2nd Grade NGSS Science Unit Bundle

This bundle includes all 3 NGSS science units for second grade! It includes resources for reading, writing, math, as well as science labs for each unit.

In this bundle you will find:

Resources for Input

• • Inquiry Charts
  • Observation Charts
  • Big Book (PPT or printable)
  • Pictorial and Comparative Input Chart templates (17 total)
    • What is Matter?
    • States of Matter Pictorial
    • Observable Properties Pictorial
    • Chemical Reactions Comparative Input
    • Biotic vs Abiotic Components Comparative Input
    • Relationship in the Ecosystem
    • Plant Needs Pictorial
    • Habitat Pictorials: coral reef, desert, tundra, rainforest, wetlands, woodlands
    • Earth's Layers Pictorial
    • Quick vs Slow Events on Earth
    • Maps as Models Pictorial
    • Solutions for Erosion

• • Chants (10 total)
    • Five Properties of Matter (song)
    • Properties Here, Properties There
    • Disassembly Sound Off
    • Changes? Yes, Ma'am!
    • Ecosystems Here, Ecosystems There
    • Relationships in the Ecosystem? Yes, Ma'am!
    • Habitats and Ecosystems (song)
    • Geology Bugaloo
    • Erosion Here, Erosion There
    • Maps Sound Off

• • Sentence Pattern Charts (printable student copies, teacher samples)
  • Expert Group Texts:
    • Properties of Matter (set of 6)
    • Types of Changes Mini Passages (set of 6)
    • Habitats (set of 6)
    • Pollinators and Seed Dispersers (set of 6)
    • Landforms (set of 6)
    • Continents (set of 7)

• • Mind Maps to go with Expert Group texts
  • Process Grids to go with Expert Group texts
  • Writing Prompts for Narrative, Informational, and Opinion text types (9 total)

Math Integration -- 12 activities total. Titles are:

• Magnetic Addition Patterns (center: odd/even numbers)
• Place Value Race (game: add or subtract 10 or 100)
• Graph, Spin, Answer (center: create graphs)
• "Array"nging the Pieces (center: array puzzles)
• Graphing Biodiversity (center: create graphs)
• Number Line Dispersal (center: match number lines to equations)
• Input and Output Animal Homes (center: solve for missing numbers)
• Fluency: Which Does Not Belong? (game: be the first to find the math fact that doesn't match)
• Landform Line Plot (center: make a line plot)
• Around the World (center: compare numbers)
• Measurements on Earth (center: match word problems to answers)
• Share the Planet (center: sort shapes to match fraction names)

Science Labs -- 16 total. Each lab comes with teacher directions, materials lists and tips. Titles are:

• Root Beer Float Lab
• Property Sort and Build
• Absorbency Lab
• Assembly Line
• Rock Candy Reverse
• Ice Cream, You Scream!
• Habitats Multimedia Text Set (digital activity)
• Plant Needs Investigation
• Seed Dispersal Design Challenge
• Ecosystem in a Bottle
• Pangaea Puzzle (digital or print)
• Landforms and Bodies or Water Puzzles
• Events on Earth Exploration (digital multimedia text set)
• Erosion Investigation
• Where is our Water? (demonstration)
• Earth Models (2 options: make a map or globe to represent land and water on the Earth)

Art

• Printables of works of art
• Guiding Questions to connect art and science
• 1 Art Lesson per Unit

Assessment

• Ecosystems Assessment: 22 Questions + Answer Key
• Matter Assessment: 19 Questions + Answer Key
• Earth Science Assessment: 16 Questions + Answer Key

NOTE: Assessments are available separately. If you buy the units, there is no need to buy the assessment as well. The assessments are included in the units.

Close Reading

9 sets total, each including:

• • Essential Question
  • Informational Text (at 3 levels, in both reader and article format)
  • 3 CCSS/DOK Aligned Question Sets
  • Journal Prompts (for EQ or DOK 4)
  • Titles:
    • How Do Gemologists Measure Luster?//Hardness? (paired texts)
    • The Structure of Gems
    • How Gems Form
    • The Kelp Forest//Grasslands (paired texts)
    • Weird Seeds and How They Move
    • Aquaponic Farms
    • The Hawaiian Islands//Mt. St. Helens (paired texts)
    • Pangaea: The Supercontinent
    • Water World

These close readings are available digitally as Google Slides presentations. Within each close reading PDF, there will be a chart with links for presentations with each leveled text, question sets, and journal prompts of the titles.

Note: These are the same close readings in the 2nd Grade Close Reading Bundle and the individual close readings. (Habitats, Earth's Processes, and Matter)

BONUS: The unit includes proficiency scales for each NGSS standard to help you and your students know exactly what they're learning. These are a helpful tool for standards based report cards and conferences! The proficiency scales are only included with the NGSS Unit bundle!