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Science Secular Homeschool Curriculum Skills List | Second Grade


Science concepts create the themes for some of the units within Second Grade Complete. The activities and experiments teach the grade-level skills in a fun and engaging way.

  • Observe and describe the weather.
  • Recall the five senses and classify words within the categories.
  • Use the five senses to describe apples.
  • Understand the process of oxidation.
  • Observe and compare two methods of growing seeds.
  • Understand why animals migrate and predict when migration may occur.
  • Learn about migration of people.
  • Learn about magnets and magnetism.
  • Conduct an experiment with magnets.
  • Learn about the human eyes and how we should take care of them.
  • Learn about digestion.
  • Learn about what causes an animal to become an endangered species and what can be done to help.
  • Demonstrate movements of animals: hopping, slithering, crawling.
  • Learn about herbivores.
  • Learn about reptiles.
  • Learn about marsupials.
  • Understand the importance of healthy living.
  • Recognize foods in the four food groups.
  • Recognize the characteristics and habitats of various types of animals.
  • Understand and model the process of a water cycle.
  • Demonstrate evaporation.
  • Explain how condensation forms.
  • Understand that the amount of water pressure affects how quickly water flows.
  • Understand that chunks of rocks come in many sizes and shapes.
  • Make a model of sedimentary layers and of sedimentary rock.
  • Learn about rainforests.
  • Make a diagram of the rainforest layers.
  • Learn about food chains.
  • Observe decomposition.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the life cycle of butterflies.
  • Identify the parts of a butterfly.
  • Design a symmetrical butterfly.
  • Create a model of a bromeliad pond.
  • Build a hummingbird feeder and observe a hummingbird’s movements.
  • Learn about the human eye.
  • Understand how we should take care of the world.
  • Classify objects.
  • Explore the world through observation and experimentation.
  • Make predictions and draw conclusions based on patterns or evidence.