Second Grade Science
Here is a list of science skills students learn in Second grade! These skills are organized into categories, and you can click on the link on any skill name to preview the skill. To start practicing, just click on any link. IXL will track your score, and you will get immediate feedback as you practice!
Materials
- A.1Identify properties of an object
- A.2Compare properties of objects
- A.3Compare properties of materials
- A.4Identify materials in objects
- A.5Identify multiple materials in objects
States of matter
- B.1Classify matter as solid, liquid, or gas
- B.2Identify solids, liquids, and gases
- B.3Sort solids, liquids, and gases
Phase change
Heat and thermal energy
- D.1Predict heat flow
- D.2Predict temperature changes
- D.3How is temperature related to thermal energy?
Physical and chemical change
Mixtures
Force and motion
- G.1Identify pushes and pulls
- G.2How do balanced and unbalanced forces affect motion?
- G.3How do mass and force affect motion?
- G.4Compare the speeds of moving objects
Electricity
Magnets
- I.1Identify magnets that attract or repel
- I.2Label magnets that attract or repel
- I.3Compare strengths of magnetic forces
Classification
- J.1Identify living and nonliving things
- J.2Identify plants and animals
- J.3Identify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians
- J.4Identify vertebrates and invertebrates
Animals
- K.1Read animal life cycle diagrams
- K.2Construct animal life cycle diagrams
- K.3Compare stages of an animal's life cycle
- K.4Compare different animals' life cycles
- K.5Benefits of group behavior: North American caribou
- K.6Benefits of group behavior: African wild dogs
- K.7Benefits of group behavior: leaf-cutter ants
Plants
- L.1Classify fruits and vegetables as plant parts
- L.2Identify plant parts and their functions
- L.3How do plants make food?
- L.4Read and construct flowering plant life cycle diagrams
- L.5How do flowering plants make new plants?
Traits
Adaptations
- N.1Introduction to adaptations
- N.2Animal adaptations: beaks, mouths, and necks
- N.3Animal adaptations: feet and limbs
- N.4Animal adaptations: skins and body coverings
Heredity
- O.1Match offspring to parents using inherited traits
- O.2Identify inherited and acquired traits
- O.3Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement
- O.4Read a plant pedigree chart
- O.5Read an animal pedigree chart
Ecosystems
- P.1Identify ecosystems
- P.2Describe ecosystems
- P.3Identify roles in food chains
- P.4How does matter move in food chains?
- P.5Interpret food webs
Rocks and minerals
- Q.1Classify rocks and minerals by color, shape, and texture
- Q.2Identify minerals using properties
- Q.3Identify rocks using properties
- Q.4Classify rocks as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic
Fossils
- R.1Introduction to fossils
- R.2Compare fossils to modern organisms
- R.3Compare ancient and modern organisms: use observations to support a hypothesis
Weather and climate
- S.1Read a thermometer
- S.2Compare temperatures on thermometers
- S.3Collect and graph temperature data
- S.4What's the difference between weather and climate?
- S.5Weather and climate around the world
- S.6Weather or climate? Cite text
- S.7Use climate data to make predictions
- S.8Use data to describe U.S. climates
- S.9Use data to describe world climates