Second Grade Monthly Topics

September Inquiry Skills
October How Do Scientists Work? – Scientific Inquiry 
November Earth Materials (Rocks, Sand, Soil) and Fossils
December What Are Natural Resources and How Can We Protect Them?
January Forces and Motion: Pushes, Pulls, Magnets, and Speed 
February Force and Motion, how do pushes and pulls move things, how do magnents move things
March  Introduce plants, set up plant/light experiment, discuss living/nonliving, needs of living things(animals/plants)
April What do plants need, the parts of a plant, and how are plants different.
May  Comparing different plants, sorting types of leaves, the life cycle of a plant, introduce the weather and how it can change.
June Measuring the weather, using weather tools, discuss the water cycle.