Science for 2nd grade
Earth, life and physical science, and how scientists work.
- Plant growth logPrintable
A free printable plant growth log for a seed experiment: eight rows with a date, a height, a box to draw what you see and lines for words. Edit the days, print and measure as the plant grows.
- Monthly weather chartPrintable
A free printable monthly weather chart: a calendar with a box for each day to draw or write the weather, and lines to make a key. Choose the month, print and post by the window.
- Top 9 free science fair rubrics and judging sheets (2026)List
Peabody Teach's science fair project rubric is our number one: one rubric already split into K-2, 3-5 and 6-8. Ranked, with price, a limit and how we chose.
Checked 2026-10-30
- Nature bookmarks to colorPrintable
Free printable bookmarks to color with nature scenes: mountains and a sun, flowers, birds and clouds, or planets and stars, eight to a page. Choose a scene, print, color and cut.
- Word wall sound headersPrintable
Free printable word wall headers for sounds: sh, ch, th, wh, ck, ng and qu, four to a page, each with starter words. Edit the sounds, print and cut apart.
- Class skills checklistPrintable
A free printable class skills checklist: a row for each child, a column for each skill, a box to tick. Type your own skills and your class list, which stays in this browser, and print.
- 60 brain breaks for the classroomIdea
Sixty brain breaks sorted by kind: learning breaks, partner breaks, quick games, one-minute resets, calming breaks and hallway walks, each with what to do and the grades it fits.
- Typing for your class: a free course, tests and printable sheetsGuide
Run Peabody's free typing course with a class: 18 lessons with no student accounts, typing tests of 1, 3 and 5 minutes, a printable sheet for each lesson, and a link that shows each seat's words a minute.
Checked 2026-11-10
- 25 calm-corner ideasIdea
Twenty-five ideas for a classroom calm corner: where to put it, what goes in it, the calming routines to teach and how to keep it from becoming a hiding place.
- Science fair rubrics by grade: a K–2 poster, a 3–5 project and a 6–8 experimentGuide
Free science fair rubrics matched to grade: a K–2 poster, a 3–5 project and a 6–8 experiment, what each row scores, how to print them for judges or change a cell.
- Timeline makerMaker
Type events with a date or a step and a picture, and print a long landscape timeline or reveal it one event at a time on the projector. Free, no sign-in.
- 25 phonemic awareness activities you can do in five minutesIdea
Twenty-five quick, oral phonemic awareness activities for Pre-K to 1st grade, from clapping syllables to changing sounds, each with what to say, what you need and the grades it fits.
- 30 science experiments with kitchen suppliesIdea
Thirty classroom science experiments using kitchen supplies, with what to do, what to notice, the question to ask, safety notes and the grades each fits.
- Elkonin sound boxesTool
Push a counter into a box for each sound in a word, with two to five boxes and word sets from the phonics lists. Free, no sign-in.
- 25 PE games for small spacesIdea
Twenty-five PE games for a classroom, a hallway or a corner of the gym, with soft equipment and no long outs, each with how to set up, what you need and the grades it fits.
- Voice level chartTool
A big 0 to 4 voice level for the board: silent, whisper, partner voice, presenting voice and outside voice. Tap to set it. Free, no sign-in.
- Morning meeting calendar boardTool
Today's date, a weather picker, days of school, a counting-on strip and class jobs on one screen for morning meeting. Free, no sign-in.
- Animal wheelTool
A random animal spinner with sixteen animals from lions to octopuses. Use it for science research, drawing prompts, charades, animal habitats and writing.
- Space pack: five sky sheets and ten space quizzesPrintable
Free space printables and quizzes for K–8: tonight's sky sheet, a Moon journal, a meteor shower tally, star pattern cards, the planets in order, and ten read-aloud quizzes.
Checked 2026-10-30
- Animal science lessons and report sheets, with NGSS codesPrintable
Free five-minute animal science lessons read aloud (adaptations, life cycles, food chains, animal groups, fossils) with NGSS codes, quizzes and printables, plus animal report sheets by grade.
Checked 2026-10-31
- Planets wheelTool
A planets spinner with all eight planets and the five dwarf planets. Spin, the class says what they know, and a hidden note shows its place from the Sun. Free and fair.
- Speech sound picture cards for practicePrintable
Free printable picture cards for practicing speech sounds at the start of words, by sound, with a word list and a practice sheet. For a speech-language pathologist, teacher or family.
Checked 2026-11-08
- Winter bingo cardsMaker
Free Winter bingo cards: 34 words on unique printable cards, 3×3 to 5×5, with a caller list and a projector caller. Edit the words and print.
- A Seed Grows: 2nd grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about plants for 2nd grade, 107 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.