| week | Unit | Topic | Weekly Learning Target | Next Generation Science Standards Covered | Interactive Science Location | Suggested Lesson Plans | Suggested Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to Second Grade Science | Classroom Rules and Expectations | Students can follow the rules and understand procedures and expectations in science class. The students can ask questions like a scientist. | SP1 |
Skills 1.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 2 | Scientist Skills | Students can identify what skills scientists use. | SP3 |
Skills 1.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 3 | A Scientist’s Tools | Students can identify scientific tools and state how scientists use them. | SP1 SP3 SP4 |
Skills 1.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 4 | Answers and Data | Students can explain how scientists find answers and collect and share data. | SP2 SP4 SP7 SP8 |
Skills 1.4 & 1.5 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 5 | Properties of Matter | Properties of Matter | Students can define matter and state some properties of matter | 2.PS1.1 2.PS1.2 K.2.ETS1.3 |
Unit 1.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 6 | Solids, Liquids, Gases | Students can define solids, liquids, and gases and state properties for each of them. | 2.PS1.1 2.PS1.2 K.2.ETS1.3 |
Unit 1.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 7 | Solids, Liquids, Gases | Students can classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties. | 2.PS1.1 2.PS1.2 K.2.ETS1.3 |
Unit 1.1 & 1.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 8 | Testing Materials | Students can test the properties of materials to determine which are the best suited for certain functions. | 2.PS1.2 2.PS1.3 K.2.ETS1.3 |
Unit 1.5 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 9 | Design a Structure | Students can use the engineering process to design a structure. | 2.PS1.1 2.PS1.2 K.2.ETS1.3 |
TE 61c | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 10 | Properties of Matter Review | Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content. | Review |
Review | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 11 | Changes to Matter | Changing Matter | Students can explain matter can change in a few different ways. | 2.PS1.1 2.PS1.4. |
Unit 1.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 12 | Changing Matter | Students can observe and classify a physical and chemical change. | 2.PS1.1 2.PS1.4. |
Unit 1.3 & Unit 1.5 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 13 | Different States of Matter | Students can show and demonstrate how one material can exist in different states of matter. | 2.PS1.1 2.PS1.4. |
Unit 1.4 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 14 | Reversing Change | Students can find evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and others cannot. | 2.PS1.3 2.PS1.4. |
TE 61d | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 15 | Observing Matter | Students can conduct and investigation to describe and classify materials by their observable properties before and after a change. | 2.PS1.1 |
TE 61a | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 16 | Changes to Matter Review | Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content. | Review |
Review | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 17 | Relationships in Habitats | Plants and Animal Parts | Recognize a variety of plants, plant parts, animals and animal parts from a variety of habitats. | 2.LS4.1 |
Unit 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 18 | Plants, Animals, and Habitats | Predict and find patterns for plants and animals in specific habitats. | 2.LS4.1 |
Unit 2.4 & 2.5 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 19 | Relationships in Habitats | Compare the diversity of plants and animals among different habitats. | 2.LS4.1 |
TE 117c | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 20 | What Plants Need | Describe what plants need in order to grow. | 2.LS2.1 |
Unit 2.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 21 | Testing What a Plant Needs | Determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow. | 2.LS2.1 |
TE 117a | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 22 | Plants’ Reproduction | Identify how some plants rely on animals for reproduction. | 2.LS2.2 |
Unit 2.4 & Unit 2.5 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 23 | Develop a Model for Plants | Develop a model to show how some plants rely on animals for reproduction. | 2.LS2.2 |
Unit 2.4 & TE 117b | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 24 | Relationships in Habitats Review | Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content. | Review |
Review | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 25 | The Earth’s Land and Water | Landforms | Bodies of Water | 2.ESS2.3 2.ESS2.2 |
Unit 3.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 26 | Bodies of Water | Students can identify and located different bodies of water. | 2.ESS2.3 2.ESS2.2 |
Unit 3.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 27 | The Water Cycle | Students can explain the water cycle. | 2.ESS2.3 2.ESS2.2 |
Unit 3.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 28 | Earth’s Water | Students can use a clock and a thermometer to tell time and temperature. | 2.ESS2.3 2.ESS2.2 |
Unit 3.1 & TE159d | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 29 | Create a Model of Earth | Students can create a model to represent landforms and bodies of water in an area. | 2.ESS2.3 2.ESS2.2 |
Unit 3.1 & TE159c | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 30 | The Earth’s Land and Water Review | Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content. | Review |
Review | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 31 | Changes to Earth’s Land | Ways the Earth Changes | Students can identify different ways the earth changes. | 2.ESS1.1 2.ESS2.1, |
Unit 3.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 32 | How the Earth Changes | Students can explain the different ways the earth changes. | 2.ESS1.1 2.ESS2.1, |
Unit 3.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 33 | Fossils and the History of Earth | Students can demonstrate how to use fossils to learn about the history of the Earth. | 2.ESS1.1 2.ESS2.1, |
Unit 3.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 34 | Changes to Earth’s Land | Students can make observations that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly. | 2.ESS1.1 2.ESS2.1, |
Unit 3.2 & 3.3 & TE159a | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 35 | Preventing Erosion | Students can compare multiple solutions to slow or prevent erosion. | 2.ESS1.1 2.ESS2.1, |
Unit 3.2 & 3.3 & TE159b | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 36 | Changes to Earth’s Land Review | Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content. | Review |
Review | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 37 | 2md Grade Science Review | Review | Students can review key concepts and content from Grade 2 science. | Review |
Review | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 38 | Review | Students can review key concepts and content from Grade 2 science. | Review |
Review | Lesson Plans | Resources |