included two NASA websites suitable for more information in kid-friendly terms. Th

Subjects:

Astronomy, Informational Text, Vocabulary

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Study Guides, Activities

Pumpkinology 101

Created by

Katelin Bonko

This little booklet is a great resource to use during your Pumpkinology 101 centers lesson to teach scientific inquiry during the fall months! Have the children use their sense and basic scientific principles to explore and learn about pumpkins while becoming pumpkinologists! My students had a great time with this lesson and really loved being able to explore a real pumpkin and they got to take home their tiny pumpkins to!

Subjects:

Basic Principles, General Science, Other (Science)

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

What is that smell? Testing students' sense of smell

Created by

Karalina Zimmerman

Use this science activity for students to discover their sense of smell! Place a cotton ball into five different small tupperware containers. Choose four different strong smelling liquids, such as vinegar, lemon juice, vanilla, peppermint, etc, and pour a little bit onto each cotton ball. Number the containers and have students guess the smell using this worksheet. A great way to make their sense of smell come alive!

Subjects:

Anatomy, Science

Grades:

1st - 5th

Types:

Activities, Centers

Types of Energy Projects

Created by

Christine Pitrelli

Project #1: Students can use the preformatted document from MS Publisher and complete information about each different form of energy. They then search for clipart on the computer to categorize the different forms of energy. Project #2: Students bring in toys from home to be shared with the class. Each student demonstrates how their toy works and the class discusses the forms of energy found in their toy. The graphic organizer can then be used for your students to write about each toy and wh

Subjects:

Physical Science

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas

Water Cycle Game

Created by

Amanda Tower

Water Cycle game: Students will become droplets of water traveling through the water cycle while tracking their journey. Students will be able to compare and describe changing patterns in nature that repeat themselves. This is a great way to wrap up a unit on the water cycle. Includes station posters, 9 station dice, record and tally sheets, directions and explaination.

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, General Science, Science

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Activities, Games

Animal Adaptations LS4.C

Created by

Mrs Blakeman's Classroom

With this activity students will read the short article about animal adaptations and answer the questions to check for comprehension/understanding. LS4.C Cross Curricular

Subjects:

Environment, Science, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

Dinosaur scavenger hunt

Created by

Jennifer Sallay

Enjoy setting up this scavenger hunt in your classroom or around your house. Kids can practice identifying letters and dinosaurs.

Subjects:

Archaeology, English Language Arts

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Activities

Food Guide Pyramid Cut and Paste Activity

Created by

Melanie Lane

This is a cut and paste worksheet for the Food Guide Pyramid. It is two pages long and includes the writing prompt "What Foods are Healthy Foods."

Subjects:

Health, Other (Science), Writing

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Worksheets, Activities

woodland activities

Created by

resources from Rowe

5 challenges to use in the woodland area. KS1 Year 1 and 2

Subjects:

Autumn, For All Subject Areas, Physical Science

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Activities

Distance Learning Living and Nonliving Things Activities

Created by

Wolf Classroom

Digital resource with multiple activities for students to be able to practice the concept of living verse nonliving things. Activities include a sort, search, hunts, answering questions, and drawing and labeling. T chart is provided as graphic organizer for sorts.Product provided in Publisher so students can work within this program or you can transfer the file to another program.

Subjects:

Environment, Science, Writing

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Assessment

Wind Exploration Activities

Created by

Terrific Teachings

This is a common core state standard aligned set of lesson plans and activities to help students explore the wind. This set includes: -Wind Race Activity and student prediction and explanation writing paper -wind sock activity -book ideas -an informational text research project for young students -a wind themed creative writing activity -capture the wind activity and unit introduction -Ideas for creating a wind race kit -Ideas for creating a wind play kit

Subjects:

Arts & Music, English Language Arts, Science

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Lesson

Animal Characteristics Graphic Organizer

Created by

Chantelle Moore

Using this bubble graphic organizer with word bank, students can sort characteristics about the six main animal groups: Mammals Reptiles Amphibians Birds Fish Insects Use this as a pre/post test to see how many traits students can match up with each animal group. Or you can give this to your student to take notes as you work through all of the animal subgroups.

Subjects:

Biology, Science

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

An introduction to Strucutres

Created by

PDT Primary Design Technology

This is a perfect small project for Design and Technology in KS1 and KS2. It introduces the topic of Structures. The project will give the children the opportunity to follow instructions to make and test a paper aeroplane and some simple beams to show how the properties of paper can change with some simple folds. Use whatever you have as the weight. If the children are really keen and enjoy the project, you could always extend it to make bridges and towers from either art straws, spaghetti or ro

Subjects:

Instructional Technology, Physics

Grades:

1st - 4th

Types:

Homeschool Curricula, Activities

Animal Classification Writing Book

Created by

Kristen Miller

Use this book to supplement learning of the classification of animals (mammal, reptile, bird). Pages designed for student to write the class of the animal on each page. Also designed as a coloring book.

Subjects:

Basic Principles, General Science, Science

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Projects, Activities, Printables

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