Science - Manitoba Grade 2 - FULL YEAR BUNDLE

Manitoba Science Curriculum - Grade 2. This product was created to cover all of the expectations in the Manitoba Science Grade 2 curriculum.

PDF AND GOOGLE SLIDE VERSIONS BOTH INCLUDED!

There are 490+ activity sheets that cover the elaborations and big ideas in the science curriculum. This massive unit contains readings, surveys, cut and paste activities and a variety of fun activities – drawings, word searches, matching, word scrambles, fill in the blanks, and more!

 

We have added STEM activities as well as hands on experiments for students to learn the content in the curriculum.

Growth and Changes in Animals

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Humans – growth and changes in humans
• Humans - different growing rates
• Food is energy
• Canada’s New Food Guide
• Sorting foods based on Canada’s New Food Guide
• Food categories – protein, fruits and vegetables, and grains
• Making a healthy food plan
• Food from our environment – from plants and animals
• Classifying animals – vertebrate and invertebrates
• Activity – making vertebrate and invertebrate animals using clay
• Metamorphic and non-metamorphic life cycles
• Life cycles of many different animals – mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and fish
• Life cycles of invertebrate animals – worms, spiders, and insects
• Assignment – Making a life cycle book for an animal
• How animals age compared to humans
• Food needs of different animals
• How animals take care of their offspring
• How different animals move – slither, swim, jump, crawl, galop
• How animals adapt – hibernation and migration patterns
• Experiment – making a paper airplane
• Changing animals – how animals look like their offspring
• Names of baby animals
• Humans fighting for animal rights (PETA)
• How to help animals – poster assignment
• Unit Test
• Answer pages for all activities

 

Properties of Liquids, Solids and Gases

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What is matter?
• All about liquids, solids, and gases
• How we use liquids at home
• Freezing point of liquids
• Freezing rain – dangers
• Natural vs human made solids
• Characteristics of solids, liquids, and gases
• Melting point of solids
• Lab experiment – melting
• Water – how it changes states
• Experiment - flow of liquids
• Experiment – gelatin (liquid changing states)
• Classify - solids vs liquids
• Combining liquids and solids – mixtures
• Dissolving solids in liquids
• Experiment – dissolving process
• Different mixtures – solid/solid, solid/liquid, liquid/liquid
• Sink or float
• Buoyancy in water – experiment
• Buoyancy of different fluids
• Scuba diving - buoyancy
• Experiment – making a boat that floats and supports a load
• Solids that absorb or repel liquids
• All about gases – properties of gases
• Experiment – does air have weight?
• Air – made of gases (oxygen and nitrogen)
• Getting rid of waste - toxic waste and medical waste
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

 

Position and Motion

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Relative positioning
• Describing the position of objects in reference to themselves and other objects
• Describing position using key terms – above, below, next to, beside, between, right, left, in front, behind, etc.
• Explain how an object was moved using key terms
• Describe the objects around you and then turn around and describe them again
• Describe the motion of various objects – spinning, bouncing, jumping, rolling, swinging
• Forces – push and pull forces
• Pulling force – gravity
• Experiment – the pulling force of gravity causing motion
• Force that resists motion – friction
• Experiment – The friction car ramp
• Why we need friction – rubber shoes
• Testing the friction of different surfaces
• Experiment – friction of rice and a pencil
• Using inclined planes to make motion easier
• Experiment – the motion of a toy car down a ramp
• Calculating the mechanical advantage of an inclined plane
• Various uses of inclined planes at home and at school
• Wheels and axles – reading and questions
• Investigation – a toy car’s wheels and axles
• Clockwise and counterclockwise wheel motion
• How humans use wheels and axles to make life easier
• Activity – building 3 different cars using different wheels and axles
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

 

Air and Water in the Environment

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What is air?
• Properties of air
• Evidence of air around us – finding proof air exists
• Experiment – is air everywhere?
• Experiment – air pressure and moving air (wind)
• Air on the move – helping plants and using wind as energy
• Fire and air – fire needs oxygen
• Activity – making a pinwheel
• How living things need air
• Properties of water
• Different sources of water – lakes, rivers, streams, oceans, ponds
• Water in natural and built environments
• Evaporation – reading and experiment
• Condensation – reading and experiment
• The water cycle – reading and activities
• Three states of water – water, ice, vapour
• How heat changes the states of water
• All living things need water
• How we get water into people’s homes
• Water transportation – cargo ships and Port Churchill
• Water recreation – how humans enjoy water
• Water power – hydroelectricity
• Water pollution – human activities affecting water quality
• Wasting water – personal survey
• Making a plan to conserve water
• Freshwater around the world – availability (limited wells in Africa)
• Importance of water to Indigenous groups
• Air and water pollution assignment – designing a poster
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

 

This is a comprehensive bundle that will save you hours of planning! It has been tested and found effective in helping students learn the big ideas in the curriculum.