Paid-members only Grade 2 Science Units Unit Plan 11 (Grade 2 Science): Plant Structures & Growth Second graders observe roots, stems, leaves, and flowers, explaining how plant structures help plants grow and survive using sunlight and water.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Science Units Unit Plan 10 (Grade 2 Science): What Plants Need Students plan and conduct investigations to show plants need sunlight and water, using observations and evidence to explain healthy plant growth.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Science Units Unit Plan 9 (Grade 2 Science): Matter — Quarter Synthesis Students synthesize learning about material properties, uses, and changes, using data, evidence, and engineering design to solve a simple matter problem.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Science Units Unit Plan 8 (Grade 2 Science): Engineering with Materials Students use material properties to design, test, compare, and improve simple tools, applying data and engineering thinking to solve real classroom problems.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Science Units Unit Plan 7 (Grade 2 Science): Making New Objects Students disassemble and reassemble objects made of small pieces, using observations to explain how the same parts can create many different designs.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Science Units Unit Plan 6 (Grade 2 Science): Reversible vs. Irreversible Changes Students investigate melting, freezing, dissolving, cooking, and burning, using evidence to decide which material changes are reversible and which are irreversible.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Science Units Unit Plan 5 (Grade 2 Science): Changing Matter with Temperature Students observe heating and cooling changes, classify reversible and nonreversible examples, and use evidence to argue which material changes can go back.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Science Units Unit Plan 4 (Grade 2 Science): Solids, Liquids & Shape Students investigate solids and liquids, observing how shape changes in containers and exploring water on Earth as both solid ice and liquid water.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Science Units Unit Plan 3 (Grade 2 Science): Testing Material Properties Students test and compare materials, analyze data, and decide which properties make materials best suited for specific purposes like strength or water resistance.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Science Units Unit Plan 2 (Grade 2 Science): Properties of Materials Students classify materials by texture, hardness, flexibility, and color as they plan investigations, test properties, record data, and explain grouping rules.
Grade 2 Science Units Unit Plan 1 (Grade 2 Science): Science Routines & Inquiry Build science routines as students practice lab safety, careful observation, data recording, and simple measurement to prepare for early engineering and design thinking.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Social Studies Units Unit Plan 36 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Cumulative Synthesis & Exhibition Explore key Grade 2 Social Studies ideas—citizenship, maps, history, and economics—as students create interactive “Civic Fair” displays to showcase their year-long learning.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Social Studies Units Unit Plan 35 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Citizenship in Action Help students explore fairness, cooperation, equality, and everyday citizenship through stories, meetings, and role-plays that show how their choices keep the classroom safe, kind, and fair.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Social Studies Units Unit Plan 34 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Working Together for Change Students explore how people of all ages strengthen their communities through service, kindness, and small civic actions, practicing teamwork, respect, and simple decision-making to plan a class service project.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Social Studies Units Unit Plan 33 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Caring for Our Planet and People Teach students how reusing, reducing, and recycling protect land, water, animals, and people, as they identify local environmental problems and take simple civic actions to care for their community.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Social Studies Units Unit Plan 32 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Natural and Human Resources Explore how everyday products are made by connecting natural, human, and capital resources to the community’s factories, stores, roads, and other human-made features that help create and move goods.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Social Studies Units Unit Plan 31 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Choices and Trade Help students explore needs, wants, choices, trade, and opportunity cost through simple classroom simulations that show how limited resources shape decisions.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Social Studies Units Unit Plan 30 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Why People Work Help students explore why people work, how they earn, save, and spend money, and how choices involve opportunity cost, using stories, sorting activities, and simple class simulations.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Social Studies Units Unit Plan 29 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Producers and Consumers Teach students to identify producers and consumers, sort goods and services, and recognize the natural, human, and capital resources behind everyday products and community jobs.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Social Studies Units Unit Plan 28 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Needs and Wants Teach students the difference between needs and wants and how limited resources require making choices, using picture sorts, stories, and a class “store” to practice smart decision-making.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Social Studies Units Unit Plan 27 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Midyear Review—People, Progress, and Change Review timelines, past/present changes, important people and holidays, and family traditions as students use photos, maps, and simple sources to show how communities grow and change over time.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Social Studies Units Unit Plan 26 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Leaders and Problem Solvers Explore historical figures and community leaders who solved problems and served others, helping students understand why they’re remembered and how leaders support communities today.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Social Studies Units Unit Plan 25 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Inventions That Changed Lives Explore how inventions, tools, and transportation have changed life over time, helping students learn about needs, wants, jobs, and the natural, human, and capital resources behind technology.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Social Studies Units Unit Plan 24 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Stories About the Past Learn local and state history through books, photos, and oral stories as students practice identifying who, what, where, when, and why to retell key events.
Paid-members only Grade 2 Social Studies Units Unit Plan 23 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Change Over Time in Our Community Explore how communities change over time by comparing past and present photos, artifacts, and accounts while learning to choose helpful, trustworthy evidence.