Grade 2 · Science · Unit 9 of 11
Science Jobs and Hobbies
Who uses science at work and at play?
What your child practises
Making connections between science and careers, hobbies and activities such as farming, gardening and ice fishing.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: SCI.2.C.5 · careers, hobbies and activities that use science
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Who protects wildlife and fish and enforces rules about them?
- a conservation officer
- a dancer
- a clown
a conservation officer
Hint: Conservation officers care for nature.
Question 2
Which activity helps you learn about birds?
- painting a fence
- jumping rope
- bird watching
bird watching
Hint: Bird watching is a nature hobby.
Question 3
Who catches fish for a living?
- an architect
- a poet
- a fisher
a fisher
Hint: Fishers know about water and fish.
Question 4
Which person uses science about the sky to plan a flight?
- a barber
- a florist
- a pilot
a pilot
Hint: Pilots need to know the weather.
Question 5
A baker uses science when bread rises. What makes the dough rise?
- tiny bubbles of gas
- cold air only
- magic
tiny bubbles of gas
Hint: Yeast makes gas bubbles.
Question 6
Which of these could you do now that uses science?
- plant a seed and watch it grow
- wish for rain
- wait for a monster
plant a seed and watch it grow
Hint: You can watch and write down what happens.