Science: Grade 2
Units:
Weather/airNew Plants
AnimalsSolids and Liquids (Optional)
Content Competencies for Each Standard:
I.Standard #1: Science as Inquiry
Students will combine processes and scientific knowledge by using scientific reasoning and critical thinking to develop their understanding of science.
Competencies:
1.Ask questions, find answers, and compare the known and unknown involved in scientific investigations. Throughout FOSS kit/Harcourt text
2.Use different methods to investigate. Throughout FOSS kit/Harcourt text
3.Demonstrate use of instruments and other devices for measuring and observing scientific phenomena. Throughout FOSS kit/Harcourt text/ math instruction on weight and measurement
4.Collect and record data. Throughout FOSS kit/Harcourt text/ math instruction on graphing
5.Communicate the results of investigations to others FOSS kit/Harcourt text
II.Standard #2: Unifying Concepts of Science
Students will demonstrate an understanding that systems, models, changes, evolution, form and function, and design innovation are the unifying concepts of science.
Competencies:
1.Use grade-level appropriate strategies to apply scientific concepts, processes, and vocabulary which include the following:
a.Systems, order, and organization. FOSS kit/Harcourt text
b.Models, evidence, and explanation. FOSS kit/Harcourt text
c.Change, constancy, and measurement. FOSS kit/Harcourt text
d.Evolution and equilibrium. FOSS kit/Harcourt text
e.Form and function. FOSS kit/Harcourt text
f.Design innovation. FOSS kit/Harcourt text
III.Standard #3: Humans and Science
Students will demonstrate knowledge of human health and the history and development of science, as well as make informed decisions concerning human impact upon environments.
Competencies:
1.Illustrate natural resources and environments.Harcourt text Chapter C1-C2 (natural resources) Chapter B1 (environments)
2.Recognize limits of natural resources and man’s impact on future generations. Harcourt text Chapter B2 Lessons 1-3
3.Demonstrate understanding of personal health, safety, and nutrition. (See Health Standards.)
IV.Standard #4: Physical Science
Students will demonstrate knowledge of properties, forms, patterns, changes, and interactions of physical and chemical systems.
Competencies:
None.
V.Standard #5: Life Science
Students will demonstrate knowledge of characteristics, structures, and functions of life systems; the process, continuity, and diversity of life; and the interactions of organisms with each other and their environment.
Competencies:
1.Demonstrate a respect for living things. Observation and discussion throughout unit of study
2.Identify some of the diversity of forms in the plant kingdom.Harcourt text Chapter A1 Lesson 3 pg.15-17
3.Observe and describe the changes that occur as plants grow and develop.Harcourt text Chapter A1 Lesson 2 Page 8-13; FOSS kit Investigation 1 pg.9-22
4.Diagram and describe the structures of flowering plants.FOSS kit Investigation 1 pg. 24-31; Harcourt text Chapter A1 Lesson 2 page 9-11
5.Observe and compare various ways that new plants can develop from mature plants and observe their changes over time. FOSS kit Investigations 3 and 4
6.Identify basic needs of animals.Harcourt text Chapter A1 Lesson 1
7.Identify adaptations and behaviors that help animals meet their needs.Chapter B page 4-11 Harcourt text
8.Use characteristics of animals to classify them as vertebrate and invertebrate.Harcourt text Chapter A1 Lesson 1 page 24-29
9.Identify characteristics of plants and characteristics of animals, and classify examples as plant or animal.Harcourt text throughout Chapters 1 and 2
10.Organize living things according to the five Kingdoms. ?
11.Organize and communicate observations through drawing and writing (Inquiry).Chapter A1 pg. 21 Chapter B pg. 29
12.Generalize the concepts of structure and change (Unifying Concept).
Harcourt text throughout Chapters 1 and 2
VI.Standard #6: Earth and Space Science
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the composition, structures, processes, and interactions of the earth-space systems.
Competencies:
1.Observe and describe the changes that occur over time in weather.WeatherFOSSkit Investigation 2 part 1; FOSS kit Investigation 4; part 1 and 2 Harcourt text Chapter D2 Lesson 1
2.Use instruments to monitor weather conditions.Weather FOSS kit Investigation 2 and 3; parts 1-4 each Harcourt text Chapter D2 Lesson 3
3.Organize and communicate observations through writing and drawings (Inquiry). Weather FOSS kit Investigation 2; part 1 Harcourt text D2 Lesson 1
4.Utilize the vocabulary associated with properties of air and weather conditions. WeatherFOSS kit throughout investigations 1-4; all parts
5.Generalize the concepts of pattern, interaction, and change (Unifying Concept). Weather FOSS kit throughout investigations 1-4; all parts
6.Identify and measure daily and seasonal weather changes (temperature, wind direction and speed, precipitation, etc.).Weather FOSS kitInvestigation 2 and 3; all parts
7.Analyze changes in cloud formation, wind direction, and barometric pressure as weather predictors.Weather FOSS kit Investigation 2; part 3 Harcourt text Chapter D2 Lesson 3