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Yukon · Grade 2

Science

Life cycles; forces; water is essential and cycles through the environment

Yukon First Nations ways of knowing, doing and being are integrated in this subject, using Yukon content and resources.

Outline

Lessons for this subject are being written.

Below is how the official curriculum organizes it. Each strand will get full lessons like the ones in Grade 1 Mathematics.

Curriculum strands

BBiology

Metamorphic and non-metamorphic life cycles; similarities between offspring and parents; First Peoples knowledge of life cycles

CChemistry

Physical and chemical changes to materials

PPhysics

Types of forces and how they affect motion

EEarth and Space Science

Water sources, including local watersheds; water conservation; the water cycle; First Peoples knowledge of water