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🔬 2nd Grade · Science2-PS1-2Unit 1: Properties of matter

Best material for the job

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🎯 Objective: Students test materials to choose the best one for a purpose (e.g., an umbrella).

Lesson outline

  1. Plan a test.
  2. Test absorbency.
  3. Decide.
  4. Exit: best material and why.

Lesson 2 of 4 in this unit. In the Lesson Planner this lesson takes 1–3 class periods depending on your timetable: day 1 introduce & model, then practice, small-group reteach and a quick check.

📐 Standard

2-PS1-2

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Grade 2 — typical US unit order

🏁 Unit goals

  • Classify materials by observable properties
  • Test which materials suit a purpose
  • Show heating and cooling cause changes

✅ Check for understanding

End with the exit ticket in the outline. Sort answers into got it / almost / not yet and start the next lesson with a 5-minute reteach for the “not yets”.

Practice & resources on Thinkabara

🦫 Encyclopedia: Science🦫 Kids encyclopedia⚡ Capy Live class quiz

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More lessons in “Properties of matter”

  1. Describing materials
  2. Best material for the job
  3. Small pieces, big objects
  4. Heating and cooling

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