SECOND GRADE SCIENCE PACING GUIDE NINE WEEKS & CHAPTER READING UNIT First Nine Weeks Introductory Chapter: Ready, Set, Science! Chapter 1: Observing and Classifying Matter Chapter 2: Changes in Matter Chapter 12: Animals Unit 1: Kindness Unit 2: Let s Explore Second Nine Weeks Chapter 7: Exploring Earth s Surface Chapter 9: Weather Chapter 3: Light and Heat Unit 3: Around the Town Third Nine Weeks Chapter 14 Living Things & Their Environments Chapter 11: Living & NonLiving Things Chapter 5: Motion Unit 4: Look Again Unit 5: Courage Fourth Nine Weeks Chapter 13: Plants Human Body Systems Chapter 4: Energy for Living Unit 6: America s People Big Idea 1: The Practice of Science should be integrated throughout all chapters. Chapters 4 (Lessons 1 & 2), 6, 8 and Chapter 10 are not necessary for mastery of Second Grade Science Standards. There can be flexibility within the nine weeks depending on the amount of time spent on the reading unit. 1
1 st Nine Weeks SECOND GRADE SCIENCE PACING GUIDE Introductory Chapter: Ready, Set, Science! Lesson 1: What Are Inquiry Skills Will We Use? Lesson 2: What Science Tools Will We Use? Lesson 3: How Do Scientists Work? Chapter 1: Observing and Classifying Matter Lesson 1: What is Matter? Lesson 2: What Are Solids? Lesson 3: What Are Liquids? Lesson 4: What Are Gases? How Many Pennies p. 3 Stacking Pennies p. 7 Drops of Water on a Penny p. 11 Observe a Coin p. 13 Equal Coins p. 19 Wet Quarters p. 21 Kinds of Matter p. 31 A Matter of Space p. 35 Measure a Solid p. 39 Sort Classroom Objects p. 41 Measure a Liquid p. 47 Measure Two Ways p. 50 Measure a Gas p. 53 Observe Air p. 56 Demo Hot Air and Cold Air p. 61 NEED Primary Science of Energy Kit Unit 1: Kindness Observing and Classifying Matter Matter Matters! Too Small to See Big Idea 1: The Practice of Science SC.2.N.1.1 Raise questions about the natural world, investigate them through free exploration and systematic observations, and generate appropriate explanations based on those explorations. (H) SC.2.N.1.2 Compare the observations made by different groups using the same materials. (M) SC.2.N.1.3 Ask how do you? in appropriate situations and attempt reasonable answers when asked the same question by others. (H) SC.2.N.1.4 Explain how particular science investigations should yield similar conclusions when repeated. (H) SC.2.N.1.5 Distinguish between empirical observation (what you see, hear, feel, smell, or taste) and ideas or inferences (what you think). (M) SC.2.N.1.6 Explain how scientists alone or in groups are always investigating new ways to solve problems. (M) including size, shape, color, temperature, weight, texture, sinking or floating in water, and attraction and repulsion of magnets. (L) including size, shape, color, temperature, weight, texture, sinking or floating in water, and attraction and repulsion of magnets. (L) SC.2.P.8.2 Identify objects and materials as solid, liquid, or gas. (L) SC.2.P.8.3 Recognize that solids have a definite shape and that liquids and gases take the shape of their container. (L) SC.2.P.8.4 Observe and describe water in its solid, liquid, and gaseous states. (L) SC.2.P.8.5 Measure and compare temperatures taken every day at the same time. (M) SC.2.P.8.6 Measure and compare the volume of liquids using containers of various shapes and sizes. (M) There can be flexibility within the nine weeks depending on the amount of time spent on the reading unit. 2
Lesson 1: What Are Mammals and Birds? Lesson 2: What Are Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fish? Lesson 3: What Are Some Animal Life Cycles? SECOND GRADE SCIENCE PACING GUIDE Chapter 2: Changes in Matter Big Idea 9: Changes of Matter SC.2.P.9.1 Investigate that materials can be altered to change some of Lesson 1: How Can Matter Change? Make a Mixture p. 68 their properties, but not all materials respond the same way to one Mix It Up p. 69 alteration. (H) Big Idea 10: Forms of Energy Lesson 2: How Can Water Change? What Freezing Does p. 75 Changes in Matter SC.2.P.10.1 Discuss that people use electricity and other forms of Which Melts p. 78 A Matter of Change energy to cook their food, cool or warm their homes, and power their cars. Forms of Water (L) Lesson 3: What Are Other Changes How Matter Can Change p. 83 Big Idea 7: Earth Systems and Patterns to Matter? Uncooked and Cooked p. 85 SC.2.E.7.3 Investigate, observe, and describe how water left in an Include Evaporation Demonstration Mixing Matter p. 91 open container disappears (evaporates), but water in a closed container does not disappear (evaporate). (H) Chapter 12: Animals Unit 2: Let s Explore Big Idea 16: Heredity and Reproduction SC.2.L.16.1 Observe and describe major stages in the life cycles of plants and animals, including beans and butterflies. (M) Compare Hair and Feathers p. 385 Make a Model p. 388 Classify Animals p. 393 Snake Skin p. 395 Sequence Animals Live p. 401 A Dragonfly s Life Cycle p. 405 RHEC Programs Animals Animal Life Cycles Changing Shapes 2 nd Nine Weeks Chapter 7: Exploring Earth s Surface Lesson 1: What Changes Earth s Surface? Lesson 2: What Are Rocks, Sand, and Soil? Lesson 3: What Can We Learn from Fossils? How Land Shapes Change p. 223 Make a Model p. 227 Hardness of Rocks p. 231 A Closer Look at Soil p. 235 Expand to address benchmark Uncovering Fossils p. 239 Make a Print in Clay p. 243 Exploring Earth s Surface This Changing Earth Shake It Up Big Idea 6: Earth in Space in Time SC.2.E.6.1 Recognize that Earth is made up of rocks. Rocks come in many different sizes and shapes. (M) SC.2.E.6.2 Describe how small pieces of rock and dead plant and animal parts can be the basis of soil and explain the process by which soil is formed. (H) SC.2.E.6.3 Classify soil types based on color, texture (size of particles), the ability to retain water, and the ability to support the growth of plants. (H) There can be flexibility within the nine weeks depending on the amount of time spent on the reading unit. 3
SECOND GRADE SCIENCE PACING GUIDE Chapter 9: Weather Reading Unit 3: Big Idea 7: Earth Systems and Patterns Around the Town SC.2.E.7.1 Compare and describe the changing patterns in nature that Lesson 1: How Does Weather Changes in Weather p. 289 repeat themselves, such as weather conditions including temperature Change? Model a Rainbow p. 291 and precipitation, day to day and season to season. (M) SC2.E.7.3 Investigate, observe, and describe how water left in an open Lesson 2: Why Do We Measure Measure Temperature p. 297 container disappears (evaporates), but water in a closed container does Weather? Draw and Compare p. 301 Weather not disappear (evaporate). (H) Weather and Water SC2.E.7.4 Investigate that air is all around us and that moving air is Lesson 3: What Is the Water Cycle? Water in the Air p. 305 Rain or Shine? wind. (H) Model a Flood p. 309 SC.2.E.7.5 State the importance of preparing for severe weather, Include Lessons on Severe Weather lightning, and other weather related events. (L) Class Activity What Is The Temperature p. 315 SC.2.P.8.5 Measure and compare temperatures taken every day at the same time. (M) Chapter 3: Light and Heat Big Idea 10: Forms of Energy SC.2.P.10.1 Discuss that people use electricity and other forms of Lesson 1: What is Energy? Energy from Wind p. 99 energy to cook their food, cool or warm their homes, and power their Water Power p. 103 cars. (L) Lesson 2: What is Light? How Light Moves p. 109 What Does Light Shine Through p. Light and Heat including size, shape, color, temperature, weight, texture, sinking or 112 What Are Light and floating in water, and attraction and repulsion of magnets. (L) Heat? Big Idea 7: Earth Systems and Patterns Lesson 3: What is Heat? Color and Heat p. 115 SC.2.E.7.2 Investigate by observing and measuring, that the Sun s Making Heat p. 117 energy directly and indirectly warms the water, land, and air. (H) NEED Primary Science of Energy SC.2.E.7.4 Investigate that air is all around us and that moving air is Kit Activities 1 7 wind. (H) 3 rd Nine Weeks Chapter 14: Living Things and Their Environments Lesson 1: What Is an Environment? Lesson 2: How Do Living Things Survive in Different Places? Where Animal Lives p. 447 How Feathers Help Ducks p. 451 How Color Helps a Butterfly p. 455 Keeping Warm p. 459 Reading Unit 4: Look Again Living Things and Their Environments Home Sweet Home Helping Our World The Hidden Energy in Plants Energy for Living Big Idea 17: Interdependence SC.2.L.17.2 Recognize and explain that living things are found all over the Earth, but each is only able to live in habitats that meet its basic needs. (M) Lesson 3: What Are Food Chains and Food Webs? What Animals Eat p. 465 Food Chain Mix Up p. 467 There can be flexibility within the nine weeks depending on the amount of time spent on the reading unit. 4
Chapter 11: Living and Nonliving Things Lesson 1: What Are Living and Nonliving Things? Lesson 2: What Do Animals Need? Lesson 3: What Do Plants Need? SECOND GRADE SCIENCE PACING GUIDE Big Idea 17: Interdependence SC.2.L.17.1 Compare and contrast the basic needs that all living things, including humans, have for survival. (M) Things That Grow p. 359 What Living Things Need p. 361 Chapter 5: Motion Lesson 1: What Are Ways Things Move? Lesson 2: What Makes Things Move? Lesson 3: How Do Magnets Move Things? 4 th Nine Weeks Chapter 13: Plants Lesson 1: What Are the Parts of a Plant Lesson 2: How Do Plants Differ? Lesson 3: What Are Some Plant Life Cycles? RHEC Program Nature Trail and Tree Activity What Birds Need p. 365 Clay Nest p. 367 What Plants Need p. 371 Water in Soil p. 373 What Seeds Need p. 379 How Things Can Move p. 163 Watch It Go! P. 166 How You Move Objects p. 169 More or Less? P. 171 How Magnets Work p. 177 Magnetic Attraction p. 179 Ramps and Rolling p. 187 Parts of a Plant p. 417 Make a Model p. 419 Classify Leaves p. 423 What Kind of Stem p. 425 Life Cycle of a Bean Plant p. 429 Observe a Pinecone p. 433 Which Grow First p. 439 (Plant early) Living and Nonliving Things Living Things Way to Grow! Reading Unit 5: Courage Motion On the Move! Easy Does It! Plants Plant Life Cycles Surprises in Grandma s Garden Big Idea 13: Forces and Changes in Motion SC.2.P.13.1 Investigate the effect of applying various pushes and pulls on different objects. (H) SC.2.P.13.2 Demonstrate that magnets can be used to make some things move without touching them. (L) SC.2.P.13.3 Recognize that objects are pulled toward the ground unless something holds them up. (L) SC.2.P.13.4 Demonstrate that the greater the force (push or pull) applied to the object, the greater the change in the motion of the object. (M) and attraction and repulsion of magnets. (L) Big Idea 16: Heredity and Reproduction SC.2.L.16.1 Observe and describe major stages in the life cycles of plants and animals, including beans and butterflies. (M) There can be flexibility within the nine weeks depending on the amount of time spent on the reading unit. 5
SECOND GRADE SCIENCE PACING GUIDE Human Body Systems Reading Unit 6: Big Idea 14: Organization and Development of Living Organisms America s People SC.2.P.14.1 Distinguish human body parts (brain, heart, lungs, Health Handbook R4 R9 (back of Health Handbook R4 R9 (back of stomach, muscles, and skeleton) and their basic function. (M) book) book) REQUIRES SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Chapter 4: Energy for Living Lesson 3: How Do People Get Energy Cognitive Complexity Level Low (L) Moderate (M) High (H) There can be flexibility within the nine weeks depending on the amount of time spent on the reading unit. 6