Little 2nd Grade SCIENCE Thinkers {UNIT 1: Matter}

$21.95

Little 2nd grade Science Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for students in grade 2.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your students. It incorporates many state and NGSS standards (NGSS standard alignment included). This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 1: MATTER introduces your students to science, properties of matter, and structures. It includes many engaging investigations and experiments for your class. It includes lessons on these topics:

What scientists do
Science tools and safety
The scientific method
States of matter
Observing and classifying properties of matter
Structures and Materials
Assembling and disassembling structures
Changing States of matter
Reversible and irreversible changes

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COMPONENTS OF THE UNIT:

-A complete Teacher Guide
8 printable/projectable Books for Read Alouds
15 Step-by-step, Scripted Lesson Plans
-Essential Question and Learning Target Posters
-Anchor Charts
-Investigations and Experiments
-6 Science Stations
-Whole group Activities
-Vocabulary Cards
-Student Workbook
-Quick Checks
-Primary-appropriate Assessment and Rubric for scoring
-Parent Letter
-A COMPLETE unit PowerPoint to guide your teaching during every lesson (all books, targets, activity and workbook pages are included in the PowerPoint- Also includes directions for converting the PowerPoint to Google Slides)

 

OUTLINE OF UNIT 1:

Lesson 1: BEING A SCIENTIST
Lesson 2: SCIENCE TOOLS AND SAFETY
Lesson 3: THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Lesson 4: STATES OF MATTER
Lesson 5: PROPERTIES OF MATTER
Lesson 6: DESCRIBING MATTER
Lesson 7: CLASSIFYING MATTER
Lesson 8: STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS
Lesson 9: ASSEMBLING AND DISASSEMBLING STRUCTURES
Lesson 10: CHANGING STATES OF MATTER
Lesson 11: REVERSIBLE AND IRREVERSIBLE CHANGES
Lesson 12: SCIENCE STATIONS
Lesson 13: SCIENCE STATIONS
Lesson 14: REVIEW
Lesson 15: ASSESSMENT