Science Inquiry Teaching Resources for Year 2
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STEAM Activity Task Cards - Lower Years
Use our easy STEAM Challenges to inspire problem solving and creative thinking in your Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms.
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Back to School STEM Challenge Cards - Lower Years
Integrate STEM activities into your back-to-school plans by guiding students to create a picture frame, name tag, and pencil cup.
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STEM Vocabulary Word Wall Cards
Use our free printable STEM vocabulary word wall to display essential STEM and STEAM-related vocabulary words.
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Rain Cloud in a Jar Experiment
Use this science experiment when learning about the different types and features of clouds and how they contribute to the water cycle.
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Making Scientific Observations Worksheets
Use this set of two worksheets to help your students record their own scientific observations during science experiments and projects.
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What is S.T.E.A.M.? Presentation
Introduce your students to the world of STEAM Education with our 'What is STEAM? Presentation.
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Technology Word Wall Vocabulary
Create a technology related vocabulary word wall for your classroom or computer lab with a printable and editable set of 72 Technology vocab cards.
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My Amazing Invention - Planning Templates
Inspire your young scientists to create a unique, problem-solving invention with our differentiated invention-planning worksheets.
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Plant Journal Observation Worksheets
Observe and record information about plants with a printable plant journal worksheet.
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Lemonade Stand Design - STEAM Project
Reap the benefits of STEM education by inviting young entrepreneurs to develop a Lemonade Stand with a STEM education project.
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Predict and Prove – Template
A template to help introduce making a hypothesis before starting an investigation.
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Design and Technology Challenge Task Cards
A set of 15 design challenge tasks for students.
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Experimental Design Worksheet - Scientific Method Cut and Paste
Sequence the steps in the scientific method with a pair of differentiated Experimental Design Worksheets.
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Leprechaun Trap STEM Activity
Experience hands-on STEM concepts with your students with this St Patrick's Day-themed leprechaun trap.
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STEM Learning Journal - Experiment Notebook
Use this STEM Learning journal to organize data and learning with your students when completing STEM and STEAM activities.
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Plant Growth in Soils – Science Experiment
Explore how plants grow in different types of soil with this science experiment perfect for primary school science lessons.
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The Scientific Method PowerPoint - Early Years
Complete your scientific method lesson plan sequence with a ready-made Scientific Method PowerPoint for Year 1 through Year 3 Students!
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The Scientific Method Poster - Lower Years
Teach the five steps of the scientific method to younger students with a Scientific Method Poster.
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Creating Oxygen - Experiment
Investigate how oxygen is made with a hands on plant experiment.
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Adjectives All Around - Outdoor Observation Activity
Engaging activities where students observe and describe their outdoors environment.
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STEM - Engineering Process Poster Pack
Classroom posters outlining the STEM engineering design process.
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Scientific Method Word Wall Vocabulary
Introduce your students to vocabulary surrounding the Scientific Method with a printable science word wall.
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Science Experiment - How Does Soil Affect Seed Growth?
Explore the effect of soil type on growth and change of a seedling with a hands-on science experiment.
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Water Retention in Soils – Science Experiment
Explore the water retention capabilities of sand, silt, loam and clay with this science experiment for kids.
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Build It! Interactive STEM Engineering Activity
Bring engineering into the digital classroom with an interactive design project.
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Bean Growth Experiment
“Grow” your students’ knowledge of plant life cycles with a plant growth experiment.
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How to Catch a Leprechaun - STEAM Project
Use your STEAM skills to build a Leprechaun trap with this exciting St. Patricks Day STEAM activity.
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Growth and Change Unit Plan
This Biological Sciences unit explores how living things grow and change. Animal offspring (including humans) are compared with their parents and plants are grown from seed in order to observe change over a period of weeks.
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A-Planting We Will Go!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will plant seeds following the procedure of the scientific method.
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4 Wickedly Fun Halloween Science Experiments for Kids to Add to Your Lesson Plans
Explore teachers' favourite fun Halloween science experiments for kids. They include serious levels of ooze, bubble, goop and wow factor!