Second graders learn simple geography and economics. Second graders will construct simple maps and drawings of their home, classroom, school or neighborhood. They use geographic terms to describe landforms, bodies of water, weather, and climate. Science Second graders learn to use basic science skills. Second graders are naturally very excited about science.
Second graders learn to handle living things and science equipment carefully.
Second graders choose the correct equipment for doing scientific procedures, learn to treat the equipment with care, and set up and clean up as part of the process. Handling living things with care is a part of these lessons. There are a variety of topics that second graders study in science class. Second graders will study plant and animal life cycles, characteristics, and changes. They may observe an egg, tadpole, frog cycle or a seed, plant, flower, and seed cycle.