Updated 6 May, 2007

Science Grade 2

Physical Science

• Investigate states of matter
• Understand what affects melting, freezing, and sublimation
• Identify melting point of a substance
• Explore why different substances change states at different temperatures

  Physical Science Related Web Sites

  • Let It Snow! - Lots of information about snow, including the science of snow.
  • Water and Ice
  • Water Melting and Freezing
  • Disappearing Water
  • Chem4Kids
  • Exploratorium museum of science, art, and human perception

Earth Science

• Investigate the weather
• Investigate weather elements
• Understanding weather patterns
• Studying forms of severe weather
• Using weather maps to predict weather
• Identifying clouds

  Earth Science Related Web Sites

  • Webquest: Wonderful Web Weather- Internet-based project for tracking the weather to compare the actual weather with online weather forecasts.
  • The Weather Channel
  • CNN Weather
  • Basic Cloud Forms
  • Tropical Twisters - This minisite from NASA and Boeing International Engineering is all about hurricanes. There is much interesting material for study, along with excellent features and graphics.
  • Hurricane: Storm Science
  • MSHA Kid's Page Information and games on rocks and minerals.
  • Cloud Boutique Explanation and descriptions of cloud formations with many photos

Life Science

• Investigate life early earth
• Identify characteristics of reptiles, dinosaurs and birds
• Visualize ancient habitats
• Interpret fossil remains
• Understand classification in biology

  Related Web Sites

  • Jurasic Park Institute - This is actually a dinosaur encyclopedia. The pronunciations are great and you can print flashcards. Especially wonderful is being able to sort and find all the omnivores, herbivores, or carnivores from a specific period or continent.
  • Dinosaurs
  • Smithsonian: Dinosaurs
  • Field Museum's Life Over Time
  • Field Museum's Sue- the Tyrannosaurus Rex
  • Dinosaurs and Extinction
  • All About Dinosaurs
  • Dinosauria Online
  • Birds of Fermilab
  • Wild Birds Unlimited Bird Feeder Cam An opportunity to bird watch at a feeder that is never empty and always seems to have happy customers.
  • Zoom Dinosaurs Very comprehensive information including information pages and many links for students and teachers.
  • Fossil Feature Information and activities for the study of rocks.