2nd Grade Activities

Create a class garden with this lesson plan. Your students will observe the growth of the plants after the garden has…

Class Garden

Subjects

Science

Plants and Botany

Plant Life Cycles

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This printable science activity focuses on fossil facts, allowing students to learn about fossils by writing vocabulary…

All About Fossils

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Science

Earth Science

Geology

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Grow herbs indoors all year by creating a mini-greenhouse.

Herbs in the Classroom

Subjects

Science

Plants and Botany

Earth Science

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Sunflowers, Van Gogh, and You

Students will taste sunflower seeds, plant sunflowers, research Vincent van Gogh, and paint a picture of a sunflower.

Subjects

Social Studies and History

Community and Ways of Life

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

By making their own miniature garden, students can observe first hand how plants grow.

Subjects:

Science

Biology

Plants and Botany

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Try a printable science activity that focuses on careers related to plants. Use this activity as a supplement to your…

Careers: Who Am I?

Subjects:

Social Studies and History

Plants and Botany

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Students press flowers and plants with heavy books to make lovely decorations. Then, they use the pressed flowers to…

Flower and Leaf Press

Subjects

Science

Plants and Botany

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Students can make their own mini-environments with plastic soda bottles, seeds, and small plants.

Soda Bottle Terrarium

Subjects:

Science

Biology

Plants and Botany

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Try a printable science activity that focuses on identifying the byproducts of plants.

A Slice of Spice

Subjects:

Library Resources

Reading and Literature

Plants and Botany

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Plants & Trees Printable Book (Grades K-4)

Browse a printable teacher resource book that covers plants in a fun and skill-oriented way. Activities include word…

Subjects:

Science

Plants and Botany

Earth Science

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Flower Power Science Activity

In this science activity, students dissect a flower to learn about how plants grow from seeds.

Subjects:

Science

Biology

Plants and Botany

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The Mountain That Loved a Bird

Activities and resources to teach The Mountain That Loved a Bird, written by Alice McLerran and illustrated by Eric…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Birds

Plants and Botany

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Try a printable science activity that focuses on modes of seed travel.

Fly, Little Dandelion

Subjects:

Seeds and Pollination

Science Activities and Experiments

Creative Writing

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Teach young children about the life cycle of a plant with this hands-on gardening activity and worksheet.

Plant Secrets Activities

Subjects:

Science

Plants and Botany

Plant Life Cycles

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Try a printable science activity that focuses on what helps plants to grow.

What a Science Project!

Subjects:

Science

Biology

Plants and Botany

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Demonstrate how plants receive water from their roots with this colorful activity.

Coloring Plants

Subjects:

Plants and Botany

Biology

Science

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Students can learn about bees and other insects by observing them on school grounds and around the neighborhood.

Looking at Bees

Subjects:

Science

Biology

Insects

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Students watch the changes of the seasons from winter to spring with a seasonal terrarium.

A Seasonal Terrarium

Subjects

Science

Plants and Botany

Seasons

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Students learn how to make bouquets out of dried peppers or flowers. This was a common Colonial decoration, so this arts…

Make a Dried Bouquet

Subjects

Social Studies and History

American History/U.S. History

Colonial America

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The Envirobox Project involves six classes from around the U.S. sending each other a shoebox containing environmental…

Box Up Your Habitat

Subjects:

Science

Earth Science

Environmental Science

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This puzzle activity asks students to identify the parts of a plant and how those parts function.

Plant Puzzler

Subjects:

Plants and Botany

Science

Biology

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