Best Material for the Job Worksheets for 1st and 2nd Grade

What your child practices

Best Material for the Job comes alive in 6 worksheets for 1st and 2nd grade science (Grades 1 to 2 in Canada), with 59 questions in total. Young scientists learn by noticing, asking questions and talking about what they see, and these sheets turn Best Material for the Job into simple questions they can answer with pictures and words. It opens with a guided Learn and Practice page, moves on to a practice sheet and a review test, then finishes with two quick quizzes and a mixed review. The skill matches NGSS 2-PS1-2, the standard for matter and how it changes. In Canada it matches the BC curriculum for Grade 1. Answer keys sit on page 2 of each PDF, so checking takes seconds. New to the idea? Watch the Best Material for the Job video lesson, then print a sheet while it is fresh.

Tips for parents

• Read the sheet aloud and let your child answer by drawing or pointing.
• Look up one extra fact about Best Material for the Job together and add it to the sheet.
• Keep a small science notebook for drawings and questions that come up.