Singapore Primary 2 Science Syllabus

This syllabus outlines the key learning objectives for Primary 2 Science, focusing on developing fundamental scientific literacy through exploration and inquiry. It covers three main domains: Core Ideas, Practices, and Values, Ethics & Attitudes. The Core Ideas are organized into five themes: Diversity, Cycles, Systems, Interactions, and Energy.

Diversity

This theme explores the variety of living and non-living things, emphasizing classification based on observable characteristics.

• Diversity of Living and Non-Living Things: Students learn to describe characteristics of living things (need for water, food, air, growth, response, and reproduction) and recognize broad groups like plants (flowering, non-flowering), animals (amphibians, birds, fish, insects, mammals, reptiles), fungi (mold, mushroom, yeast), and bacteria.
• Diversity of Materials: Students relate the uses of various materials (wood, metal, ceramic, rubber, glass, plastic, fabric) to their physical properties (strength, flexibility, ability to float/sink, waterproofness, transparency).

Cycles

This theme introduces the concept of repeated patterns of change in nature, focusing on life cycles.

• Cycles in Plants and Animals (Life Cycles): Students observe and compare the life cycles of plants grown from seeds, focusing on stages like seed, young plant, and adult plant. They also observe and compare the life cycles of various animals (chicken, cockroach, frog, grasshopper, beetle, butterfly, mosquito).

Interactions

This theme explores the actions between and within living and non-living things, focusing on magnets.

• Interaction of Forces (Magnets): Students learn that magnets exert push and pull forces, identify characteristics of magnets (poles, attraction/repulsion, attraction of magnetic materials), and recognize their uses in everyday objects.

Systems (Not covered in Primary 2)

Energy (Not covered in Primary 2)

Practices of Science

Integrated within the themes, students develop skills and processes related to scientific inquiry, including observing, comparing, classifying, and investigating.

Values, Ethics and Attitudes

Throughout the syllabus, students are encouraged to develop curiosity, care and concern for living things, and objectivity in their observations and explanations.

This syllabus promotes a hands-on, inquiry-based approach to learning, encouraging students to explore, question, and develop a deeper understanding of the world around them.