2nd Grade Curriculum

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Required FOSS kit

Suggested Activities and Resources

2nd Grade Physical Science

2.1

Students will demonstrate or model objects moving at different speeds./01.02.01

Balance and Motion
Resource: ESS pg. 199 - 216 (Motion)

2.2

Students will use a model or pattern, demonstrate putting together and taking apart a structure independently./01.02.03

Balance and Motion
Resource: ESS pg. 199 - 216 (Motion)

2.3

Students will independently form large objects from smaller objects./02.02.03

Balance and Motion
Resource: ESS pg. 199 - 216 (Motion)

2.4

Students will demonstrate that given a push or pull (hard or soft) causes an object to change its speed (faster or slower) and/or direction./01.03.01

Balance and Motion
Resource: ESS pg. 199 - 216 (Motion)

2.5

Students will demonstrate and explain how different objects are balanced (i.e., equal push or pull on each side equals...)

01.03.02

Balance and Motion
Resource: ESS pg. 199 - 216 (Motion)

2.6

Describe how a device can be made to operate with less energy./16.05.02

Have students investigate how well Hot Wheels cars move down a track before and after the application of graphite to their wheels and axles.

2nd Grade Life Science

2.7

Students will provide examples of how living things grow and change./06.02.01

Insects
GEMS: Ladybugs Ant Homes

2.8

Students will classify living and non-living things according to established criteria, with few errors./06.02.02

Insects
GEMS: Ladybugs Ant Homes

2.9

Students will make connections between particular animals and their offspring with minimal errors. /08.02.01

Insects
Resource: ESS pg. 139 - 153 (Animals)

2.10

Students will observe and discuss the interactions between plants as producers and animals as consumers./15.02.01

Insects

2.11

Students will give some examples of interactions between plants and animals./15.02.02

Insects

2.12

Students will observe and describe the growth of a plant (e.g., a bean plant) over time and identify plant growth patterns (e.g., sprouting of seeds, formation of roots, leaves and stems, development of flowers and seeds); observe and describe the life cycle of a domestic animal and an animal that undergoes metamorphosis (e.g., a frog, butterfly, or mealworm)./06.03.01

Insects

2.13

Students will classify plants and animals representative of major groups (e.g., evergreen vs. deciduous trees, animals with an external, internal or no skeleton, etc.) with few errors./06.03.02

Insects

2.14

Students will describe the needs of living organisms./06.03.03

Insects

2.15

Students will describe with examples how various living things behave differently under differing conditions (e.g. migration, coloration, hibernation) with minimal help./07.03.01

Insects

2.16

Students will give examples of how offspring may resemble parents and other siblings./08.03.01

Insects

2.17

Students will sort a group of living things by appearance and behavior and give rational justification of the sort with minimal help./08.03.02

Insects

2.18

Students will illustrate by providing diverse examples of the many different kinds of living things that exists on earth./09.03.01

Insects

2.19

Students will provide examples of how particular features of plants and animals help them live in different kinds of places./09.03.02

Insects

2.20

Students will identify some similarities and differences found in animals and plants that help them live in their unique habitat./15.03.01

Insects

2.21

Students will describe using examples, several ways organisms interact with each other./15.03.02

Insects

2.22

Students will sort a group of living things and describe how some living things have similar observable characteristics. (i.e. give rational justification of the sort)/08.02.02

Insects

2nd Grade Earth/Environmental Science

2.23

Students will competently describe an object as hot or cold. Students will describe seasonal weather changes.

03.02.01

Air and Weather
daily calendar

2.24

Students will independently form large objects from smaller objects (i.e. putting together a puzzle or quilt)/02.02.03

Air and Weather
Resource: ESS pg. 106 - 136 (Meteorology)

2.25

Students will describe an object before and after change of state in terms of observable properties./03.02.02

Air and Weather

2.26

Students will observe and describe changes in that take place in nature (e.g., weather, seasons, day and night)./12.02.01

Air and Weather

2.27

Students will observe and describe the way the ground, water, and the air feels in the shade versus the sunlight./13.02.01

Scholastic activities unit: Weather
Resource: ESS pg. 106 - 136 (Meteorology)

2.28

Students will observe and describe how weather changes (including temperature, cloudiness, precipitation) from day to day and throughout the year./13.02.02

Air and Weather
Resource: ESS pg. 106 - 136 (Meteorology)

2.29

Students will describe the movement of the sun across the sky, and tell that the moon appears in different places at different times./14.02.02

Scholastic activities unit: Planet
Videos: See video list
Weather : Douglas County kit

2.30

Students will conduct experiments that demonstrate relationships among temperature, relative humidity, air movement, and rates of evaporation and condensation./13.05.03

Air and Weather
Guest speakers: e.g., Meteorologists from news channels

2.31

Students will investigate and describe the extent to which samples of man-made items (e.g., objects made of cloth, glass, paper, metal, plastic, composites, ceramics) can be used over and over./16.05.02

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