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Content Standard: LIFE
SCIENCE
Standard:
The student will investigate the structure
and function of plant and animal cells.
Cell Structure and Function
LS.1A.
Recognize that living things are made up of
smaller parts that contribute to the
operation and well being of entire organisms
Body Parts Puzzle
1.
Responds to living organisms (i.e. animals,
plants, people)
Where Does the
Animal Live?
Pets All Around
2.
Identify plants and animals
Which One Is an
Insect?
3. Indicate appropriate uses of a magnifier
Content Standard: LIFE SCIENCE Standard:
The student will investigate how living
things interact with one another and with
non-living elements of their environment.
Interactions between living things and their
environment
LS.2A. Recognize the distinction
between living and non-living things.
Living and
Nonliving
LS.2B. Realize that organisms use
their senses to interact with their
environment
Animal Habitats
Beginning ScienceYour
Five Senses
LS.2C. Examine interrelationships
among plants, animals, and their
environment.
What Is a Pond?
Growing Plants
Teeth and Eating
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LS.2D.
Recognize that the environment and the
organisms that live in it can be affected by
pollution.
LS.2E.
Investigate how living things interact with
one another and with non-living elements of
their environment.
Plants and
Animals
1. Responds to sensory
input
2. Attend to and interact
with surroundings
3. Recognize that there
are five senses
The Senses
Hearing Class
Activity
Taste Class
Activity
Smell Class
Activity
Touch Class
Activity
I Know That
Vision and Sound
Sound and
Hearing
4. Demonstrate use of the
senses to explore the environment
5. Demonstrate knowledge
of cause and effect by expecting specific
results
6. Recognize
how plants and animals interact with each
other in their environment
Animal Homes
Plant & Animal
Homes
Humans and
Animals
EEK Habitats
Who Lives Here?
What's It Like
Where You Live?
7. Identify examples of
pollutants found in the environment. . i.e.-
garbage, mold
Protecting the
Home We Live In
Clean the Air
Pollution Quiz
Smog City
Pollution
Prevention Guide
Content Standard: LIFE SCIENCE Standard:
The student will understand that living
things have characteristics that enable them
to survive in their environment.
Diversity and Adaptation Among Living Things
LS.3A. Recognize the differences
among plants and animals of the same kind,
including the features that help them to
survive in different environments.
Flower Dissection
Instructions
1.
Distinguish between plants and animals
Plants and
Animals
Animals Differ
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2.
Match an organism that belongs in a specific
environment. i.e. fish- water, bird- air
Animal Homes
3.
Identify differences of plants and animals
4.
Specify the features that enable a plant or
animal to survive in its environment
Raceway Animals
(Grades 2-3)
Content Standard: LIFE
SCIENCE
Standard:
The student will study the basic parts of
plants, investigate how plants produce food,
and discover that plants and animals use
food to sustain life.
Living Things Need
Each Other
LS.4A. Recognize the basic
requirements of all living things.
1.
Express basic wants and needs
Needs and Wants
2.
Recognize the basic needs of living things.
i.e. food, water, air, sunlight
Content Standard: LIFE
SCIENCE
Standard: The
student will understand the basic principles
of inheritance.
Heredity and Reproduction
LS5A.
Recognize that living things reproduce.
LS5B. Recognize that offspring tend to
resemble their parents.
1.
Respond to a familiar adult e.g.,
teacher, parent, sibling
Why do you look
like you?
What makes you,
you? What makes me, me?
What makes you,
you?
2.
Match offspring with their parents. e.g.,
adult dog with a puppy
Are You My Mother
Animals and Their
Babies
What will I grow up
to be?
Animal Babies
3.
Recognize all living things come from other
living things metamorphosis e.g., butterfly,
tadpole development
Where Do
Butterflies Come From
Animal Lifecycles
Life Cycles
Life Cycles
How do animals change as they grow?
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Content Standard: LIFE
SCIENCE
Standard: The
student will understand that living things
have changed over time.
Biological Change
LS6A.
Recognize that some plants and animals that
once lived are no longer found on earth.
1.
Identify animals that are extinct e.g.
Dinosaurs
Grade 2
It Stinks!
Extinction,
Brenda Teague, Rebecca Price
E Patrol,
Endangered Animals
Animal Round
Game
Dinosaur Floor
Endangered
Species Picture Book
Dinosaur Field
Trip
Dinosaur
Activities
Billy Bear's
Dinosaur Activities
Dinosaur Unit
Content Standard: EARTH SCIENCE
Standard: The student will
investigate the structure of the universe
Earth and Its Place in the Universe
ES1A.
Recognize that different objects appear in
the day and nighttime sky.
What's in the Sky?
The Night Sky Live
What Shape is the
Moon Tonight?
Race to Space
ES1B.
Recognize that there are predictable
patterns which occur in the universe.
1.
Recognized night and day
Lesson Day and
Night
Night and Day
2. Sequence daily events
in relation to the student’s environment.
(i.e. schedule)
What's the Order?
3.
Identify day and night
Day and Night
Content Standard:
EARTH SCIENCE
Standard: The student will
investigate the relationships among
atmospheric conditions, weather, and
climate.
Measuring Rainfall
Atmospheric CyclesES2A.
Recognize daily and seasonal weather
changes.
(Click) What's the
Weather?
ES2B. Realize that weather is
associated with temperature, precipitation,
and wind conditions and can be measured
using tools and instruments.
Measuring the Wind
1.
Identify daily weather conditions (e.g.,
hot, cool, sunny, snowy, and rainy)
(Click) The
Weather Game
2.
Associate clothing and activity choices with
various types
Dress Jessica
What Will Bella
Wear?
Dress a Bear for
the Weather
3.
Identify the appropriate tool for measuring
temperature
Make A
Thermometer
4.
Identify seasons
Zoe’s Silly Seasons
Seasons
Content Standard:
EARTH SCIENCE
Standard: The student will understand
that the earth has many geological features
that are constantly changing.
Earth Features
ES3A.
Identify the earth’s major geological
features
1.
Distinguish between land and water
Out of Place
2.
Identify the earth’s major geological
features ( land masses, mountains, oceans,
lakes, and rivers)
Landformation
Mountains
Transport from
Around the World
Content Standard:
EARTH SCIENCE
Standard: The student will
investigate the properties, uses, and
conservation of earth’s resources.
Earth Resources
ES4A.
Recognize that there are a variety of earth
materials which have basic observable and
measurable properties.
1.
Recognize that there are a variety of earth
materials (rocks, soil, pebbles, and sand)
Rocks and Soil
The Dirt on Soil
2. Identify an object as
natural or man-made
Identifying Natural
and Manmade Resources
ES4B. Demonstrate understanding
that earth materials can be recycled or
conserved.
1.
Identify ways that earth’s resources benefit
man
Recycle City
Content Standard:
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Standard: The student will
investigate the effects of force on the
movement of objects.
Forces and Motion
PS1A.
Understand the basic concept that forces can
move objects (push/pull). PS1B.
Observe and predict how the weight of an
object and its position affect balance.
1.
Recognize that a push or a pull can move
objects
Pushes and Pulls
Push and Pull
Animation
2. Recognize that objects
can move in different directions and at
different speeds on different surfaces
Forces and
Movement
Content Standard:
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Standard: The student will
investigate the characteristic properties of
matter
Structure and Properties of Matter
PS2A.
Recognize that objects have observable
properties that can change over time and
under different conditions
1.
Describe objects according to simple
properties (shape, size, color, weight,
texture, floating, sinking, flexibility)
Packing for the
Park
2.
Sort objects according to weight, length,
and size
I Know That
Matter
3.
Distinguish between solids, and liquids
Characteristics
of Materials Game
Properties of
Matter
Properties of
Matter Song
Solids, Liquids,
Gasses
Content Standard: PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Standard: The student will
investigate energy and its uses.
Energy
PS3A.
Identify the sun as the main source of
earth’s heat and light energy.
1.
Responds to light
Light and
Shadows
2.
Responds to sound
Sounds and Hearing
3.
Identify the sun as the source of the
earth’s heat and light energy
PS3B. Recognize that sound is
produced when objects vibrate.
1. Identify
sounds
The Science of Sound
2.
Distinguish different sounds and their
sources
Farm Animal Sounds
Bird Songs
3. Classify sounds according to their basic
characteristics (e.g., loud and soft,
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