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Wholes and Parts
As students grow in their ability to speak, read, write, and reason mathematically, they also grow in their ability to grapple with larger systems and the parts that make them up. Grade 2 students use their observation skills gained in earlier grades to classify materials based on similar properties and functions. These investigations of how parts relate to the whole provide a key basis for understanding systems in later grades.
Environments
Environments
Students start to look beyond the structures of individual plants and animals to looking at the environment in which the plants and animals live as a provider of the food, water, and shelter that the organisms need.
Water
Water
They learn that water is found everywhere on Earth and takes different forms and shapes. They map landforms and bodies of water and observe that flowing water and wind shapes these landforms.
Materials
Materials
They gain experience testing different materials to collect and then analyze data for the purpose of determining which materials are the best for a specific function. They construct large objects from smaller pieces and, conversely, learn that when materials are cut into the smallest possible pieces, they still exist as the same material that has weight.
Resources to Support Science Learning
The supplemental resources below encourage curiosity, creativity, and exploration of the natural world. Outdoors or indoors, have fun exploring and discovering something new!
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