Grade 2 Science: Solids and Liquids

Free Grade 2 Science unit on Solids and Liquids: 10 lessons in order, starting with What is matter?. Includes practice questions and answer keys.

10 lessons in this unit

Learn that everything around us that takes up space and has mass is matter, and that matter comes as solids, liquids and gases.

Explore solid materials such as wood, metal, plastic, glass and fabric and what makes each useful.

Explore liquids such as water, milk, oil and juice and how they flow, take the shape of containers and can be measured.

Describe and test properties of solids such as hardness, strength, flexibility, roughness and whether they float or sink.

Describe and test properties of liquids such as flowing, thickness, colour, mixing and whether they dissolve things.

Compare solids and liquids by shape, flow, volume and what they do in containers.

Learn how some solid materials can be bent, stretched, squashed and twisted, and which changes can be reversed.

Learn that some solids melt and become liquids when they get warmer, and observe melting safely with ice.

Learn that liquids become solids when they get cold enough, and observe freezing safely with water in a freezer.

Apply what we know about solids and liquids to everyday life: cooking, building, drinking, cleaning and choosing the right material.