Second grade Science is very interesting and fun for students! This semester class will include a mixture of S.T.E.M., Life Science, Earth Science, and Physical Science. We will even learn about people and careers in Science! This class will provide hands-on activities, such as drawing, experiments, and other projects. 

There is an optional write-in student edition book of Science Fusion, that you may purchase for your child. I have acquired permission from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to use Science Fusion, Grade 2, for use in my online Outschool class. The ISBN # is 978-0-544-77838-2 (2017). The book is a great price! We will cover all of the pages in the book, except the Inquiry Flipchart pages.

To learn more about this course, click here: https://youtu.be/jBxT_DCNXHs

In total, there are 14 weeks in this class. I have it divided into four parts to make it more affordable for families to pay as we go. There is a lot of material to cover, so there are three classes each week.
Part 1: 2nd Grade Science Fusion: Semester Class - The Nature of Science & S.T.E.M. (Units 1 and 2 - 3 weeks)
Part 2: 2nd Grade Science Fusion: Semester Class - Life Science (Units 3, 4, and 5 - 4 weeks)
Part 3: 2nd Grade Science Fusion: Semester Class - Earth Science (Units 6, 7, and 8 - 4 weeks)
Part 4: 2nd Grade Science Fusion: Semester Class - Physical Science (Units 9 and 10 - 3 weeks)



Part 4: 2nd Grade Science Fusion: Semester Class - Physical Science (Units 9 and 10 - 3 weeks)
*The students will share something in the first class that is a solid, liquid, or gas (for show and tell). 

Week 1: Unit 9 Changes in Matter (pages 347-372)
Class 1 – Properties of Matter (pages 347-351)
-	Show and Tell:  solid, liquid, or gas
-	Vocabulary: matter, mass, property, solid, liquid, volume, gas, water vapor
- Teacher will screen-share: Explore Solids and Liquids!, by: Kathleen M. Reilly 
-	*Activity – Draw objects with the same property. (page 351)
Class 2 – Three States of Matter (pages 352-360)
- Show and Tell: a solid that you see or take to the beach
-	*Activity – Draw a solid object that you would take to the beach. (page 353)
-	*Activity – Complete the States of Water chart. (page 357)
- Complete before next class: pages 358-360
Class 3- How Does Matter Change? (pages 363-372)
- Show and Tell: Cooking Tool
- Learn about Cooking Tools. (pages 363-364)
-	Vocabulary: evaporation, condensation
- Teacher will screen-share: Many Kinds of Matter: A Look at Solids, Liquids, and Gases, by: Jennifer Boothroyd
-	*Activity – Draw a solid before and after it melts. (page 370)
- Complete before next class: pages 370-372.

Week 2: complete Unit 9 and begin Unit 10 (pages 375-396)
Class 1 – 	People in Science: Things to Know About Dr. Mei-Yin Chou (pages 375-376)
- Complete the Unit 9 Review (pages 377-380)
Class 2 –  (Unit 10) Energy  (pages 381-396)
-	What is energy?
-	Vocabulary: energy, sound, light, heat, vibrate, pitch, loudness
-	Watch - EPIC: Glowing Fireworks in a Jar Science Experiment (2:59)
Class 3 – Magnets (pages 392-396)
- Complete pages 392-393 together.
-	People in Science: Things to Know About Dr. Lawnie Taylor (pages 395-396)
- Watch - EPIC: How to Make Magnetic Slime (3:25)

*Show and Tell for the next class - Students may bring something that a magnet will attract and something a magnet will repel, or not attract. Also, please provide a magnet and some paper clips for the next class. 

Week 3: Unit 10 continued (pages 397-422)
Class 1 -  What are Magnets? (pages 397-414)
- Show and Tell: Students will show something that a magnet will attract and something a magnet will repel, or not attract. 
-	Vocabulary: magnet, pole, repel, attract
- Video - EPIC: Magnetic Compass (1:07)
- Screen-share book, if time allows: EPIC: Magnetism: First Science, by: Mari Schuh and Attract and Repel: A Look at Magnets, by: Jennifer Boothroyd
-	*Activity – Paper Clips and Magnet Experiment (pages 400-401)
Class 2 – Unit 10 Review (pages 411-414)
- Show and Tell: Students will show something that a magnet attracts in their recycling bin. 
- Complete the Unit 10 Review on pages 411-414.
Class 3 - Technology and Coding (pages 415-422)
-	Learn about electronics and electricity safety. (pages 420-421)
-	Careers in Computing: Computer Animation (page 422)
- Watch EPIC: Colossal Questions: What Was the First Cartoon? (2:45)
- EPIC: Movie Magic Animation
– R1 – R23, if time allows
-	Draw examples in the Interactive Glossary about endangered animals.
Endangered and Extinct Amphibians, by: Candice Random (Hewitt's Ghost Frog, pgs. 10-11)
Endangered and Extinct Fish, by: Jennifer Boothroyd (Bocaccio Rockfish, pgs. 10-11)
Endangered and Extinct Mammals, by: Jennifer Boothroyd (Asian Elephants, pgs. 6-7)