Grade 2 Science and Technology
Zoobooks - information about animals and a "virtual petting zoo" This site also has interactive games and activities. (banner advertising for their magazine)
Meet the Animals (at the Toronto Zoo) - animal videos
Kratts' Creatures - the companion web site to the PBS television program
All About Animals - large printable pictures and fact sheets about animals - grouped by habitat. The files are in Microsoft Word format, however if you save them (right click on the link and then select Save Target As...) you can open them later in WordPerfect.
EekoWorld - from PBS Kids - Try the EekoCreature and Plant & Animals sections.
Let's Talk About
Insects - from the University of Illinois
Water - topics; What is Water? Solid, Liquid Gas Water in the Air (written for a grade 3 American curriculum)
Solids and Liquids - click on "Change It!"
Strange Matter: Properties (from the Ontario Science Center)
Chem4Kids - Solids Liquids (reading level is above grade 2)
States of Matter - an animated illustration
Crash Course in Wind Energy - from the Danish Wind Industry Association
Energy Quest
- the following sections have relevant information but
the reading level is higher than grade 2
The
Energy Story
Hydro
Power
Wind
Energy
Teachers! Link to lesson
plans on this topic.
Water - topics; What is Water? Solid, Liquid Gas Water in the Air (written for a grade 3 American curriculum)
The Water Cycle at Work - an animated diagram - from the US Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water. Other links and resources available at their Kid's Stuff page.
The Water Cycle - an animated and narrated diagram (using
Shockwave)
Cloudia's Adventures through the
Water Cycle