Second Grade Science Stations BUNDLE – ALL Next Generation Science Stations

A BUNDLE of 64 Second Grade Science Stations that cover ALL Next Generation Science Standards for second grade. Engage your students with hands-on science activities that meet the standards.

Included in this BUNDLE are

✔ NGSS:  2-PS1.A  Structure and Properties of Matter – includes MP3 Audio of text passages

Incorporating:  ETS1.A  Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems

This unit is about the structure of matter (what matter is made of) and properties of matter (how matter can be described.)

✔ NGSS 2-PS1.B Reversible & Irreversible Changes – includes MP3 Audio of text passages

Incorporating: ETS1.B Developing Possible Solutions

This unit is about what happens when matter is heated and cooled, or the changes in the state of matter.  Students also learn that when matter changes state, the changes can be reversible or irreversible.

✔ NGSS 2-LS2.A Green & Growing – includes MP3 Audio of text passages

Incorporating: ETS1.B Developing Possible Solutions

This unit is about the biology and ecology of plants.  Students will learn about what plants need to grow, how they reproduce, and the role of pollinators in their life cycle.

✔ NGSS 2-LS4.D Biodiversity and Humans – Habitats – includes MP3 Audio of text passages

Incorporating: ETS1.A Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems

This unit is about the different habitats on Earth.  Students will learn about the biology, ecology, and climate zones of Earth’s habitats.  They will learn how structures on different species suit them for their environment.

✔ NGSS 2-ESS1.C The History of Planet Earth – The Changing Earth – includes MP3 Audio of text passages

Incorporating: ETS1.C Optimizing the Design Solution

This unit is about how plate tectonics, weathering, and erosion have shaped our planet Earth.  Students will learn how some events cause changes quickly, and some events cause change slowly.

✔ NGSS 2-ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems – Wind and Water Erosion and Weathering – includes MP3 Audio of text passages

Incorporating:  ETS1.C Optimizing the Design Solution

This unit is about how wind and water change the shape on land.

✔ NGSS 2-ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions – Maps – includes MP3 Audio of text passages

Incorporating:  ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems

This unit is about maps.  Students will learn about how different maps show different types of land and water features.

✔ NGSS 2-ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes – Water on Earth – includes MP3 Audio of text passages

Incorporating:  ETS1.C: Optimizing the Design Solution

This unit is about the different places water is found on Earth.  Students will learn about the role of the water cycle on Earth.

All Stations Include

► Watch – Students watch a video about the concept and answer questions.

► Play – Students interact with a video game about the concept. They then respond to questions about their experience.

► Investigate – Students investigate the concept and answer questions.

► Diagram – Students diagram about the concept and answer questions about it.

► Read a Passage – Students read a passage and answer questions about the concept.

► Model – Students model the concept and answer questions about their models.

► Explore – Students explore the concept and questions about it.

► Sort – Students do a sort about the concept and explain their reasoning.

MP3 AUDIO

Now includes all MP3 audio of all text passages for the above stations. You can access the MP3 via a website or install them on your devices to have students listen to the texts read aloud to them.

Differentiated Responses

Each station includes three or four different ways to respond to the experience at the station: short answer questions, fill-in the blank questions, task cards with short answers, task cards with multiple choice. All the variations are similar to one another. Choose the format that best fits your classroom. Students are encouraged to use their science journal. Worksheets are included as well.

Each station is designed to last about 15-20 minutes. Students may do one a day for 8 days, 2 a day for two days, or any format that works for your classroom.