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Science - Grade 2 Science

Earth and Space Science

Sky: Objects/Identify
The learner will be able to identify that different objects appear in the sky during the day and at night develop an understanding of the objects in the sky.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.7.1 Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Item#10, #21 week tested: 36. Home
  
Sky: Identify/Stars/Night/Count
The learner will be able to identify that there are too many stars to count in the night sky.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.7.1.a Home
  
Moon: Phases/Recognize/Change
The learner will be able to recognize the phases of the moon as components of a cycle of regular change.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.7.2.b Home
  
Earth and Sun: Identify/Heat/Light
The learner will be able to identify that the sun provides a main source of heat and light for the earth.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.14.1 Home
  
Universe: Patterns/Identify
The learner will be able to identify that events in the universe occur in predictable patterns.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.7.2 Home
  
Stars: Identify/Differ
The learner will be able to identify that stars differ in their brightness, color, and location in the sky.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.7.1.a Home
  
Soil: Survey/Properties/Sand
The learner will be able to survey the properties of sand identify the composition of sand.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.10.1.b TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.10.1.a Home
  
Soil: Properties/Observe
The learner will be able to observe the properties of soil identify the composition of soils.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.10.1.b TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.10.1.a Home
  
Sun: Identify/Brightest
The learner will be able to identify that the brightest object in the sky is the sun.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.7.1.b Home
  
Sun: Recognize/Star/Nearest
The learner will be able to recognize that the nearest star is the sun.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.7.1.b Home
  
Sun: Position/Time
The learner will be able to use the position of the sun in the sky to establish the approximate time of day.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.7.2.a Home
  
Earth: Geology/Features
The learner will be able to recognize geological features.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.9.1 Home
  
Earth: History
The learner will be able to understand the earth's history.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Item#17 week tested: 36. Home
  
Earth and Sky: Changes
The learner will be able to develop an understanding of the various changes to the earth and sky.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Item#7 week tested: 36. Home
  
Earth: Materials/Identify/Properties
The learner will be able to identify that a variety of earth materials exist which have properties that can be measured and observed understand the properties of Earth's materials.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.10.1 Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Item#13 week tested: 36. Home
  
Earth: Materials/Observe
The learner will be able to observe that earth materials can be recycled or conserved.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.10.2 Home
  
Earth/Space Science: Comprehend
The learner will be able to comprehend the most pertinent ideas and principles of earth/space science.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Obj Statement #22 week tested: 36. Home
  
Earth/Space Science: Use
The learner will be able to use understanding of earth/space science in experiments and real world situations.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Obj Statement #22 week tested: 36. Home
  
Weather: Heating/Rates
The learner will be able to compare the heating rates of land, air, and water.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.14.1 Home
  
Weather: Cooling/Rates
The learner will be able to compare the cooling rates of land, air, and water.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.14.1 Home
  
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Animals: Parts/Examine/Functions
The learner will be able to examine the smaller parts of animals and identify their functions through the use of magnifiers.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.1.1 Home
  
Animals: Differences/Evidence
The learner will be able to give evidence of the fact that animals of the same kind can have differences.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.5.1 Home
  
Living/Non-living: Recognize/Different
The learner will be able to recognize how living and non-living things are different identify objects from the environment as either living or non-living categorize things as living or non-living.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.2.1 Home
  
Living Things: Parts/Identify
The learner will be able to identify that living things are composed of smaller parts.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.1.1 Home
  
Living Things: Parts/Well-Being
The learner will be able to identify that the small parts that make up an organism contribute to the performance and well being of the whole organism.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.1.2 Home
  
Organisms: Senses/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize that organisms use their senses to interact with the environment around them discover how animals use their senses to interact with the environment.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.2.2 Home
  
Organisms: Recognize/Lived
The learner will be able to recognize that there are plants and animals that once lived on the earth.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.6.1 Home
  
Organisms: Needs/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the basic needs living things require for survival.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.3.1 Home
  
Organisms: Adaptation and Diversity
The learner will be able to understand the adaptations and diversity of organisms.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Item#11 week tested: 36. Home
  
Reproduction: Recognize/Living Things
The learner will be able to recognize that all living things reproduce recognize that all organisms come from other organisms.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.4.1 Home
  
Environment: Quality
The learner will be able to develop an understanding about environmental quality.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Item#24 week tested: 36. Home
  
Environment: Discover/Interact
The learner will be able to discover how the non-living parts of the environment and organisms interact.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.2.3 Home
  
Biology: Concepts/Comprehend
The learner will be able to comprehend the most pertinent ideas and principles of biology.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Obj Statement #21 week tested: 36. Home
  
Biology: Use
The learner will be able to use understanding of biology in experiments and real world situations.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Obj Statement #21 week tested: 36. Home
  
Animals & Plants: Different/Identify
The learner will be able to identify how plants and animals of the same kind can be different from one another.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.5.1 Home
  
Animals and Plants: Explain/Part
The learner will be able to explain what happens when a plant or an animal loses a part use magnifiers to survey what happens when a plant or animal loses a part.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.1.2 Home
  
Animals & Plants: Environments/Analy
The learner will be able to analyze the interactions among plants, animals, and their environments.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.2.3 Home
  
Animals and Plants: Compare/Needs
The learner will be able to compare how animals and plants go about meeting their basic needs.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.3.1 Home
  
Heredity: Offspring/Identify/Parents
The learner will be able to identify that offspring tend to resemble their parents associate parents with their offspring.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.4.2 Home
  
Life Cycle: Identify/Alterations
The learner will be able to identify alterations in the appearance of plants and animals, as they get older.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.4.3 Home
  
Life Cycle: Identify/Alter/Appearance
The learner will be able to identify that the appearance of an organism may alter as it grows.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.4.3 Home
  
Life Cycle: Understand
The learner will be able to understand the life cycle and how new organisms are created by ones that die.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Item#3, #6, #23 week tested: 36. Home
  
Environment: Identify/Conserve/Ways
The learner will be able to identify ways to conserve resources on the earth.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.10.2 Home
  
Organisms: Characteristics
The learner will be able to develop an understanding of organisms' characteristics.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Item#8, #9 week tested: 36. Home
  
Environment: Resources/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize natural resources.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Item#1 week tested: 36. Home
  
Environment: Adaptation/Identify/Traits
The learner will be able to identify that living things have certain traits that enable them to adapt to specific environments and carry out basic life processes.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.5.2 Home
  
Organisms: Environment/Categorize
The learner will be able to categorize living things based on the particular environments in which they live.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.5.2 Home
  
Pollution: Recognize/Forms
The learner will be able to recognize forms of pollution.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.2.4 Home
  
Pollution: Impact Of/Identify
The learner will be able to identify that pollution can impact the environment and the organisms that live in it.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.2.4 Home
  
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Physical Science

Materials: Explain/Change
The learner will be able to explain the conditions that would cause change in a material.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.12.1.b Home
  
Magnetism: Attract/Magnet
The learner will be able to work individually or with others to recognize what materials are attracted to magnets.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.11.1.b Home
  
Materials: Identify/Combined/Keep
The learner will be able to identify that when some materials are combined, they keep their individual characteristics.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.13.1.a Home
  
Materials: Identify/Combined/Lose
The learner will be able to identify that when some materials are combined, they lose their individual characteristics.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.13.1.b Home
  
Objects: Properties/Identify/Change
The learner will be able to identify that the observable properties of an object can change under different conditions.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.12.1 Home
  
Objects: Properties/Identify/Change
The learner will be able to identify that the observable properties of objects can change over time.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.12.1 Home
  
Objects: Position/Identify/Fall/Earth
The learner will be able to identify that objects in close proximity to the earth fall to the ground unless they are held up.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.11.1.a Home
  
Objects: Survey/Weight/Balanced
The learner will be able to survey how changing weight impacts a balanced system.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.11.2 Home
  
Objects: Position/Balance/Observe
The learner will be able to observe how the weight of an object impacts balance.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.11.2 Home
  
Objects: Position/Balance/Observe
The learner will be able to observe how the position of an object impacts balance.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.11.2 Home
  
Objects: Position/Balance/Predict
The learner will be able to predict how the weight of an object will impact balance.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.11.2 Home
  
Objects: Position/Balance/Predict
The learner will be able to predict how the position of an object impacts balance.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.11.2 Home
  
Physical Properties: Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize the physical properties that can be used to describe materials.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.12.1.a Home
  
Forces: Motion
The learner will be able to understand that force can cause motion in objects.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.11.1 Home
  
Physical Science: Comprehend/Pertinent
The learner will be able to comprehend the most pertinent ideas and principles of physical science.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Obj Statement #20, Item#5, #15, #18 week tested: 36. Home
  
Physical Science: Use
The learner will be able to use understanding of physical science in experiments and real world situations.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Obj Statement #20 week tested: 36. Home
  
Matter: Properties/Alterations/Explore
The learner will be able to explore alterations that occur when various types of matter interact.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 2, 2.13.1 Home
  
Energy: Develop/Understanding
The learner will be able to develop an understanding of energy.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Item#12 week tested: 36. Home
  
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Research and Inquiry

Inquiry: Skills
The learner will be able to begin to develop the skills necessary to perform scientific inquiries.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Item#2, #16, #20, #25 week tested: 36. Home
  
Society: Comprehend/Ideas/Principles
The learner will be able to comprehend the most pertinent ideas and principles of science that affect society.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Obj Statement #24 week tested: 36. Home
  
Inquiry: Principles
The learner will be able to understand the principles of scientific inquiry.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Obj Statement #19 week tested: 36. Home
  
Inquiry: Exhibit/Ability/Conduct
The learner will be able to exhibit the ability to conduct science inquiry.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Obj Statement #19 week tested: 36. Home
  
Science & Technology: Relate
The learner will be able to understand how science and technology relate to each other.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Obj Statement #23, Item#22 week tested: 36. Home
  
Technology: Design/Comprehend
The learner will be able to comprehend technological design.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Obj Statement #23, Item#4 week tested: 36. Home
  
Technology: Natural vs. Manufactured
The learner will be able to understand that objects can be classified into two categories: natural and human-made.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 12, Item#14, #19 week tested: 36. Home
  
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