Year 2 Science

Science in Year 2 is engaging and fun. We learn about living things and their habitats, plants, animals (including humans), and uses of everyday materials. We also learn how to work scientifically, how to observe closely, and how to record observations.

This block, Year 2 have been looking at healthy hearts in science. We started the block studying the life cycle of chickens. We then went onto understanding that exercise makes the heart work harder and is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle. We found out about healthy lunch box food and we are finishing the block by making a healthy snack for a picnic.

In these pictures year 2 were doing exercise to make their heart work harder. The objective of the lesson was to feel their heart pumping before and after running in the playground and discover that exercise makes your heart pump harder and faster! We carouselled around different physical activities to observe the effects, to answer questions and to record the findings.

At the end of the lesson we understood that exercise makes the heart work and that warming up before exercise is important. We knew that some exercise makes the heart beat fast and some slows it down, and we begun to understand that we can observe changes and record data in a simple table.