Healthy Animals
- 1. Hatching eggs!
- 2. Babies!
- 3. Stranded!
- 4. Healthy hearts!
- 5. Deep inside my lunch box
- 6. Pack a healthy picnic!
Year 2 Science
Hamilton’s science scheme provides a broad but comprehensive experience of primary science that systematically covers the Year 2 science objectives of the KS1 National Curriculum for England. Year 2 consists of 6 blocks (with 6 sessions), each of which can be completed within a half-term. We present them in a recommended teaching order, but you may adapt this to fit your requirements. Working scientifically, investigations and meaningful outcomes are fully incorporated in each block.
Hamilton's science session are freely available to all. Friends and School Subscribers can access some additional supporting material, including year and block overviews, key concept lists and assessment grids.
Materials Matter
- 1. Mopping up
- 2. Are bricks absorbant?
- 3. Waterproofing materials
- 4. Printing
- 5. Resist the wax!
- 6. Melting and moulding
Ready, Steady, Grow!
- 1. Spreading seeds part 1
- 2. Spreading seeds part 2
- 3. Hydroponics in the classroom
- 4. Growing cress
- 5. How has the bean grown?
- 6. Eating cress
Habitats
- 1. Dead or alive!
- 2. Microhabitats
- 3. Go large!
- 4. Food chains
- 5. Designing a bug hotel
- 6. Making a bug hotel
Squash, Bend, Twist, Stretch
- 1. Which ball is the bounciest?
- 2. Which fabric is the stretchiest?
- 3. Testing rigidity
- 4. Tough and flexible
- 5. Which is the strongest paper?
- 6. Paper bridges
Gardens and Allotments
- 1. Making a playground allotment
- 2. Making a micro-habitat
- 3. Farming and food chains
- 4. Food chain game
- 5. Transfer of energy
- 6. Eating the spoils