Grade 2 Science ILS Standards

History

Geography

Economics/ Financial Literacy

Civics

Communicating Conclusions and Taking Informed Action

Evaluating Sources and Using Evidence

Developing Questions and Planning Inquiries

Inquiry

Earth's Place in the Universe

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

Earth's Systems

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

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

Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid.

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

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

Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.

Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

Matter and its Interactions

Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.

Analyze data obtained from testing different materials to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose.

Make observations to construct an evidence-based account of how an object made of a small set of pieces can be disassembled and made into a new object.

Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.

Engineering Design

Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation 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 simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.

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

With guidance and support, identify features and functions of governments.

With guidance and support, describe how communities can collaborate to accomplish tasks, establish roles and responsibilities, and achieve equitable outcomes for the community.

Demonstrate how our choices can affect ourselves and others in positive and negative ways.

Explain the role of money in making exchange easier.

Compare the goods and services that people in the local community produce and those that are produced in other communities.

Explain that money can be saved or spent on goods and services.

With guidance and support, use print and digital maps, globes, and other simple geographic models to identify cultural and environmental characteristics of places.

With guidance and support, identify some cultural and environmental characteristics of your community and compare to other places or regions.

Describe the connections between the physical environment of a place and the economic activities found there.

Identify main ideas and changes that have occurred in the local community over time and retell how these changes impacted diverse groups in the community.

Examine key events that changed history from multiple perspectives, including the perspectives of diverse individuals, cultures, and groups.

Create questions that are relevant to self as they relate to the content of the Social Science Standards.

With guidance and support, students will use varied teacher-selected resources to learn procedures to locate evidence that assists with finding answers to their questions. Introduce the importance of informational resources that are reliable and distinguish fact from opinion.

With guidance and support, gather relevant information from multiple sources to analyze information.

With guidance and support, evaluate a source by distinguishing between fact and opinion.

With guidance and support, students will share their findings on the asked and answered questions with peers.

With guidance and support, reflect on one's inquiry process and findings.

Using various viewpoints, students will engage in reflective conversations to draw conclusions on inquiry findings and create action steps.

Program Development:

Variables: Model the way programs store and manipulate data by using numbers or other symbols to represent information

Algorithms and programming

Algorithms: Model daily processes by creating and following algorithms (sets of step by step instructions) to complete tasks.

Control: Develop programs and sequences and simple loops, to express ideas or address a problem

Modularity: Decompose (break down) the steps needed to solve a problem into a precise sequence of instructions

Develop plans that describe a program's sequence of events, goals, and expected outcomes.

Give attribution when using the ideas and creations of others while developing programs

Debug (identify and fix) errors in an algorithm or program that includes sequences and simple loops

Using correct terminology, describe steps taken and choices made during the iterative process of program development

Computing Systems

Devices: Select and operate appropriate software to perform a variety of tasks and recognie that users have different needs and preferences for the technology they use

Hardware and Software: Use appropriate terminology in identifying and describing the function of common physical components of computing systems (hardware)

Troubleshooting: Describe basic hardware and software problems using accurate terminology

Data and Analysis

Storage: Store, copy, search, retrieve, modify and delete information using a computing device and define the information stored as data

Collection, Visualization and Transformation: Collect and present the same data in various visual formats

Inference and Models: Identify and describe patterns in data visualizations, such as charts or graphs, to make predictions

Emerging and Future Technologies

Explain that the fields of emerging technologies will be evolving and rapidly growing

Comparing existing and emerging technologies, ideas, and concepts

Describe how emerging technologies are influencing current events a a local and global scale

Predict the positive and negative societal, cultural, and economic impacts that emerging and future technologies may generate

Create new or original work by applying emerging technolgies

Impacts of Computing

Culture: Compare how people live and work before and after the implementation or adoption of new computing technology

Social Interactions: Work respectfully and responsibly with others online.

Safety Law and Ethics: Keep login information private and log off of devices appropriately.

Networks and the Internet

Cybersecurity: Explain what passwords are and why we use them and use strong passwords to protect devices and information from unauthorized use.