Year 2 Science Topics.
This resource contains 21 powerpoints on the 6 QCA Science topics for Y2.
2a Health and Growth:
ADULTS AND THEIR BABIES: Compares animal and human babies and their parents.
EXERCISE: How to stay healthy
MEDICINES: How to keep safe.
THE 5 MAIN FOOD GROUPS: Discusses and gives examples of each.
2b Plants and Growth & 2c Variation:
ANIMAL HABITATS: Introduces habitats; gives examples
ANIMALS AND PLANTS: Focuses on plants, and what they need to survive.
HOW DO ANIMALS CHANGE AS THEY GROW: The life cycle of a frog
LIFECYCLES: of a plant, butterfly, frog.
SEEDS: Explains what seeds are and how they are all different.
PARTS OF A PLANT: Explains what the parts of a plant are for.
SEED DISPERSAL: How different seeds are dispersed
LIFE CYCLE OF A FROG: In 5 stages.
CLASSIFICATION: Talks about different types of animals
2d Grouping and Changing Materials
SORTING MATERIALS: Simple activity to help choose what sense to use when sorting materials
THE THREE STATES OF WATER: Ice, Steam, Liquid
CHANGING BY HEATING: What happens to materials when they are heated.
2e Forces and Movement:
FORCES AND MOVEMENT:Talks about pushes and pulls, gravity, wind, motion, magnets
2f Using Electricity
ELECTRIC CIRCUITS: Shows electrical items, how parallel and series circuits work.
If you buy more than one resource, I can put them on the same disc, and the postage will just be for one item.
I have been a teacher for the past 10 years, and all my resources have been used with and designed for children.