Health 2nd Grade Unit 2: Growth and Development

For 2nd Grade Health there are seven standards that need to be taught.

Unit 1 Personal Health

Unit 2 Growth and Development

Unit 3 Nutrition and Physical Activity

Unit 4 Substance Use and Abuse

Unit 5 Injury/ Violence Prevention Control and Safety

Unit 6 Prevention/Control of Disease

Unit 7 Environmental Consumer Health

These units can be taught out of order. They are only numbered for your convenience. At the end of each unit, there is an assessment to test students’ understanding. 

Through using this Health 2nd Grade Unit 2: Growth and Development students will explore and learn to identify major organs of the body as well as physical and emotional characteristics of themselves and others. They will explore their feelings and describe what makes them happy, angry, etc.

Students will also learn about the following body systems as they cut and paste a body together:

* Understand the Skeletal and Nervous body system

* Learn about the Circulatory body system

* Learn about the Digestive body system

* Learn about the Respiratory body system

* Learn about the Muscular body system

* Learn about the Skin and Hair body system

At the end of the unit, there is an assessment to check for understanding.

A total of 13 pages for this 2nd Grade Health Unit 2 on Growth and Development.

There are seven units that cover all the health requirements for second grade. Here are the links to other health units:

Health 2nd Grade Unit 1: Personal Health

Health 2nd Grade Unit 2: Growth and Development

Health 1st Grade Unit 3: Nutrition and Physical Activity

Health 2nd Grade Unit 4: Substance Use and Abuse

Health 2nd Grade Unit 5: Injury / Violence Prevention and Safety

Health 2nd Grade Unit 6: Prevention / Control of Disease

Health 2nd Grade Unit 7: Environmental / Consumer Health

2nd grade Coronavirus / Covid-19 Facts

This unit meets Common Core Standards.