Science Launch Grade 2
Hands-on investigations, weekly missions, and grown-up debrief notes.
Free, start to finish. No card. Every week opens without signing in.
- Grade
- Grade 2
- Length
- 12 weeks
- Pace
- 6 short lessons a week, about 15 minutes each
- Price
- Free, every week
About this course
Science Launch Grade 2 is a 12-week online science course. Each week explores one question with short daily lessons, a hands-on investigation using household materials, quick checks that give a hint before the answer, and a Saturday Launch Lab the family does together, with a debrief note for the grown-up.
Kids will
- Build observation habits: describe what you see, measure when you can
- Frame a question as a hypothesis (introductory)
- Run a controlled experiment safely at home
- Record results in a science notebook
- Connect each week's experiment to a real-world phenomenon
- Present a finding to a parent in 60 seconds
The 12 weeks
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Week 1
What Is It Made Of?
Describe materials by their properties
NGSS 2-PS1-1
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Week 2
Sort It Out
Classify materials by what you observe
NGSS 2-PS1-1
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Week 3
The Right Stuff
Test which material is best for a job
NGSS 2-PS1-2
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Week 4
Big From Small
Many small pieces build different objects
NGSS 2-PS1-3
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Week 5
Warm It, Cool It
Heating and cooling change matter
NGSS 2-PS1-4
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Week 6
What Plants Need to Grow
Test light and water for plants
NGSS 2-LS2-1
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Week 7
Seed Travelers
Animals and wind move seeds
NGSS 2-LS2-2
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Week 8
Life in Every Habitat
Compare plants and animals in different places
NGSS 2-LS4-1
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Week 9
Fast and Slow Changes
Earth changes quickly or slowly
NGSS 2-ESS1-1
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Week 10
Hold the Land
Slow wind and water from changing land
NGSS 2-ESS2-1
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Week 11
Map It
Model the shapes of land and water
NGSS 2-ESS2-2
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Week 12
Where Is the Water?
Oceans, rivers, lakes and ice
NGSS 2-ESS2-3
Standards practiced. NGSS: 2-PS1-1, 2-PS1-2, 2-PS1-3, 2-PS1-4, 2-LS2-1, 2-LS2-2, K-2-ETS1-2, 2-LS4-1, 2-ESS1-1, 2-ESS2-1, K-2-ETS1-3, 2-ESS2-2, 2-ESS2-3. Each week explores one question, with short lessons Monday to Friday and a family Launch Lab on Saturday.
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Try Week 1 today.
Open the course, pick Day 1 and go. Make a free parent account when you want progress saved for each kid.