How to learn Grade 2: Science

Arizona academic standards: Science, Grade 2

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1. HISTORY · The development of civilizations, societies, cultures, and innovations have influenced history and continue to impact the modern world.

1. Weather vs climate: Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world, distinguishing between weather and climate

2. Geography · Examining human population and movement helps individuals understand past, present, and future conditions on Earth’s surface.

1. Friction & Surfaces: Compare how things move on different surfaces, noticing that some surfaces create more friction than others

3. Geography · Human-environment interactions are essential aspects of human life in all societies.

1. Human impact on environments: Use vocabulary for human impact on the environment — pollution, habitat destruction, deforestation, biodiversity, conservation, renewable energy, non-renewable energy, fossil fuel, carbon footprint, sustainability, endangered, extinct — and apply these when discussing environmental issues and human choices
2. Habitats & Basic Needs: Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how habitats provide for basic needs and how organisms depend on each other
3. Geography & Local Weather: Know that different places around the world have very different typical weather — tropical places are hot and wet all year, deserts are very dry, polar regions are freezing cold — and that geography (distance from the equator, altitude, nearness to the sea) affects local weather

4. Geography · The use of geographic representations and tools help individuals understand their world.

1. Shapes of land and water: Develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land (mountains, valleys, plains) and bodies of water (rivers, lakes, oceans) in an area

5. Disciplinary Skills and Processes · Historians and Social Scientists gather, interpret, and use evidence to develop claims and answer historical, economic, geographical, and political questions and co

1. Drawing conclusions from evidence: Report on findings from enquiries using oral and written explanations, draw simple conclusions, make predictions, and suggest improvements

6. Life Sciences

1. Energy from Food & the Sun: Use models to describe that energy in animals' food was once energy from the sun, transferred through plants or other organisms
2. What Living Things Need: Understand what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive: water, food, air, and suitable conditions

7. Earth and Space Sciences

1. Sun, Moon, and stars: Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe predictable patterns such as the sun rising and setting, the moon changing shape, and stars appearing at night
2. Changing Environments: Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers and challenges to living things
3. Weather Forecasting & Safety: Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting and how people prepare for and respond to severe weather
4. Where water is found on Earth: Identify where water is found on Earth and understand that water can exist as solid (ice) or liquid, recognising water in oceans, rivers, glaciers, and underground
5. Preventing Erosion: Compare multiple solutions designed to slow or prevent wind or water from changing the shape of the land

8. Physical Sciences

1. Heating & Cooling Changes: Observe and describe that some materials change state when heated or cooled, and measure the temperature at which changes occur in degrees Celsius
2. Classifying Materials: Plan and conduct an investigation to classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties