SCHEDULE II

                                      INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO
                           TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED DURING THE PAST SIXTY DAYS OR
                           SINCE THE MOST RECENT FILING ON SCHEDULE 13D (1)

                                             SHARES PURCHASED        AVERAGE
                                  DATE            SOLD(-)             PRICE(2)

           COMMON STOCK-MATERIAL SCIENCES

                    GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
                                 7/14/03           65,000-             *DO
                                 7/07/03            4,400-            9.6500
                                 6/11/03              500-           10.6500
                                 6/06/03            3,500-           10.2214
                                 6/05/03            2,000            10.0950
                                 6/04/03            2,168             9.2131
                                 6/03/03            2,052             8.9000
                                 5/19/03           19,010-             *DO
                                 5/16/03            2,290-            9.9363
                                 5/15/03            4,300-           10.0149
                    GABELLI & CO
                                 6/25/03              100             9.1370
                                 6/25/03              100-            9.1500
                                 6/25/03              100-             *DO
                                 6/25/03              100-            8.9570
                     GABELLI FUNDS, LLC.
                         WOODLAND SMALL CAP VALUE FUND
                                 6/13/03            1,370            10.9869


          (1) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE EFFECTED
              ON THE NYSE.

          (2) PRICE EXCLUDES COMMISSION.

          (*) RESULTS IN CHANGE OF DISPOSITIVE POWER AND BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP.