2nd Grade Science Curriculum Map & Assessment Guide
JMCSS DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION
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2nd Grade Science Curriculum Map & Assessment Guide
JMCSS DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION
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2nd Grade Science Curriculum Map & Assessment Guide
JMCSS DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION
Additional Resources:
http://www.tncurriculumcenter.org/learning_expectation/4
https://sites.google.com/site/msteagues2ndgradeclass/Lesson-Plans/living-vs-nonliving-things
http://www.instructorweb.com/lesson/livingthings.asp
*Note: Teacher will need to set up an account.
http://www.brighthubeducation.com/lesson-plans-grades-1-2/50121-food-chain-lesson-plan/
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.colt.lp_living/living-vs-nonliving/
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/foodchain.htm
Butterfly Life Cycle:
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview?LPid=702
Life Cycle of a Frog:
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview?LPid=5717
General Websites:
http://www.lisd.org/technology/itswebs/elem/curr/science/2sciwebsites.htm
http://www.jumpstart.com/parents/resources/grade-based-resources/2nd-grade-resources
http://www.spellingcity.com/second-grade-science-vocabulary.html
Explore animal habitats through story, song, drama, and art
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/grade-k-2/Animal_Habitats.aspx
Students will learn about common adaptation patterns and major structures that are seen in animals and how they help them to survive in
different environments.
http://www.junglewalk.com/classroom/Adaptation-Lesson-Plan-4.htm
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2nd Grade Science Curriculum Map & Assessment Guide
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First Quarter: Life Science
Description: In this nine weeks, students will focus on Life Science. They will learn Structure and Functions and Growth and Change. Inquiry, Technology and
Engineering must be embedded throughout the curriculum.
Guiding Questions: How do plants and animals cells organized to carry on the processes of life? What tools, skills, knowledge, and dispositions are needed to
conduct scientific inquiry? What are the growth stages of plants and animals? How are children and their parents alike? How do living things reproduce and
transmit information from the parent to the children? What tools, skills, knowledge, and dispositions are needed to conduct scientific inquiry?
Tennessee State Standards
Student Friendly “I Can” Statements
Structure and Functions
How do plants and animals cells organized to carry on the processes of
life? What tools, skills, knowledge, and dispositions are needed to
conduct scientific inquiry?
GLE 0207.1.1 Recognize that plants and animals are made up of smaller
parts and use food, water, and air to survive.
0207.1.1 Design a new living thing and explain how it would acquire
food, water, and air.
I can identify living and nonliving things.
I can explain how living things use their parts to meet their needs.
I can identify the parts of plants and animals that allow it to obtain and use food,
water, and air.
I can design a plant or animal and describe the parts that allow it to meet its basic
needs.
I can compare a variety of animal to determine how they use specific structures to
meet their basic needs.
Growth and Change
What are the growth stages of plants and animals? How are children and
their parents alike? How do living things reproduce and transmit
information from the parent to the children? What tools, skills,
knowledge, and dispositions are needed to conduct scientific inquiry?
I can describe seeds and their origins.
I can identify the stages in a plant’s life cycle.
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I can explain that every animal goes through life stages.
GLE 0207.4.1 Compare the life cycles of various organisms.
0207.4.1 Compare and contrast the life cycles of different organisms
such as a chicken, butterfly, meal worm, frog, or human.
I can describe and compare the life cycles of animals.
0207.4.2 Sequence a collection of pictures or illustrations into the
correct stages of an organism’s life cycle.
0207.4.3 Look for similarities in pictures of members from the same
human family.
0207.4.4 Create a graphic organizer that compares observable traits
that offspring share with their parents.
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Second Quarter: Life Science
Description: In this nine weeks, students will focus on Habitats, Interactions and Fossils
Guiding Questions: What is a habitat? How do plants and animals in a habitat depend on each other? What is a food chain? How do living
things grow and change? How do organisms survive in different habitats?
Tennessee State Standards
Student Friendly “I Can” Statements
Habitats
I can explain ways that plants and animals in a habitat depend on
each other.
What is a habitat? How do plants and animals in a habitat depend on
each other?
I can investigate and compare a variety of habitats and the
organisms that can be found there.
GLE 0207.2.1 Investigate the habitats of different kinds of local plants
and
animals.
I can develop a hypothesis about why animals live in specific
environments.
 GLE 0207.Inq.1 Observe the world of familiar objects using the
senses of tools.
I can compare and contrast some habitats of Tennessee
I can identify some living things found in Tennessee.
 GLE 0207.Inq.3 Explain the data from an investigation
I can describe different habitats.
GLE 0207.2.3 Identify basic ways that plants and animals depend on
one another.
I can explain ways that plants and animals in a habitat depend on
one another.
GLE 0207.Inq.1 Observe the world of familiar objects using the
senses of tools.
I can describe what happens when habitats change.
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Corresponding Baseline Literacy Module:
http://www.jmcss.org/pages/JMCSS/Departments/Curriculum/Resources/BLM/2nd/Science/Module1
I can create a diagram to trace the original sources of the food from
one meal to another.
Interactions
What is a food chain? How do living things grow and change? How do
organisms survive in different habitats?
I can match a variety of animals to the types of food they eat.
GLE 0207.3.1 Recognize that animals eat plants or other animals for
food.
I can explain ways that plants and animals in a habitat depend on
each other.
GLE 0207.Inq.3Explain the data from an investigation.
I can describe a food chain and food web.
Fossils
I can make observations of fossils using the appropriate tools and
draw conclusions about the organisms that created them.
How can we learn about Earth’s past?
I can match organisms to their fossil evidence to draw conclusions
about organisms and environments that no longer exist.
GLE 0207.5.2 Draw conclusions from fossils about organisms that lived
in the past.
Ask questions, make logical predictions, plan investigations, and
represent data
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Third Quarter: Earth Science
Description: In this nine weeks, students will have units of study on Objects in the Sky, Atmospheric Conditions and Earth’s Materials.
Guiding Questions: What are some of the observable patterns and motions in the sky? How can we identify the moon phases overtime? How
can we distinguish between different types of soil and rocks? How can rocks be classified? What is the difference between nonrenewable
resources and renewable resources?
Tennessee State Standards
Student Friendly “I Can” Statements
Objects in the Sky
I can identify the sun as a star.
What are some of the observable patterns and motions in
the sky? How can we identify the moon phases overtime?
I can identify the characteristics of day and night
GLE 0207.6.1 Realize that the sun is our nearest star and
that its position in the sky appears to change.
GLE 0207.6.2 Make observations of changes in the moon’s
appearance over time.
I can use science journals to draw and record changes in the moon over a
period of time.
I can draw and identify the new, crescent first quarter, and full moon.
I can collect and record data of the moon’s appearance over a month’s time.
I can use science journals to draw and record changes in the moon over a
period of time.
I can draw and identify the new, crescent first quarter, and full moon.
I can collect and record data of the moon’s appearance over a month’s time.
Corresponding Baseline Literacy Module:
http://www.jmcss.org/pages/JMCSS/Departments/Curriculum/Resources/BLM/2nd/Science/Module2
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Atmospheric Conditions
How does the weather change each day?
GLE 0207.8.1 Associate temperature patterns with seasonal
changes.
I can use records and graphs of seasonal temperature changes to draw
conclusions about the weather during different times of the year.
I can collect daily weather data in a graph to draw conclusions about the
weekly weather.
I can distinguish between the four types of seasons.
I can identify and label the various parts of the water cycle.
Corresponding Baseline Literacy Module:
http://www.jmcss.org/pages/JMCSS/Departments/Curriculum/Resources/BLM/2nd/Science/Module3
Earth’s Materials
How can we distinguish between different types of soil and
rocks? How can rocks be classified? What is the difference
between nonrenewable resources and renewable
resources?
GLE 0207.7.1 Compare and record the components of a
variety of soil types.
I can observe and identify the three kinds of soil such as: clay, topsoil, and
sandy.
I can design an investigation and collect data to compare the capacity of each
type of soil to retain water.
I can analyze the data collected to formulate a hypothesis as to the best soil to
support the growth of plants.
I can observe rocks and classify them by their physical attributes.
GLE 0207.7.2 Describe rocks according to their origin, size,
shape, texture, and color.
GLE 0207.7.3 Differentiate between renewable and nonrenewable resources.
I can identify how natural resources are used and why they are important.
I can identify the various ways earth can change such as: earthquake, landslide
and volcano.
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Fourth Quarter: Physical Science
Description: In the fourth nine weeks, students will learn the following from Physical Science: Properties of Matter, Energy and Sound, and
Magnetism and Gravity.
Guiding Questions: How does the structure of matter influence its physical behavior? How can we change the physical properties of matter?
How can air take up space? How can the sun affect the earth? How can objects produce sounds? How can you classify sounds according to
loudness and pitch?
Tennessee State Standards
Student Friendly “I Can” Statements
Properties of Matter
I can distinguish between the three forms of matter.
How does the structure of matter influence its physical behavior?
How can we change the physical properties of matter? How can air
take up space?
I can collect measureable data on the physical properties of a variety
of materials.
I can compare and contrast the physical properties of a variety of
materials.
GLE 0207.9.1 Use tools to observe the physical properties.
GLE 0207.9.2 Investigate how temperature changes affect the state of
matter.
GLE 0207.9.3 Recognize that air takes up space
I can use tools such as hand lenses, measurement devices, and
simple arm balances to gather data about the physical properties of
different objects.
I can investigate how temperature can change matter.
I can design a series of investigations to determine that air takes up
space.
Energy and Sound
I can investigate the sun’s effect on various forms of earth materials
by collecting temperature data over time.
How can the sun affect the earth? How can objects produce sounds?
How can you classify sounds according to loudness and pitch?
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GLE 0207.10.1 Explain why the sun is the primary source of all earth’s
energy.
I can illustrate and define what vibrating looks and sounds like.
GLE 0207.11.1 Investigate how vibrating objects produce sound
I can investigate a variety of musical instruments to identify what
vibrates to produce sound.
GLE 0207.11.2 Classify sounds according to their loudness and pitch.
I can demonstrate and explain how human voices produce sound.
I can create an instrument using simple tools and explain how sound
is being produced.
I can distinguish between loudness and pitch.
I can describe and illustrate how magnets can move objects without
touching them.
Magnetism and Gravity
What causes objects to move differently under different
circumstances? What are the scientific principles that explain gravity
and electromagnetism?
I can classify objects as to whether or not they are attracted by a
magnet.
GLE 0207.12.1 Experiment with magnets to determine that objects
can move without being touched.
I can compare the types and strengths of various magnets and
interactions between the poles.
GLE 0207.12.2 Realize that things fall toward the ground unless
something holds them up.
I can explain what happens when a variety of materials are dropped.
I can predict which objects will drop at various speeds.
I can investigate the affect that a toy car has on the various height of
an incline plane.
Corresponding Baseline Literacy Module
http://www.jmcss.org/pages/JMCSS/Departments/Curriculum/Resources/BLM/2nd/Science/Module4
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