These Thanksgiving flash cards give preschool through 2nd grade children 18 self-checking picture and word cards for building holiday vocabulary. A card list answer key is included.
These birthday flash cards help preschool to 4th grade students learn 24 party words like cake, candles and presents. Fold-over picture cards, a practice page and an answer key are included.
These emotions flash cards help Kindergarten to 3rd Grade students name 18 feelings by reading children's faces. Fold-over cards show the face and the word. Answer key included.
Matter word wall flash cards with 16 picture cards for solid, liquid, gas, melt, evaporate and more, for 2nd to 5th grade science. Answer key included for easy checking.
Insect flash cards for kindergarten to 4th grade with 24 lifelike bug pictures, names and fun facts, plus a practice page and answer key included, to grow science vocabulary.
Learn fifteen landforms with these landforms flash cards for kindergarten to 4th grade: painted picture fronts, words and meanings inside, a practice page and an answer key included.
Using these Land Animal Flash Cards, students improve their Insect vocabulary by having a complete set of animal names they can use in their writing and discussions.
Using these Fruit Flash Cards, students improve their fruit vocabulary by describing the colorful flash cards.
Post these force and motion word wall flash cards for 2nd to 5th grade: 16 science words with kid-friendly meanings, plus a vocabulary practice page, answer key included.
These rock word wall flash cards give 2nd to 4th grade students 16 rock words with pictures and meanings, from boulder to lava. Answer key included.
These Easter flash cards help Preschool to 2nd Grade learners read and say 24 spring and holiday words, with an answer key included for quick checking.
Name twelve weather and earth events with these natural disasters flash cards for preschool to 4th grade. Fold-over picture cards, a practice page and an answer key are included.
These earth day flash cards help preschool to 2nd grade children name and read 16 picture words about caring for our planet. A practice page and answer key are included.
These insects word wall flash cards teach 1st-3rd grade students 12 science words about insect body parts and the butterfly life cycle, with a practice page and answer key included.
Space flash cards with bright pictures of the sun, moon, planets and more help kindergarten to 4th grade students learn space words and facts. An answer key is included.
These Mother's Day flash cards teach 15 holiday words with a picture on the front and the word inside. Made for Preschool to 4th Grade, with a practice page and answer key included.
These mammals cartoon flash cards help K-2nd grade children name 12 mammals and learn a fact about each one. Fold-over picture cards plus a practice page, with an answer key included.
These simple machines flash cards help 1st-3rd grade students learn the six simple machines with diagram cards and everyday object cards. Answer key included.
Plants we eat flash cards help Kindergarten to 3rd grade children match 18 foods to the root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit or seed we eat. Answer key included for quick, confident checking.
Little scientists, big questions
Second grade science is all about observing the world and asking why. Kids explore what plants need to grow (sunlight and water), how animals help plants spread seeds, and which living things live in each habitat. They study matter: sorting materials by properties like hard, soft, bendy or shiny, and seeing how heating or cooling can change them, like ice → water. In earth science they learn how wind and water slowly change the land. Along the way they track weather and seasons and learn about life cycles. The click moment is when a child makes a prediction, tests it and says "I was right!" (or "Whoa, I was wrong!").
Science is a doing subject. These moves get kids observing, predicting and explaining.
A science song is a fast way to lock in vocabulary. Play the water cycle song before the lesson, then pause it on each stage and have kids act it out: evaporation arms rising, condensation hugging tight. Kids remember the motions on the test.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withWater Cycle Song (Animated Music Video)SongsOpen it →Plant beans in two cups, one in the window and one in a dark closet. Kids draw and measure each plant every few days. By week two the difference speaks for itself, and they've learned what plants need by seeing it happen.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withPlant Needs WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →After watching or reading about butterflies, have kids draw each stage in a circle with arrows. Then cover one stage and ask what's missing. Drawing a cycle shows it never really ends, which is the big idea.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withLife Cycle of a Butterfly WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Second graders are natural scientists. These ideas let them explore.
WorksheetsKids sort pictured items into recycle, reuse and trash piles, then check the class trash can to see how we do.
Open Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Sorting Worksheet →
WorksheetsMatch animals to their habitats, then invent a brand-new animal that could survive in one of them.
Open Matching Animal Habitats Worksheet →
WorksheetsRead a thermometer every morning, record the temperature and graph the week. Is it getting warmer or colder?
Open Printable Thermometer →Teacher favorites right now: Thanksgiving Flash Cards, Birthday Flash Cards and Emotions Flash Cards.
Second graders usually study plants and what they need, animals and habitats, properties of matter, and how wind and water change the land. Many classes also study weather, seasons and life cycles.
Grow a plant from seed, melt and refreeze ice, or go on a nature walk to observe bugs and leaves. Ask "What do you think will happen?" before every experiment. Making predictions is real science.
Properties are things you can observe about a material, like its color, texture, hardness and whether it bends or floats. Second graders sort and compare materials using these properties.
Plants need sunlight, water, air and space to grow, plus nutrients from soil. Second graders often test this by growing plants with and without light or water and comparing the results.
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