Virginia Grade 2 science standards
The Grade 2 science outcomes we teach, in the standards's own words, with the lessons and practice pages for each. Pick an outcome code for the full list of lessons and printables.
Virginia Science Standards of Learning (2018). Every lesson comes with a printable teacher guide and student sheet.
Force, Motion, and Energy
2.2 Some forces, including gravity and magnetism, can cause objects to move from a distance (a lower-grade match: the magnet lessons).
Lessons: Pushes, Pulls and Magnets (Why does a ball stop rolling?, Can a magnet work through a table?, How far will a paper clip jump?)
Practice: Pushes, Pulls and Magnets workbook
Matter
2.3 Matter has mass and takes up space; solids, liquids, and gases have different characteristics; heating and cooling can change the phases (a lower-grade match).
Lessons: Kitchen Chemistry for Families · Winter Science at Home (Can you make frost in a can?, Why does salt melt ice?, What's inside a snowflake?) · Solids, Liquids and Gases (Where does a puddle go?, Why does ice float?)
Practice: Kitchen Chemistry for Families workbook · Test It, Choose It: Materials workbook
Living Systems and Processes
2.4 Plants have life cycles (an adjacent-grade match: seed to seedling).
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
Earth and Space Systems
2.6 Measuring, recording, and interpreting weather data allows for identification of weather patterns (a lower-grade match).
Lessons: Weather Detectives (Why does a chinook feel like spring in January?, Is it hotter by the slide?, Why do farmers care about the last frost?) · Weather Watchers: What Will the Sky Do Today? (What's the weather like today?, Which way is the wind blowing?, How much rain fell?)
Practice: Weather Watchers: What Will the Sky Do Today? workbook
2.7 Weather and seasonal changes affect the growth and behavior of living things (a lower-grade match: animals in winter).
Lessons: Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm · Weather Watchers: What Will the Sky Do Today? (What's the weather like today?, Which way is the wind blowing?, How much rain fell?)
Earth Resources
2.8 Plants can help reduce the impact of wind and water (a lower-grade match: leaves, mulch and roots on the model hillside).
Lessons: Rocks and Erosion: How Land Changes Shape
Practice: Rocks and Erosion: How Land Changes Shape workbook · Restless Earth: Fossils, Soils, Volcanoes and Plates workbook · Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong workbook
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