Grade 2 Lab / experiment
Ashfield's Cold Pipe Wrap: A Grade 2 Insulation Test
A two-session grade 2 investigation comparing a paper towel wrap and a felt wrap on cups of ice, then refreezing the melted water to show the change reverses.
Water Engineering & Design · Grade 2
Students take on design and testing challenges drawn from real infrastructure, including filters, towers, dams, and stormwater improvements, with budgets and constraints.
10 materials written for this grade · refine by type, topic, or standard in the catalog
Grade 2 Lesson plan
Barnhill's Model Water Tower: Measuring Height in Inches
A 50-minute grade 2 lesson in which students raise a model water tower, measure how far the water reaches, and solve height problems in inches within 100.
Grade 2 Classroom activity
Crabapple Pond's Floating Boom: A Grade 2 Design Station
A 35-minute grade 2 station activity in which teams build floating booms from yarn, foil, and straws to corral floating litter in a tub and compare two designs.
Grade 2 Math problem set
Pebblewood's Rain Catcher Contest: A Grade 2 Bar Graph Set
A grade 2 problem set built on four teams' rain catcher results, with bar graph reading and one- and two-step add and subtract problems within 100.
Grade 2 Worksheet
Rockaway Pond's Muddy Water: A Filter Layer Worksheet
A grade 2 worksheet in which students compare test results from a cloth filter and a cloth-and-sand filter, subtract within 100, and pick the better design.
Grade 2 Lesson plan
Sparrowfield's Fish Tank Water Line: A Cover Design Lesson
A two-session grade 2 lesson in which students design jar covers that slow evaporation, test three setups, and argue which cover the class fish tank needs.
Grade 2 Worksheet
Tidewell Art Room's Dripping Tap: A Drip Catcher Worksheet
A grade 2 worksheet in which students read five days of test data from two drip catcher designs, add and subtract within 100, and choose the better design.
Grade 2 Lesson plan
Tinwick School's Downspout Puddle: A Splash Pad Design Lesson
A 45-minute grade 2 lesson in which students define the puddle problem under a school downspout, sketch a splash pad, and solve inch-length problems.
Grade 2 Classroom activity
Wheelhouse Street's Straw Pipeline Build Challenge
A 40-minute grade 2 team challenge in which groups estimate, join, and measure straw pipelines to carry water 30 inches from a model tank to a house cup.
Grade 2 Classroom activity
Rainy Day at the Model House: A Grade 2 Rain Diverter Design Activity
Grade 2 teams define why water pools at a model house's door, then design, build, and test two foil or index-card diverters to route rain to a rain garden cup.