Fresno Unified School District

Second Grade Curriculum Guide

Second Grade Science

The California Science Content Standards include Earth Science, Life Science, and Physical Science. Second graders should learn how to follow oral instructions for an investigation, measure, do simple graphing, make drawings to record, and display data. They learn about the life cycles of animals and plants and the basics of inheritance. In the earth sciences students learn about rocks, minerals, fossils, and the evidence they provide about Earth ' s history. Students recognize the purpose, process and effects of technology, simple equipment and instruments used in learning about science. Students develop an awareness of repeated scientific investigations and understand that under the same conditions the results are similar or the same.

Please refer to specific pages in the Harcourt Science Teachers' Edition and ePlanner on CD for detailed information needed for lesson plan development. These resources will also provide references for recommended best practices and effective strategies to attain mastery of the California Science Content Standards in Second Grade Science. 

Grade 2 Science Kit Contents - Click here to download printable pdf file

Recommended minutes of instruction: 100 per week.