SCIENCE SYLLABUS
Welcome to the this section.Science is incorporated as a cross-curricular activity which allows children to improve their overall education while also acquiring language profiency.
SECOND GRADE – AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER
SCIENCE
Blue Planet pages 1- 21
Objectives – To read, speak about and understand the chapter as a whole. The pupils will copy, read aloud, understand, almost memorize, illustrate, and speak about the following statements:
We can group everything into living things and nonliving things.
Living things move, breathe, eat, grow and reproduce.
Some babies look like their mothers.
Some babies don’t look like their mothers.
Butterflies grow in stages: egg, caterpillar, cocoon, and butterfly.
Frogs grow in stages: egg, tadpole, and frog.
Living things need sunlight, food, water, and air. Some living things need a shelter.
October
SCIENCE BLUE PLANET- Pages 22 to 41Objective- To read, speak about and understand the chapters as a whole.The pupils will copy, read aloud, understand, almost memorize, illustrate, and speak about the following statements:Animals live in different places.Some animals live in the forest, desert, and ocean. Some animals live in hot places. Some animals live in cold places. Some animals live on land.Some animals live in water. Some animals live on land and water. Write and speak using different examples:Some rabbits live in the forest. Some snakes live in the desert.Some fish live in the ocean. Camels live in hot places.Polar bears live in cold places. Beavers and crocodiles live on land and water.- Use the octopus example to speak about other animals.
November
BLUE PLANET Unit II – Plants
Objective- To read, speak about and understand the chapters as a whole.
The pupils will copy, read aloud, understand, almost memorize, illustrate, and speak
about the following statements:
A plant has many parts.Each part has a special function.
The flowers make the seeds.
The stem takes water from the roots to the leaves.
The leaves make food for the plant.
The roots hold the plant and take in water and minerals from the soil
To live and grow plants need sunlight, water, soil, and air.
Plants make seeds and seeds make new plants.
SECOND GRADE – DECEMBER AND JANUARY
SCIENCE
BLUE PLANET Unit III – page 74 to 88
Objective- To read, speak about and understand the chapters as a whole.
The pupils will copy, read aloud, understand, almost memorize, illustrate, and speak
about the following statements:
The weather can be: cold, rainy, windy, and sunny.
Today is a _______________ day.
The sun is a star.
The sun gives us light and heat.
There are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
The weather is warm in the spring.
The weather is hot in the summer.
The weather is cool in the autumn.
The weather is cold in the winter.
SECOND GRADE – FEBRUARY
SCIENCE
BLUE PLANET Unit III – page 89 to 101
Objective- To read, speak about and understand the chapters as a whole.
The pupils will copy, read aloud, understand, almost memorize, illustrate, and speak
about the following statements:
Plants, animals and people need clean air to breath.Trees help to clean the air.
Moving air is called wind.
The three states of water are solid, liquid and gas.The sun changes water to
clouds.
SECOND GRADE – - MARCH AND APRIL
SCIENCE
Blue planet Page 104 to 129
Objective- To read, speak about and understand the chapters as a whole.
The pupils will copy, read aloud, understand, almost memorize, illustrate, and speak
about the following statements:
I have skin. Skin covers my body. I feel things with my skin.
I feel cold things. I feel smooth things. I feel rough things.
Skin protects the inside of my body, too.
I have to protect my skin. Protect your skin from accidents, from dirt, and from
the sun. Skin protects you from germs.
My muscles work all the time. My muscles help me to move.
Bones make up my skeleton.
I have big bones and small bones.
My skull protects my brain.
My ribs protect my lungs and my heart.
My lungs help me to breathe.
My heart pumps blood to every part of my body.
SECOND GRADE – MAY
SCIENCE
Blue planet Pages 132 to 140
Objective- To read, speak about and understand the chapters as a whole.
The pupils will copy, read aloud, understand, almost memorize, illustrate, and speak about the following statements:
Unit IV – Reptiles
Reptiles are animals with a backbone.
Turtles, alligators, crocodiles, snakes, and lizards are examples of reptiles. Most reptiles have a dry, thick, waterproof skin.
The skin is covered with scales or plates.
Reptiles live in warm places. Most reptiles lay eggs.
Lizards eat insects and small animals.
Snakes eat mice.
Turtles eat small animals and plants.
Crocodiles are carnivorous.
SECOND GRADE – JUNE
SCIENCE
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