NH 2nd Grade Science Curriculum
Give your child the support they need to keep up with New Hampshire's 2nd grade science curriculum, from animal diversity and forces to water systems and energy.
About 2nd Grade New Hampshire science
New Hampshire's 2nd grade science follows the NH College and Career Ready Science Standards, which are aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards. Students explore life science through growth patterns, reproduction, animal diversity, and plant diversity; physical science through states of matter, physical changes, forces, and movement; and earth science through water systems, weather, and forms of energy. StudyPug provides step-by-step lessons and practice problems for every strand in this course.
- Strands: life science (growth, reproduction, animal and plant diversity), physical science (matter, forces, movement, energy), and earth science (water systems, weather)
- Video lessons for every 2nd grade science topic, taught by certified teachers
- Practice problems and worked examples aligned to New Hampshire science standards
- Smart recommendations and parent assignments to track progress
Curriculum topics by strand
Browse lessons and practice problems for every strand, aligned to the NH College and Career Ready Science Standards.
NH 2nd Grade Science Topics
- Advanced Methods and Foundation Review: Scientific thinking skills and foundational concepts that run through the whole course.
- Growth Patterns and Reproduction: How living things grow, change, and reproduce across their life cycles.
- Animal Diversity and Plant Diversity: Comparing the structures and traits of different animals and plants.
- States of Matter and Physical Changes: Solids, liquids, and gases, and how matter changes form.
- Types of Forces and Movement: How pushes, pulls, and other forces cause objects to move.
- Water Systems and Weather: The water cycle, weather patterns, and how they shape the environment.
- Forms of Energy: Light, heat, sound, and other forms of energy in everyday life.
- Resource Use and Human Impact: How people use natural resources and affect the environment.
- Problem Solving and Traditional Knowledge: Engineering design thinking and knowledge passed across generations.
How StudyPug Helps NH 2nd Grade Science Students
When your child gets stuck on a topic like states of matter or animal diversity, StudyPug lets them go back to the exact lesson they need, watch it as many times as they like, and then try practice problems with step-by-step explanations. You can find grade 2 science help covering every strand in this course, from forces and movement to water systems and weather. Parents can also use the parent assignments feature to set focused practice sessions and track what their child is working on.
Students who are moving up from 1st grade or looking ahead can explore the nh grade 1 science curriculum for earlier concepts, or preview the nh grade 3 science curriculum to see what comes next.
Aligned to NH 2nd Grade Science Curriculum
Every lesson and practice problem on StudyPug is built to match the NH College and Career Ready Science Standards, which follow the Next Generation Science Standards framework. That means when your child works through a topic in StudyPug, it directly reflects what their New Hampshire school is teaching in 2nd grade science class.
Written by the StudyPug Science Team
Last updated June 5, 2026
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