Year 2 science

IXL offers dozens of Year 2 science skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalised Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, national curriculum, or standardised test.

IXL offers dozens of Year 2 science skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalised Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, national curriculum, or standardised test.

C. Comparing

  1. 1
    Long and short
  2. 2
    Light and heavy
  3. 3
    Hot and cold
  4. 4
    Fast and slow

D. Heating and cooling

  1. 1
    Changes caused by heating and cooling

E. Light and sound

  1. 1
    More light or less light
  2. 2
    Which lets light go through?
  3. 3
    How do we use light and sound to communicate?

F. Force and motion

  1. 1
    Push and pull
  2. 2
    Investigate pushes and pulls
  3. 3
    The way things move
  4. 4
    What objects can a magnet pull?
  5. 5
    How do magnets push and pull each other?

I. Living things

  1. 1
    Identify living and non-living things
  2. 2
    Identify plants and animals
  3. 3
    Compare plants and animals
  4. 4
    Compare young living things to their parents

J. Ecosystems

  1. 1
    How do living things change their environments to meet their needs?
  2. 2
    How do grey squirrels change the forest to meet their needs?

K. Earth's resources

  1. 1
    Earth materials: water, rocks and soil
  2. 2
    Bodies of water
  3. 3
    Classify rocks and minerals
  4. 4
    Natural resources

L. Human impacts

  1. 1
    Reduce, reuse, recycle

M. Astronomy

  1. 1
    The daytime sky
  2. 2
    The night sky

N. Engineering practices

  1. 1
    Design a race car track