Grade 2 – Connecting Energy to Physical & Chemical Processes

• Materials can be changed through physical and chemical processes

• Demonstrate curiosity and a sense of wonder about the world
• Observe objects and events in familiar contexts
• Ask questions about familiar objects and events
• Make simple predictions about familiar objects and events
• Make and record observations
• Safely manipulate materials to test ideas and predictions
• Make and record simple measurements using informal or non-standard methods
• Sort and classify data and information using drawings, pictographs and provided tables
• Compare observations with predictions through discussion
• Compare observations with those of others
• Consider some environmental consequences of their actions
• Communicate observations and ideas using oral or written language, drawing, or role-play

• Physical ways of changing materials
• Chemical ways of changing materials

• Why would we want to change the physical properties of an object?
• What are some natural processes that involve chemical and physical changes?

• Designs grow out of natural curiosity
• Skills can be developed through play

• Effective collaboration relies on clear, respectful communication
• Everything we learn helps us to develop skills
• Learning is a lifelong enterprise

• Stories and other texts can be shared through pictures and words
• Through listening and speaking, we connect with others and share our world
• Curiosity and wonder lead us to new discoveries about ourselves and the world around us

• Engagement in the arts creates opportunities for inquiry
  through purposeful play.
• People connect to others and share ideas through the arts.

Chemical and Physical Changes

Solids, Liquids and Gases

The water cycle

What is Energy?

Solar Energy and Chemical Changes in Plants

Flow of Energy in Food Chains

Create a Worm Composter

Plants and Chemical Changes

Lava Lamps and Yeast Balloon Experiments

Making Bubbles

Dry Ice Bubbles

Observing Changes in Plants and How They React to the Light