Compulsory Education Textbook: Science, Grade 2, Volume 2 (Hunan Science Edition)

Duan Wei / Peng XiangHunan Science & Technology Press2018

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32 words
Chapters
14
Series
Compulsory Education Textbook: Science (Hunan Science Edition)
ISBN
9787535798145

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Children's Books Reading Reference Compulsory EducationHands-on BakingPrimary ScienceScience EnlightenmentNature and ManObservational RecordsSecond GradePrimary School Textbook

Summary

This is the compulsory education textbook Science, Grade 2, Volume 2, published by Hunan Science and Technology Press and approved by the Ministry of Education, with Duan Wei and Peng Xiang as chief editors, first edition December 2018. Aimed at second-semester second graders, the textbook revolves around "the natural and man-made world around us," organized into units and lessons, weaving observation, comparison, hands-on making, and simple recording throughout to help lower-grade students understand everyday phenomena in a scientific way. The 2017 edition's main content includes five units—"Push and Pull," "Plant Growth," "The Four Seasons," "The Mysteries of Magnets," and "The Colorful Man-Made World"—moving from push-pull games and force and deformation, to the plant corner and conditions for plant growth, to the changes of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, the poles and interactions of magnets, and finally the man-made world and its role. The 2024 revised edition is reorganized into four units—"The Four Seasons," "All Kinds of Plants," "Force and Deformation," and "Diverse Man-Made Objects"—with new lessons such as "Four Seasons Press Conference," "Getting to Know Common Plants," "Plants and Us," "Making a Ball Collector," and "Making a Needle Collector," placing greater emphasis on observation records, hands-on making, and expression and communication. The textbook is picture-heavy and text-light with strong activity orientation, includes unit summaries and an afterword, and is suitable for classroom use and as a reference for parent-child science enlightenment.

Editor's review

这是一本“能动手”的科学课本。它没有把知识写成结论让孩子背，而是把每一课都设计成一次小探究：先玩一玩、看一看，再比一比、记一记，最后说一说。低年段孩子注意力短、喜欢操作，教材的图文比例和活动节奏正合他们的口味。 从四季变化到植物生长，从推拉与形变到磁铁与人造物，选材都取自孩子每天见得到的事物，容易在课后延伸成家庭小实验。2024年修订版进一步强化了“做中学”：捡球器、捡针器这类制作课，把工程思维悄悄放进了游戏里；“四季发布会”“植物和我们”则给了孩子表达与交流的舞台。 对家长来说，这本书最好用的地方是它明确告诉你在家可以陪孩子做什么；对教师来说，单元结构与活动线索清晰，便于安排课时。作为一本定价低廉、篇幅精简的教材，它的价值不在厚度，而在于把科学兴趣的种子种得足够早。

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Reading tips

  1. 先看单元目录，把每一课当成一个小任务，读完就动手做一次对应的小实验或小制作。
  2. 准备一个“科学小本子”，用画图加短句记录观察结果，比写长句更适合二年级。
  3. 家长陪读时多问“你猜会怎样”“你怎么知道的”，少直接给答案，保护孩子的提问欲。
  4. 校内学习以教材活动为主，课后可用植物角、磁铁玩具等做延伸，不必额外刷大量练习。

About the publisher

Hunan Science & Technology Press China · Founded in 1979

Hunan Science & Technology Press has long focused on science popularization and medical publishing, balancing academic depth with accessibility for general readers. Among the 462 titles in the database are Richard Feynman's classic lectures on QED, the nature of physical laws, and relativity in the "Approaching Feynman" series, as well as general-audience works such as George Gamow's One, Two, Three... Infinity and Sean Carroll's The Big Picture. Its paleontology and dinosaur list includes Gregory S. Paul's Princeton field guides and authors such as Xing Lida. Hermann Weyl's Symmetry further reflects the press's attention to classic works bridging science and the humanities. Overall, the publisher shows a clear author profile and an emphasis on illustrated, well-rounded science publishing across both translated and original titles.

Contents

  1. Unit 1 The Four Seasons: 1 The Seasons Are Changing
  2. 2 How Seasonal Changes Affect Us
  3. 3 Four Seasons Press Conference
  4. Unit 2 All Kinds of Plants: 4 Getting to Know Common Plants
  5. 5 The Plant Corner
  6. 6 What Plants Need to Grow
  7. 7 Plants and Us
  8. Unit 3 Force and Deformation: 8 Push and Pull
  9. 9 Wonderful Deformation
  10. 10 Making a Ball Collector
  11. Unit 4 Diverse Man-Made Objects: 11 Getting to Know Man-Made Objects
  12. 12 The Development of Man-Made Objects
  13. 13 Making a Needle Collector
  14. Afterword

FAQ

这本书是哪个版本的教材？ 这是湘科版（湖南科学技术出版社）义务教育教科书《科学》二年级下册，由段巍、彭香主编，2018年12月第1版，ISBN为9787535798145，经教育部审定。
2018年版和2024年修订版目录一样吗？ 不一样。2017/2018年版为“推力与拉力、植物的生长、四季、磁铁的奥秘、多彩的人工世界”五个单元；2024年修订版调整为“四季、各种各样的植物、力与形变、多样的人造物”四个单元，并更换、新增了部分课。
这本书适合家长自己在家教吗？ 可以作为亲子科学启蒙的参考，但它是课堂教材，活动多需教师组织与材料准备。家长更适合按课挑选能做的小实验陪孩子玩，而不是逐页讲授。
非湘科版使用地区的学生需要买吗？ 一般不必。科学教材各地版本不同，课堂以本地选用版本为准；若只是对书中活动感兴趣，可借阅参考，无需为了对齐课程另行购买。

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About the author

Duan Wei Author

Duan Wei has long been involved in compiling primary school science textbooks for the Hunan Science edition of China's compulsory education curriculum. With 20 works held in the library, Duan has contributed to textbooks and student activity handbooks across grades one through six, including the Science textbook for Grade 4 (Volume 2), Grade 1 (Volume 2), and Grade 5 (Volume 1), as well as several accompanying Student Activity Handbooks. These works fall under education, textbooks, and children's books, serving daily primary science instruction. They emphasize guiding students to understand nature and scientific phenomena through inquiry-based activities, combining classroom learning with hands-on practice. Due to limited public information, details of Duan's personal biography, education, and positions remain unclear; however, the sustained participation in compiling materials for multiple grade levels indicates a steady commitment to organizing and presenting primary science educational resources.

Peng Xiang Author

Peng Xiang: publicly available information is limited. What can be confirmed is that Peng Xiang is one of the principal compilers of the Hunan Science edition of the compulsory education science textbooks. Twenty of Peng Xiang's works are held in the collection, covering science textbooks and accompanying student activity handbooks for grades one through six, with common categories centering on education and study, textbooks, and children's books. Judging from these works, Peng Xiang has long been involved in compiling primary school science textbooks, with content centered on children's science initiation and classroom practice. The activity handbooks are designed to accompany the main texts, helping students understand scientific concepts through observation, experimentation, and recording. The textbooks are aimed at primary school teachers and students in compulsory education, are organized by grade, and form a fairly complete system, exerting a certain influence in the field of primary school science education.