Welcome To Second Grade

Next Generation Science Standards

 

Trimester 1

 Relationships and Habitats

• Observe plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

• Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need water and sunlight to grow.

• Demonstrate how an animal disperses seeds or pollinates plants.

• Create a sketch or model to illustrate how the shape of a plant or an animal helps it function to solve a given problem.

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Trimester 2

The Earth’s Land and Water

• Identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid.

• Develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land and bodies of water in an area.

 

Changes to Earth’s Land

• Use several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.

• Compare multiple solutions designed to slow or prevent wind or water from changing the shape of the land.

• Research a situation that people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.

• Develop a drawing or model to show how a shape of an object helps it function to solve a given problem.

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Trimester 3

Properties of Matter

• Describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.

• Examine data to determine which materials have properties best suited for an intended purpose.

• Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.

 

Changes to Matter

• Explain how an object made of a small set of pieces can be disassembled and made into a new object.

• Provide evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.

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