2nd Grade Science Centers (by date, oldest first)

This no prep activity allows students to show what they've learned in the Parts of an Insect Emergent Reader or use it alone or as part of your own insect unit.

Students will sort crawly creatures into two categories: Insects or Not! A paragraph is included at the top to make sure the students remember just what makes an insect an insect.

Also available- Parts of an Insect Labeling Activity

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Choose between three versions of this "All about Insects" emergent reader! The booklet will have 8 pages total (including the cover). The first version has all words printed. The second has words printed in a dotted font so they can trace certain words. The third has fill-in-the-blank sections for students to answer as they follow along in your lesson (use the copy with all words printed as your guide). Mix and match the booklets to best fit the needs of your students. The clip art from David's Simple Teaching is the perfect blend of kid-friendly and realistic. Great for elementary and special education.

Use with my Parts of an Insect Worksheet for a quick, easy, and fun NO PREP assessment. Then, let them put their knowledge to work with an insect sorting activity!

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Coloring bookmarks with Kawaii-style illustrations of scientists and inspirational and motivational quotes by famous scientists: Marie Curie, Louis Pasteur, Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, and more, printable coloring bookmarks/cards for kids DIGITAL DOWNLOAD, these could be used as a fun coloring activity at a party, in the classroom, or done as a homeschool craft.

For best results print them on thick cardstock paper or could be printed on colored paper to be given out as is without coloring.

1 Pdf with 8 different bookmarks in two sizes.

Large bookmark measures about 8.25" by 2.5",

and smaller sets are 7" by 2".

US letter-size pages 8.5” by 11”.

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Your students will have a blast learning about adult and baby animals with these hands-on animals and babies activities for kindergarten! This printable contains adorable real photos of adult and baby animals. Including both wild and farm animals, they make the perfect addition for your kindergarten science centers. This bundle contains 8 printables and activities including matching games, puzzles, posters, labels and graphic organizers. Each activity will help learners to associate the young one with its respective parent. For a detailed look at all activities included in this resource, please see the preview above.

The bundle is split into wild and farm animals due to the number of animals included. For a complete list of animals included check the list at the bottom of the description.

The activities and printables included in this bundle are:

- Flashcards

- Picture and Label Cards

- Posters

- Puzzles

- What Goes Together?

- Dominoes

- Memory Game

- Labels and Graphic Organizers

How to use: Adult and Baby Animals Science Activities for Kindergarten

The center activities are best used when printed on cardstock and/or laminated. You can choose to implement these centers in an independent way or use them with small-groups.

All the photos are real life photos. The baby animal photos are absolutely adorable and learners will simply love these photos!

Here's what my happy customers are saying about this resource:

"Perfect for our unit on animal offspring. Great variety and organized well. Thank you!"

Farm Animals included are:

• Sheep (lamb)
• Goat (kid)
• Cow (calf)
• Dog (puppy)
• Horse (foal)
• Chicken (chick)
• Goose (gosling)
• Duck (duckling)
• Pig (piglet)
• Donkey (foal)
• Rabbit (kit)
• Cat (kitten)
• Rat (pup)
• Cockatoo (chick)
• Guinea pig (pup)
• Ferret (kit)
• Frog (tadpole)
• Squirrel (kit)
• Turkey (poult)
• Camel (foal)

Wild Animals included are:

• Tiger (cub)
• Lion (cub)
• Elephant (calf)
• Polar Bear (cub)
• Cheetah (cub)
• Panda (cub)
• Fox (cub)
• Crocodile (hatchling)
• Leopard (cub)
• Hippo (calf)
• Rhinoceros (calf)
• Hedgehog (hoglet)
• Raccoon (kit)
• Seal (pup)
• Deer (fawn)
• Herring gull (chick)
• Giraffe (calf)
• Zebra (foal)
• Sea lion (pup)
• Hyena (cub)
• Penguin (chick)
• Vulture (chick)

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We can eat all kinds of plants. This parts of a plant sort includes real photographic images to sort. This sort includes flowers, seeds, leaves, stems, roots, and fruits. There are six pictures for each plant part.

Pictures Included:

Flowers: broccoli, cauliflower, artichoke, squash blossom, dandelion, honeysuckle

Fruits: raspberry, apple, lime, pepper, banana, blueberry

Leaves: lettuce, kale, mint, purple cabbage, spinach, parsley

Roots: radish, sweet potato, parsnip, carrot, onion, garlic

Seeds: corn, almonds, beans, peas, sesame seeds, coconut

Stems: leek, asparagus, celery, rhubarb, scallions, bamboo shoots

This product includes two different types of sorting activities. One set has full page size sorting mats for students to organize each plant picture. The second set has header cards in two sizes (one large sized for table top activities and a smaller size that can fit inside a task box). The picture cards work with both sets of sorting activities.

Posters, Anchor Charts and Answer Keys

This set also includes a set of posters or anchor charts. These charts can be used to check the answers of the pictures sorted or as an instructional tool to teach about the plants we eat before students begin the sorting activity. These posters also allow teachers to differentiate this activity for students. Those who need more support can use these posters as a guide to filling out their sorting mats.

How to Use:

Students will place the sorting mats on a table or on the floor. They will look at each plant picture and place it on the correct mat.

Where to Use:

• Science Center
• Morning Tub or Basket
• Small Group Activity
• Wall display or anchor charts

The real photographs in this set provide students with easy to recognize images of different edible plants.

More Science Sorting Activities

Natural and Manmade Resources

Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Nocturnal and Diurnal Animals

Living and Nonliving Animals

Review students' knowledge of renewable and nonrenewable resources with this fun sorting activity!

Students will sort the pictures based on whether the object in the picture is a renewable resource or a nonrenewable resource.

Practice sorting natural vs. man made resources in this great science activity! This can go great in a morning tub or a science center.

Other Science Sorting Activities:

Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Living and Nonliving Things

Needs and Wants

Practice sorting solids, liquids and gases in this great science activity! There are 2 sets of sorting mats for each solid, liquid and gas for students to sort on.

When and how to use:

• Morning Tub Activity
• Science Center Activity
• Quick Assessment

Other Science Sorting Activities:

Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Living and Nonliving Things

Needs and Wants

Sort animals by what they eat with this simple sorting activity. Students will sort animals based on whether they are carnivores, herbivores or omnivores. This product includes real animal photographs and two versions of this sort.

What is included?

• Sorting Cards for Carnivores, Herbivores and Omnivores
• Sorting Mats for Carnivores, Herbivores and Omnivores
• Six animals cards for each category

How to Use

• Science Center
• Hands On Assessment
• Small Group Activity

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Animal Classification Sort

Use this science sort for classifying animals. This animal classification sort makes a great science center or assessment. The sort is presented in two formats and includes cards for mammals, birds, fish, insects, reptiles, and amphibians. There is also a sorting mat for vertebrate and invertebrate animals.

What is Included:

• Sorting cards for mammals, birds, fish, insects, reptiles, amphibians, vertebrate and invertebrate animals
• Sorting mats for mammals, birds, fish, insects, reptiles, amphibians, vertebrate and invertebrate animals
• Six animal cards for each class

How to Use

• Science Center
• Hands On Assessment
• Small Group Activity

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Animal Classification Boom Cards

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Use these notebooking pages to record what you are learning about plants. Cover concepts like parts of a flower, plants we eat and what plants need to live and grow.

The pages can fit inside a spiral notebook or composition book.

There are three different concepts covered in these pages:

1. Parts of a Flower - This page covers flower, stem, leaf and root. Use the flower provided or have students draw their own to go under the flaps.

2. We Eat Plants - This page covers all parts of plants and the foods we can eat from each part. Students draw or find pictures in magazines/grocery fliers to put under each flap.

3. What do plants need? - This page shows plants need air, water, food and light to grow. Use magazines to cut out pictures or draw pictures to represent each under the flaps.

Other Plant Activities:

The Plants We Eat Sort

Seeds Experiments

Are your students learning about needs and wants? This sorting activity is a great addition to your unit to add to your science center!

Practice sorting recyclable pictures by plastic, glass, metal and paper in this fun sorting activity. This can go great in a morning tub or a science center. Other Science Sorting Activities: Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources Living and Nonliving Things Needs and Wants

These science sorts are perfect for a quick assessment or for letting students use in a science center.

The following sorts are available in this packet:

• Animal Classifications
• Animal Features
• Animal Habitats
• Carnivores and Herbivores
• Living and Nonliving Things
• Man Made and Natural Resources
• Needs and Wants
• Nocturnal and Diurnal Animals
• Recycling
• Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
• Solids, Liquids and Gases
• The Plants We Eat

This bundle includes all of my plant themed science activities all in one place.

Science Experiments:

Experiment 1: What happens when a seed gets wet?

Experiment 2: How do seeds grow?

Each experiment includes a detailed instruction sheet with materials lists and step by step directions for the experiment. There is a recording page for students to make predictions and record the results of the project. Also provided are journal pages for students to write why they think the results happened the way they did. Journal pages are differentiated where appropriate.

Plants We Eat Sort:

We can eat all kinds of plants. This parts of a plant sort includes real photographic images to sort. This sort includes flowers, seeds, leaves, stems, roots, and fruits. There are four pictures for each plant part.

Plants Interactive Notebook Pages:

1. Parts of a Flower - This page covers flower, stem, leaf and root. Use the flower provided or have students draw their own to go under the flaps.

2. We Eat Plants - This page covers all parts of plants and the foods we can eat from each part. Students draw or find pictures in magazines/grocery fliers to put under each flap.

3. What do plants need? - This page shows plants need air, water, food and light to grow. Use magazines to cut out pictures or draw pictures to represent each under the flaps.

These pages can fit in a composition book or spiral notebook.

Plants and Seeds Activities

Match pictures of plants and their seeds. Complete cut and paste activities to sort plants and seeds as well as to match the parent plant with its seed.

Your 1st and 2nd graders with these fun fluency poems about solids, liquids, and gases! These easy-to-read poems come in both color and black and white versions, perfect for science centers or reading practice. Ideal for teaching states of matter while building reading skills!

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Poems Included

1. Solids

2. Liquids

3. Gases

Additional Features:

• Color and Black-and-White Versions for easy printing and differentiated instruction.
• Perfect for 1st and 2nd Grade Fluency Practice, Guided Reading, Literacy Centers, or Science Reading Activities.
• Helps students improve reading fluency, comprehension, and expression while learning.

This activity is a perfect fit to help teach your students about nocturnal animals, a great resource to use for nocturnal / diurnal unit in October! Your students will love coloring these Fun nocturnal animal themed coloring sheets . 13 Animals included are OWL, MOUSE, SPIDER, RACOON, FOX, SCORPION, FIREFLY, OPOSSUM, MOTH, HEDGEHOG, BAT and MOLE. The coloring pages are perfect addition to your writing station, each page is labeled with the animal so kids could practice their reading strategies and tracing at the same time!

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How to use this resource?

• Students will practice distinguishing between daytime and nocturnal animals with a pocket chart sorting activity. Assess their understanding with a printable "cut, sort, and paste" activity.
• Students will color and find the name of each animal
• Students will color and trace the name of each animal
• Students will just color.

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Kids will really enjoy sequencing the life cycle of a pumpkin! This pumpkin lifecycle worksheet hat craft is simple, but so engaging and perfect for any pumpkin unit or pumpkin life cycle book! Just print and let your students get to work! Students will color, cut out the life cycle steps and glue them in order on the headband of the pumpkin This will be a great addition to your October Fall Pumpkin unit! The kids will look adorable walking around with them, these are no prep Hat (Pot) Templates + Headbands of the simplest life cycle of a pumpkin. The head strips have four pictures to color the sequence life cycle of pumpkins.

Available in both color and black & white. Simply print and go!

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How to use the Pumpkin Craft?

• Print and allow the kids to cut.
• Trace the Pumpkin life cycle words.
• Cut and paste the stages of the pumpkin life cycle in order.
• Glue or staple pot onto the head bands.

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This will be a great addition to your September Fall Apple unit! The kids will look adorable walking around on September 26, these are no prep Hat (Pot) Templates + Headbands of life cycle of an apple tree. The head strips have four pictures to color that sequence the life cycle of apples. A fun way for students to share their apple knowledge in the classroom.

Available in both color and black & white. Simply print and go!

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How to use the Johnny Appleseed Craft?

1. Print and allow the kids to color.
2. Have each child change their name to rhyme with "Johnny." For example, Sarah becomes "Sonny" or let them use fun rhyming words like "Bunny" to make it creative!
3. Trace and color the Apple life cycle head bands.
4. Glue or staple pot onto the head bands.

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These 10 STEM challenges will motivate your students to come up with innovative and creative solutions as they are increasing their science and math skills. These STEM activities are most appropriate for children in Kindergarten-2nd Grade, but can be used in Preschool with the support of an adult.

► "Egg Drop"

► "Deliver a Message"

► "Bird Beak"

► "Floating Pennies"

► "Cross the River"

► "Marshmallow Tower"

► "Marble Roller Coaster"

► "Newspaper House"

► "Magnet Fish"

► "Pom Pom Launcher"

All of the activities in this packet follow a 5-step process:

Introduction- This is the part of the lesson where the teacher defines the challenge and the students begin to brainstorm solutions. There are no right or wrong answers during this part of the lesson.

Planning- Students work together (usually with a partner or in a small group) to come up with a potential solution for the challenge.

Construction- This is the building stage!

Testing- The students test their designs to see if they have solved the problem, and met the challenge.

Evaluation- The students critique their designs and think about what they might change.