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Sigma Science - Year 2
Primary science resources for the four units of the Programme of Study for Year 2.
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Animals including Humans
Pupils should be taught to:
• notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults ;
• find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air);
• describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene.- Y2 Why we Eat and Drink
- Y2 Why do we Eat and Drink?
- Y2 The Basic Needs of Baby Humans
- Y2 Matching Young and Adult Animals
- Y2 Matching Baby and Adult Animals
- Y2 Keeping Healthy – Exercise and Diet
- Y2 Humans Grow and Change
- Y2 Growing and Changing
- Y2 Exercising
- Y2 Exercising (blank)
- Y2 Eating the Right Amount of Different Types of Food
- Y2 Eating Different Kinds of Food
- Y2 Eating and Drinking
- Y2 Children and Young Animals Grow
- Y2 Animal Reproduction and Growth
- Y2 All Animals Need to Eat
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Living Things and their Habitats
Pupils should be taught to:
• explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive;
• identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other;
• identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including micro-habitats
• describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name different sources of food.- Y2 Growing into Adults
- Y2 Simple Food Chain (2)
- Y2 Simple Food chain
- Y2 Ocean Habitat Food Chain
- Y2 Matching Animals to their Habitats (2)
- Y2 Looking for Plants and Animals
- Y2 Living or Non-living?
- Y2 Living and Non-living Things
- Y2 Where do I live? (1)
- Y2 Am I Living or Non-Living?
- Y2 Food Chains
- Y2 Describing Local Habitats
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Plants
Pupils should be taught to:
• observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants;
• find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy.- Y2 What do Seeds Need to Start Growing? (Investigation Booklet)
- Y2 Plant Reproduction
- Y2 What do Seeds Need to Start Growing?
- Y2 Watering Plants
- Y2 Predicting Germination and Plant Growth
- Y2 Plants and Light
- Y2 Comparing Growing Conditions
- Y2 Predicting Germination and Plant Growth
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Uses of Everyday Materials
Pupils should be taught to:
• Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses;
• find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching.- Y2 Properties of Materials
- Y2 Everyday Materials
- Y2 Materials, Material Properties and their Uses
- Y2 Describing Different Materials (blank)
- Y2 Describing Different Materials
- Y2 Choosing Materials for Certain Jobs
- Y2 Using Different Materials to Make Different Things
- Y2 Materials, Material Properties and their Uses
- Y2 Describing Different Materials
- Y2 Describing Different Materials (blank)
- Y2 Common Materials and their Uses (2)
- Y2 Choosing Materials for Certain Jobs
- Y2 Scheme of Work View Resources