What the series covers

Physical science starts with materials. Materials Detectives teaches students to observe, test and sort materials, Choosing Materials picks the best material for a job from test results, Build With Pieces rebuilds the same pieces into something new, and Heating & Cooling compares changes that can and cannot be reversed.

Life science looks at living things and where they live: Compare Habitats counts the kinds of plants and animals in different places, What Plants Need plans fair water and light tests, and Pollinators & Seeds shows how animals move pollen and seeds.

Earth science is about land and water: Shaping the Land compares fast and slow land changes and designs that stop erosion, Maps Around Us reads and checks maps of land and water, and Finding Water shows where water is found on Earth. The Water Cycle is a free bonus pack.

How every pack works

Each pack follows the same three steps. Learn cards are silent animations, one idea per card, with the key science words on screen. Review asks questions with feedback and brings back ideas a student missed. Mastery checks what each student can do on their own.

Because the cards have no audio, they work on a classroom screen for whole-class teaching or on student devices during quiet practice. Students open a pack from a link or QR code their teacher shares. When a student finishes, they can print a certificate or save it as a PDF.

Built for Grade 2 readers

Every card uses natural, complete sentences and teaches its science words before asking about them. Questions name an everyday object and its job, like a raincoat that keeps you dry, so young readers know what the question is about. On many cards students tap a picture to answer instead of reading choice words.

Each pack lists the NGSS performance expectations it supports. The cards build understanding and practice; they work alongside, not instead of, the hands-on investigations those standards describe.

Single packs or the full bundle

Two packs are free to open right away: Materials Detectives and The Water Cycle. The other packs each have their own unlock code, sold one at a time or together in the Grade 2 Full Series Bundle on the K12 Movie Guides store.

A good way to start is to open Materials Detectives on your classroom screen, teach one Learn card, and see how your class responds.

11 packs in this series

9 packs need an unlock code and 2 are free. Each pack has its own guide.

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  Look closely. Test properties. Sort what you find.

  Physical Science · Free

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  Pick the best material for a job by testing its properties.

  Physical Science

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  See how a set of small pieces can be built into many new objects.

  Physical Science

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  Find out which changes from heating or cooling can be undone.

  Physical Science

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  Compare the plants and animals that live in different places.

  Life Science

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  Explore hills, valleys and rivers, and how wind and water change land.

  Earth Science

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  Test what plants need to grow: light and water.

  Life Science

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  See how animals move pollen and help seeds travel.

  Life Science

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  Use simple maps to show the shapes of land and water.

  Earth Science

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  Find where water is on Earth, as solid ice or liquid water.

  Earth Science

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  Follow water as it moves between sky, land, and water.

  Earth Science · Free