Engage your class in a selection of grade-specific, standards-based activities! All activities and lessons were carefully crafted with an eye towards Next Generation Science Standards for Second Grade students.
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Already completed a Virtual Field Trip?
Take your second grade scientists on a virtual field trip to compare the diversity of life in different habitats in and around the California Science Center. Students will investigate what plants need to grow and model how animals play an important role in seed dispersal and pollination.
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Join our educators to discover the diversity that exists and its importance in various habitats at the California Science Center, such as the Rose Garden and the Kelp Forest.
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Students will play a board game to model the role that animals play in seed dispersal. Students will investigate how a squirrel and a pigeon help to spread a variety of seeds throughout their schoolyard in order to consider how diverse plants and animals within a habitat support each other’s growth and survival.
Second graders, are you ready for an out-of-this-world virtual field trip? Check out our space collection at the California Science Center virtually as we choose the best materials for designing objects meant for space exploration!
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Join our educators in testing and learning about different properties of materials as they design a space suit. You might be inspired to do some testing of your own, too!
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Students will collect data about various materials in order to choose which will make the best astronaut’s glove.
