Grade Two Curriculum Related Sites:


Literacy | ABCya! | Learn to Read at Starfall | Reading Matrix | Reading Planet | Phonics | Vocabulary Game | Synonyms & Antonyms | Homophone Introduction | Homophone Exercises | Kizclub | Word World | Core Knowledge Lesson Plans & Units | Word Build & Bank | Word Sort-Short Vowel Families | Picture Match-beginning letter, short & long vowel sounds | Between the Lions | Little Animals Activity Center | SuperWhy! | Phonological Awareness
Comprehension |
Into the Book | What's in the Bag | The Patchworker Game | Story Map Interactive | The Mystery Cube | Word Girl |
Vocabulary | Between the Lions | Synonym Sam's Lab | Eye on Idioms
Fluency | Storyline | Between the Lions

Writing | Storybook Maker | Poetry Forms | Acrostic Poems | Diamante Poems | Letter Generator | Fractured Fairy Tales
Electronic Text | Squish the Fish | Animals | Dinosphere-non-readers | Dinosphere-early readers | Dinosphere-readers | Creature Feature | Weird News | The Disaster Area |
Math | Virtual Manipulatives | Primary Interactive Math | Crickweb | Topmarks | Aunty Math | Changemaking Game | Changemaking Lesson | Count Us In | Count Your Chickens | Interactive Mathematics | Mr. Martini's Flashcards | Printable Number Worksheets | 100th Day Ideas | 100th Day Hotlist | 300 Ideas for 100th Day of School | Grids & Graphs w/Kid Pix | Draggable Math | Count Us In | Interactive Mathematics | Pattern Blocks | Mr. Martini's Flashcards
Science
| Science Clips
Media
| Shelving Game

Soil | Dig It! the Secrets of Soil

STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM OF A TREE

1. What changes occur in trees over time?

2. How do trees affect our everyday life?

Structure & System of a Tree | Trees of Needham | Tree Identification | Real Trees 4 Kids | Tree Planting Campaign | Dr. Arbor Talks Trees | EEK! A Tree's True Color | Kids for Trees | Label Tree Anatomy | Arboretum Cyber-Walk | Fall Foliage | Lorax Game | Field Guide | Rain Forest Strata | American Forests | Biomes | Exploring the Secret Life of Trees | Tree Activities | Tree Finder | Measuring Trees | Terrific Trees Competition | Treetures | Tree Lessons | What Tree is That? | Trees are Terrific | Billion Tree Program | What's it like where you live? | Tree Encyclopedia | Identify America's Common Trees | Tree Lore | Common Tree Index | Trees of North America |
Why leaves change color
| Autumn Leaves | Autumn Leaf Scrapbook | Awesome Autumn | Fall Color | Why Leaves Change Color | Why Leaves Change Color | Why Leaves Change Color | Why Leaves Change Color | Why Leaves Change Color | Why Leaves Change Color | Why Leaves Change Color | Why Leaves Change Color in the Fall | Why Leaves Change Color | Why Leaves Change Color | Fall Crafts, Decorations & Printouts | Fall Themes | The Miracle of Fall | Nature in Your Back Yard |

COMMUNITY ANIMALS
1. Why do certain animals live in our community?

Amphibians | Amphibiaweb | Amphibians | What is an Amphibian? | Amphibians | Froghoo | Frogs & Toads | Frogs vs. Toads | Life Cycle of a Frog | Morphology of a Frog | A Thousand Friends of Frogs | Frogs & toads in Color & Sound | Salamanders & Newts | Salamanders & Newts | Salamanders & Newts | Newts | Salamanders | Amphibians | Alligators & Crocodiles |
Community Animals
  | Animal Fact Guide | Animal Bytes | National Geographic Animals | eNature Field Guide | Reptiles & Amphibians | Frog Quiz | Animal Communities | Animals | The Food Chain | Worm WorldClassifying Critters | Amazing Animals | Animal Adaptation | Awesome Animals | The Food Chain | All About Birds | Fish FAQs | Mammals | North American Mammals | Reptile Printouts | Sea World | Animal Diversity Web | Animal Names | Nocturnal Animals | Predators & Prey | The Great Habitat Game | Animal JeopardyBats Bats Everywhere | Incredible World of Mammals | Predators & Prey | Rabbits & Wolves | Wild New England
Farm Animals | Virtual Farm Trip
Webcams/Galleries |
Webquests | Farmers Farmers Everywhere |
Wild Animals  | Snowshoe Hares | A Wild Animal Reserve | Virtual Game Reserve | Animals of the Arctic | Arctic Wildlife | Animal Tracks | Camouflage | Animal Life Cycle Lesson
Zoos | Brevard Zoo | Birmingham Zoo | Bronx Zoo | Indianapolis Zoo | Nashville Zoo | National Zoo | Oakland Zoo | Oregon Zoo | San Diego Zoo | Zoos | Exzooberance | Switcheroo Zoo | Smithsonian Nat'l Zoological Park |

MAGNETISM
1. What are the characteristics of a magnet?

2. How does a magnet work?

3. How do we use magnets in daily life?

Magnetism  | Magnetism | Magnetism | BrainPop Movie | Seeing Magnetic Field Patterns in 3D | What is a Magnetic Field? | Electricity & Magnetism | Electricity & Magnetism Lesson | Magnet Lessons | Magnets Lesson | What is Magnetization? | Kinds of Magnets | Magnets | How Magnets Work | Cool Experiments | Snacks about Magnetism | Iron in Cereal | Magnet Man | Magnetism Snacks | Magnetic Fields | The Wonders of Electricity & Magnetism Video | Electricity & Magnetism Topics | Magnetism Game |

FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY-Location, Place, Relationships, Movement, Regions
1. How does geography affect the way people live or lived?

2. How does geography help me understand more about the world?

3. How does literature help me understand geography?

The Five Themes of Geography | 5 Themes of Geography | Five Themes of Geography The Five Themes of Geography | The Five Traditional Themes of Geography | The Five Themes of Geography | Five Times Five: Activities | Geography Game | How Far is it? | Rainforest | Safari Touch Tank | Continent & World Outline Maps

THE SENSES
1. How do we use our senses to explore the world around us?

2. How would life be affected in the absence of one or more of our senses?

Feeling | Touching | The Skin | Touch Experiments
Hearing | Let's Hear it for the Ear! | Sound | The Ear | Hearing Movie-Quicktime | Ear Animation | Virtual Tour of the Ear | Ears & Hearing Lessons | Hearing Experiments
Seeing | A Big Look at the Eye Safe Eyes Quiz | Eyesight-an Insight Thinkquest | Anatomy of an Eye | Color Blindness Test | Do You Wear Glasses? Here's Why | The Eye | Sight Experiments | Anatomia | How Vision Works | Sight | A Perception of Vision Eye Site | More Links | Lesson Plan Ideas
Smelling | Smell | What the Nose Knows | Animated Nasal Passages | Smelling | The Nose Knows | Smell Experiments
Tasting | Tasting | Physiology of Taste | That's Tasty | Name That Taste Lesson
The Senses | Brainpop Movies | Coming to Our Senses | Come To Your Senses | Human Senses-BBC | Seeing, Hearing & Smelling the World | Sense-sational | Senses | The Five Senses | Five Senses Lessons | Taste, Touch & Smell Lesson | Your Sense of Taste & Smell | Interactive Body-Senses Game | Sight & Sound Reflexes | Neuroscience for Kids | Enchanted Learning | How the Body Works | Yucky Gross & Cool Body | 10 Activities |

USEFUL ROCKS AND MINERALS
1. How are rocks and minerals formed?

2. How are rocks and minerals useful to me?

Rocks & Minerals | Rock Cycles-Interactive
Igneous | | Pumice | Pumice | Pumice | Granite | Obsidian
Metamorphic | Gneiss | Gneiss | Gneiss | Schist | Schist
Sedimentary | Sedimentary Rock Definition | Limestone | Limestone | Sandstone | Sandstone | Shale | Shale | Conglomerate | Conglomerate | Gypsum | Gypsum |
Mineral Images | Discover How Rocks are Formed Animations | | Rock Hounds | Mineralogy Database | Mineralogy Database | GeomysteriesRock Differences | Bob's Rock Shop | GeoMysteries | Junior Rockhound | Sedimentary Rocks on Mars | Mineral & Gemstone Kingdom | Mineral Identification Key | Name that Rock! | Pebble Pups | Discover How Rocks are Formed | Rocks & Minerals Links | Rock Cycle Movie | Rock Cycle Song | Growing Crystals Activity | Sedimentary Rock Snacks | Clausthal Mineral Collection | Geomysteries | Rock Activities | Rock Jokes | Rock Model ActivityRock & Mineral Sites | This Planet Really Rocks ThinkquestFI Rocks & Minerals | Rocks & Minerals Links | Rocks Webquest | Rocks and Minerals | Rocks for Kids | Rocky the Rockhound | Plate Tectonics | USGS Sites