Year 2 Science

Unit 1 – Living things in their Environment

  1. Sorting Living Things.
  2. Environment
  3. Habitats
  4. Migration and Hibernation.
  5. Changes in the Environment – Endangered Species.
  6. Weather

Unit 2 – Material Properties

  1. Describing Materials
  2. Properties of Materials.
  3. Material choices.
  4. Rocks
  5. Fossils

    Unit 3 – Material Changes

    1. Reversible and Irreversible Change.
    2. Heating and Cooling.
    3. Solids, Liquids and Gases.
    4. Changes in cooking.
    5. Dissolving.

    Unit 4 – Light and Dark

    1. Seeing with Light.
    2. Darkness – Absence of light.
    3. Sources of light.
    4. Reflection.
    5. Light Travels.
    6. Shadows.

    Unit 5 – Electricity

    1. Uses of Electricity.
    2. Electricity – Mains or Cells.
    3. Electrical Safety.
    4. Electrical Circuits.
    5. Switches.
    6. Static Electricity.

    Unit 6 – The Earth and Beyond

    1. What is space?
    2. The Solar System.
    3. Planets in their orbits.
    4. The Earth’s Axis – Day and night.
    5. The Sun and Moon.
    6. Constellations.