England Year 2 science curriculum
The Year 2 science outcomes we teach, in the curriculum's own words, with the lessons and practice pages for each. Pick an outcome code for the full list of lessons and printables.
National curriculum in England: science programmes of study, Key Stages 1–3. Every lesson comes with a printable teacher guide and student sheet.
Plants
Outcome Observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants. Taught in lessons 1 and 2, seeds only.
Lessons: Plants and Seeds: What Does a Seed Need? (What's inside a seed?, What does a seed need to grow?, Why do plants grow toward the window?)
Practice: Who Lives Here? workbook
Outcome Find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy. Taught in lessons 2 and 3.
Lessons: Plants and Seeds: What Does a Seed Need? (What's inside a seed?, What does a seed need to grow?, Why do plants grow toward the window?)
Living things and their habitats
Outcome Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name different sources of food. Taught in lesson 2.
Lessons: Food Webs: Who Eats Whom?
Practice: Food Webs: Who Eats Whom? workbook · Our Living Planet workbook
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