Grade 2 Science — Term 3, Week 8

5 day-plan(s) · WeLearn JA SCI T3 G2

Grade 2 Science · Term 3, Week 8 · 60 minutes

Objectives	Ask questions we can investigate.
Materials	Wonder wall, prompt pictures
Key vocabulary	question, wonder, investigate, find out
Engage (starter)	"What do you wonder about the world?"
Develop (main)	Interactive: turn I-wonder statements into testable questions; add them to a wonder wall; tap-to-reveal good questions.
Plenary (close)	Share a question we could test.
Assessment	Asks a question.
Teacher notes	Nurture curiosity.

Grade 2 Science · Term 3, Week 8 · 60 minutes

Objectives	Make sensible predictions before testing.
Materials	Test setups, chart
Key vocabulary	predict, guess, reason, expect
Engage (starter)	"What do you think will happen, and why?"
Develop (main)	Interactive: predict outcomes for simple tests and give a reason; record predictions; tap-to-reveal predicting with reasons.
Plenary (close)	Make a prediction with a reason.
Assessment	Predicts with reasoning.
Teacher notes	Encourage the word because.

Grade 2 Science · Term 3, Week 8 · 60 minutes

Objectives	Understand keeping a test fair.
Materials	Ramp, cars, surfaces
Key vocabulary	fair test, same, change, compare
Engage (starter)	"What must we keep the same to be fair?"
Develop (main)	Interactive: set up a fair test changing one thing and keeping others the same; discuss why fairness matters; tap-to-reveal.
Plenary (close)	What did we keep the same?
Assessment	Explains fair testing.
Teacher notes	A key Grade 2 science skill.

Grade 2 Science · Term 3, Week 8 · 60 minutes

Objectives	Record results and explain them with evidence.
Materials	Result charts
Key vocabulary	record, result, explain, evidence
Engage (starter)	"What did we find, and how do we know?"
Develop (main)	Interactive: record results on a chart; explain findings using because and the data; tap-to-reveal explaining with evidence.
Plenary (close)	Explain a result with evidence.
Assessment	Records and explains.
Teacher notes	Builds data-handling and reasoning.

Grade 2 Science · Term 3, Week 8 · 60 minutes

Objectives	Consolidate questioning, predicting, testing, recording.
Materials	Investigation stations
Key vocabulary	review, question, predict, test
Engage (starter)	"Young scientist challenge!"
Develop (main)	Interactive: rotate through question, predict, test, and record stations.
Plenary (close)	Which science skill did you use?
Assessment	Station accuracy.
Teacher notes	Frame the children as scientists.