2nd grade Science Kits: Resources for Implementation and Enrichment

Unit: Changes
Books to explore

Web Resources

Idea Sparkler(s)

www.pebblego.com- Science database has

information on properties of materials and
matter

Complete Venn diagram

comparing solids, liquids,
and gases.

Looking at Solids, Liquids,

and Gases: How does
Matter Change?, Gaff

http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/temperat
ure-changes-everything/

http://bit.ly/19LTLbN
The Matter Song

Matter: See It, Touch It,

Taste It, Smell It, Stille

http://www.catie.org.uk/testing_time_index.
html

Primary Physical Science

series by Mason
-Move It!
-Touch It!
-Change It!

www.brainpop.com

Whats the Matter in Mr.

Whiskers Room, Ross

Matter Close Up series by

Peppas
-What is a Solid?
-What is a Liquid?
-What is a Gas?
-How Do We Measure
Matter?

http://www.makemegenius.com/video_play.
php?id=86

Make Jell-O with the class

to demonstrate water
changing from liquid to gas
when boiled and the Jell-O
changing from liquid to
solid. After the
demonstration, have
students think-pairshare.

www.youtube.com there are several videos

on states of matter

What is the World Made

Of?, Zoenfeld

The resources above are to be used as supplemental resources to the MNPS Science Kits. This list is not
extensive and should be used to meet the needs of the students.

Unit: Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Books to explore

Web Resources

Gotta Go! Gotta Go!, Swope

http://www.kidsbutterfly.org/

The Very Hungry Caterpillar,

Carle

http://www.softschools.com/scie
nce/butterfly/

Kaitos Cloth, Millard

www.limitlesslibraries.org
-Tumblebooks
- BookFlix

Summer Birds: The

Butterflies of Maria Merian,
Engle
Three Nasty Gnarlies, Graves
Waiting for Wings, Ehlert
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf, Ehlert
My, Oh My- A Butterfly, Rabe
www.library.nashville.org
search the catalog for
numerous nonfiction titles on
the life cycle of a butterfly

www.pebblego.com
http://www.enchantedlearning.c
om/subjects/butterfly/index.sht
ml
www.youtube.com numerous
videos about the life cycle of a
butterfly
http://idahoptv.org/dialogue4kid
s/season10/habitat/links.cfm
-plant and animal habitats
http://environment.nationalgeog
raphic.com/environment/habitat
s/

Idea Sparkler(s)

http://informationliteracy.org/pl
ans/view/452/back/0
-Extension of learning about
plant/animal parts and making
observations:
Complete author/illustrator
study of Lois Ehlert. After
reading Read Leaf, Yellow Leaf &
Waiting for Wings (BookFlix) take
local plant clippings to create a
collage with illustrations or
diagrams of butterflies. Use
adjectives to describe the
collage. The students could use
technology (iPads or Publisher) to
photograph and create collages
with the descriptions.
After reading Kaitos Cloth,
student can design their own
butterfly wings
Create class thinking maps to
show the relationship between
plants and animals.
Record observations of the class
butterflies in a science journal.
Create a flip book to describe the
changes.
Use iPad to record observations
of life cycle phases and use this
information to make a digital
book on butterflies using the
Book Creator app.

The resources above are to be used as supplemental resources to the MNPS Science Kits. This list is not
extensive and should be used to meet the needs of the students.

Unit: Sky Watchers

Books to explore

Willoughby and the Moon,

Foley

Web Resources

www.limitlesslibraries.org
-Tumblebooks
-BookFlix

So Thats How the Moon

Changes Shape!, Fowler

www.pebblego.com

Long Night Moon, Rylant

http://www.planetsforkids.org/star-sun.html

Sometimes Moon, Schaefer

http://www.spaceweathercenter.org/resources/
04/famguide_sun.pdf
-Guide to understanding the sun

Why Does the Moon

Change Shape?, Branley
The Reason for Seasons,
Gibbons
Why do the Seasons
Change?, Stewart
Man on the Moon: A Day
in the Life of Bob, Bartran

http://www.tntel.tnsos.org/
-World Book Kids online through Tennessee
Electronic Library; articles on the sun, moon, and
seasons
http://www.universetoday.com/18831/sun-forkids/ - information about the position of the sun
http://solarforward.com/solarkids/
http://scienceforkids.kidipede.com/physics/weat
her/seasons.htm - suns effect on seasons

Idea Sparkler(s)

Create a phases of the

moon flip book. Each
page will be colored
with a description of a
different phase of the
moon.
iPad app Phases of
the Moon can be used
to for more information
on the moons phases
Students keep a night
sky journal to record
their observations on
the moon and other
night sky objects.
Create a double
bubble map to
compare and
contrast day
and night sky

http://www.eschooltoday.com/energy/kinds-ofenergy/what-is-thermal-energy.html
-heat energy
http://www.kids.esdb.bg/solar.html- solar energy

Create a class
bar graph for
number of
objects
observed by the
students.

The resources above are to be used as supplemental resources to the MNPS Science Kits. This list is not
extensive and should be used to meet the needs of the students.

Unit: Soil
Books to explore

Web Resources

Fossil, Thomson

http://www.soil-net.com/

Dinosaur Bones, Barner

http://www.soils4kids.org/experiments

Secret Lives of Soil

Creatures, Miller

www.pebblego.com

In the Soil, Ridley

http://www.soils4teachers.org/lessonsand-activities

In the Compost Heap, Ridley

www.brainpop.com

Up in the Garden and Down

in the Dirt, Messner

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/
schooladventures/soil/

Diary of a Worm, Cronin

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesac
tivities/rockssoils.html

Yucky Worms, French

Wiggling Worms at Work,
Pfeffer

http://www.fossils-facts-andfinds.com/fossil_lesson_plans.html

Idea Sparkler(s)

http://1.usa.gov/1InUATJ
Classroom activities for
fossils from the National
Park Service
After reading In the
Compost Heap or Compost
Stew, invite a local gardener
to do a school visit and
share information on
composting.
Search for earthworms in
the school garden. Make
observations to write and
illustrate. Connect to Diary
of a Worm.
Write a fictional
story about an
earthworm.

The Life Cycle of an

Earthworm, Kalman
Its a Good Thing There are
Earthworms, Shepherd
Compost Stew: An A to Z
Recipe for the Earth, Siddals

The resources above are to be used as supplemental resources to the MNPS Science Kits. This list is not
extensive and should be used to meet the needs of the students.

The resources above are to be used as supplemental resources to the MNPS Science Kits. This list is not
extensive and should be used to meet the needs of the students.