Free Year 2 Science Worksheets for Teachers

Year 2 habitats worksheet: living, dead or never alive, a rotting log micro-habitat, animals suited to habitats and a grass, rabbit, fox food chain.

Year 2 habitats starter: four retrieval questions on polar bears, micro-habitats and cacti, then a KWL chart to finish at the end of the lesson.

Year 2 food chains cloze: fill 11 gaps about an oak tree, caterpillar, bird and red fox, then complete the woodland chain. Answers included.

Year 2 habitats worksheet: join a camel, woodlouse, polar bear, red squirrel and lobster to their homes, then match six animal features. Answers included.

Year 2 science sorting sheet: put 12 nature garden finds, from a robin to a roasted peanut and a toy robot, into living, dead or never alive. Answers included.

Year 2 woodlouse fact file: draw its microhabitat, fill six key facts boxes, find a surprising fact and say why it matters. Sample answers included.

Year 2 plants worksheet: tell a seed from a bulb, order four bean growth stages and find out what a drooping plant needs. Answers included.

Year 2 seeds and bulbs sort: put twelve plants, from sunflower and cress to onion and snowdrop, under seed or bulb. Answers included.

Year 2 growing plants knowledge organiser: six key words, what plants need, five stages from seed to flowering plant, and four questions.

Year 2 plants worksheet: label the life cycle of a bean plant from seed and sprouting seed to seedling, flowering plant and bean pods. With answers.

Year 2 plants cloze: 11 gaps on seeds, soil, roots, light and warmth, plus a question on the three things a plant needs. Answer key included.

Year 2 plants guided notes: fill 11 gaps on seeds, bulbs and what plants need, and record a dark cupboard and dry seed test. Answers included.

Year 2 animals including humans worksheet: match animals to their young, order human growth, name survival needs and spot healthy habits.

Year 2 science exit slip: name two things animals need to survive and say what a tadpole grows into. Three slips over two pages.

Year 2 mind map on the basic needs of animals: five branches on water, food, air, shelter and a need pupils choose themselves.

Year 2 healthy living sort: put 15 habits such as washing hands, swimming laps and brown bread rolls under food, exercise or keeping clean.

Year 2 science sheet: join tadpole, foal and duckling to pictures, then match six adults such as frog and bear to how their young grow. Answers included.

Year 2 science check: survival needs, exercise and the heart, food groups, five a day, 20-second hand washing and tooth brushing. 12 questions.

Year 2 materials worksheet: name materials, match squashing, stretching, twisting and bending, then explain why a paper umbrella fails.

Year 2 materials sort: put 12 workshop items such as a cricket bat, frying pan and raincoat into wood, metal and plastic, then explain choices.

Year 2 everyday materials knowledge organiser: seven key words, uses of wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick and paper, and four questions.

Year 2 materials word search: find brick, cardboard, glass, metal, paper, plastic, rock and wood in a 10 by 10 grid. Answer key included.

Year 2 cloze worksheet: fill 11 gaps about squashing a sponge, stretching a hair tie, bending a pipe cleaner and twisting a flannel. Answers included.

Year 2 materials sort: put 12 objects such as a cricket bat, Lego brick and carrier bag into Only Wood, Both or Only Plastic columns.