Matter Around Us – Grade 2

🎯 Matter Around Us – Grade 2 (42 Original printable Worksheets)

Explore the fascinating world of physical science with Matter Around Us, a comprehensive, NGSS-aligned activity packet designed specifically for Grade 2 young scientists. This engaging collection features 42 original printable worksheets that guide students through observing, testing, and understanding solids, liquids, gases, observable properties, material purposes, and physical changes.

What’s Included in the Packet?

This resource covers a complete progression of core physical science concepts through classification exercises, comparison tasks, predictions, short reading passages, and hands-on design challenges:

• States of Matter: Discover what matter is, explore the differences between solids, liquids, and gases, and learn how each state behaves (such as solids keeping their shape, liquids taking container shapes, and gases taking up space).

• Observable Properties: Investigate how scientists describe matter using texture (smooth or rough), hardness (hard or soft), flexibility (bend or stay stiff), light appearance (shiny or dull), absorbency, waterproof qualities, transparency, and opacity.

• Material Selection & Design Challenges: Test and choose materials for specific purposes, compare materials for the same job, build sturdy structures, design a waterproof roof, and construct a strong bridge.

• Assembling & Taking Apart: Explore how small pieces make new objects and how objects can be taken apart and rebuilt.

• Heating, Cooling & State Changes: Investigate the effects of heating and cooling, including melting, freezing, evaporation, condensation, reversible changes, and irreversible changes.

• Mixtures & Behaviors in Water: Learn about mixtures, methods for separating mixtures, magnetic materials, and sinking versus floating.

• Review & Application: Engage in critical thinking with “Matter Detective” mystery material activities, reading explanations, and final check-ups.

Key Features & Standards Alignment

• Standards-Aligned: Aligned to Grade 2 NGSS Physical Science standards, especially 2-PS1-1 through 2-PS1-4 (describing and classifying materials by observable properties, testing materials for intended purposes, assembling/taking apart pieces, and investigating changes caused by heating or cooling).

• Grown-Up’s Guide Included: Features a simple introductory guide for parents and teachers with helpful science tips, such as encouraging children to handle safe everyday materials and describe observations before naming scientific ideas.

• Certificate of Completion: Includes a printable certificate at the end to proudly celebrate the student’s achievement after completing all 42 science worksheets.

Ideal For:

• 2nd Grade Classrooms and Science Centers

• Homeschooling Curricula

• STEM Enrichment and Inquiry-Based Learning

• After-School Tutoring and Summer Science Practice

Observe. Test. Discover matter all around you! Equip your second-grader with the foundational science tools they need to explore the material world with confidence.