Second grade , Science
Here is a list of science skills students learn in second grade! These skills are organized into categories, and you can move your mouse over any skill name to preview the skill. To start practicing, just click on any link. Smart Child Zone will track your score, and you will get immediate feedback as you practice!
1. Materials
- Identify properties of an object
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- Compare properties of objects
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- Compare properties of materials
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- Identify materials in objects
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- Identify multiple materials in objects
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2. Animals
- Pollinator: ruby-throated hummingbird
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- Pollinator: Indian flying fox
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- Pollinator: painted lady butterfly
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- Seed disperser: Eurasian red squirrel
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- Seed disperser: African elephant
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- Seed disperser: common ostrich
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- Body parts and their functions
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- Read animal life cycle diagrams
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- Benefits of group behavior: North American caribou
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- Benefits of group behavior: African wild dogs
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- Benefits of group behavior: leaf-cutter ants
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3. Units and measurement
- Choose units of time
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- Choose customary units of distance
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- Choose metric units of distance
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- Abbreviate time and length units
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- Abbreviate mass and volume units
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4. Force and motion
- Identify pushes and pulls
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- How do mass and force affect motion?
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- Compare the speeds of moving objects
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5. States of matter
- Classify matter as solid or liquid
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- Identify solids and liquids
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- Classify matter as solid, liquid, or gas
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- Identify solids, liquids, and gases
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6. Heat
- Predict heat flow
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7. Physical and chemical change
- Identify physical and chemical changes
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8. Rocks and minerals
- Classify rocks and minerals by color and shape
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9. Magnets
- Identify magnets that attract or repel
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- Label magnets that attract or repel
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10. Classification
- Identify living and nonliving things
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- Identify plants and animals
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- Identify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians
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- Identify animals with and without backbones
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11. Plants
- Classify fruits and vegetables as plant parts
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- How do flowering plants make new plants?
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12. Traits
- Introduction to adaptations
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- Observe traits
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13. Weather
- Read a thermometer
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- Compare temperatures on thermometers
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14. Earth's features
- Water on Earth
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15. Earth events
- Classify changes to Earth's surface
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- Find evidence of changes to Earth's surface
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- Changes to Earth's surface: earthquakes
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- Changes to Earth's surface: volcanic eruptions
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- Changes to Earth's surface: erosion
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16. Mixtures
- Identify mixtures
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