2nd Grade Science Activities

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Looking for games and activities to keep your child busy? Second grade is all about real world applications - from math activities that teach about money, to games that develop reading comprehension, we've got fresh ideas to keep learning going long after the school bell rings.

More science activities for second grade:

Puddle Science: Watch Evaporation in Action

Puddle Science: Watch Evaporation in Action

So how can you make the challenging science concept of evaporation more visible to your second grader? Try this activity, in which your budding scientist collects information about a puddle that seems to disappear before his very eyes!

Write a Backyard Field Guide

Write a Backyard Field Guide

A great way to combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills is to have him create a field guide to the plants and animals he observes. Here's how to get started.

Turn and Learn About the Earth

Turn and Learn About the Earth's Seasons!

In this interactive activity, your second grader will see first-hand how the Earth moves and brings seasonal changes to our world.

Solid, Liquid, Gas Scavenger Hunt

Solid, Liquid, Gas Scavenger Hunt

This activity will help your kid get a grasp of different states of matter, in a hands-on, interactive way.

Teach Science While Smelling the Flowers

Teach Science While Smelling the Flowers

With just a few ordinary household items, you can make a creative bouquet together, and have a great time learning about plant biology in the process!

Use Shapes in an Unexpected Way

Use Shapes in an Unexpected Way

Your second grader knows by now that people come in all shapes. She just doesn't know the names of those shapes yet. This simple activity will help her think of people in a whole new way. And she'll get in some number practice in the process!

Learn Where Wind Comes From

Learn Where Wind Comes From

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from? Then this experiment is for you! Demonstrate how wind is created with an entertaining activity, and introduce your child to the wild ways that weather works.