2nd Grade

Welcome to the 2nd Grade Science Lab Page

Science Lab is part of the Special Area class rotation. Class time is 11:15-12:00.

Schedule

Day 1 - Glenn (Schmitt)

Day 2 - Cozart

Day 3 - Bonnassiolle

Day 4 - Walker

Day 5 - Li

Day 6 - Chen

Day 7 - Kido

Quarter 1: Matter (6-7 weeks)

2.P.2.1 Give examples of matter that change from a solid to a liquid and from a liquid to a solid by heating and cooling.

2.P.2.2 Compare the amount (volume and weight) of water in a container before and after freezing.

2.P.2.3 Compare what happens to water left in an open container over time as to water left in a closed container.

Quarter 2: Force and Motion & Weather (7 weeks)

2.P.1.1 Illustrate how sound is produced by vibrating objects and columns of air.

2.P.1.2 Summarize the relationship between sound and objects of the body that vibrate – eardrum and vocal cords.

2.E.1.4 Recognize the tools that scientists use for observing, recording, and predicting weather changes from day to day and during the seasons.

Quarter 3: Weather (con’t) (7 weeks)

2.E.1.1 Summarize how energy from the sun serves as a source of light that warms the land, air and water.

2.E.1.2 Summarize weather conditions using qualitative and quantitative measures to describe temperature, wind direction, wind speed, and precipitation.

2.E.1.3 Compare weather patterns that occur over time and relate observable patterns to time of day and time of year.

Quarter 4: Living Organisms & Genetics (6 weeks)

2.L.1.1 Summarize the life cycle of animals including:

• Birth

• Developing into an adult

• Reproducing

• Aging and death

2.L.1.2 Compare life cycles of different animals such as, but not limited to, mealworms, ladybugs, crickets, guppies or frogs.

2.L.2.1 Identify ways in which plants and animals closely resemble their parents in observed appearance and ways they are different.

2.L.2.2 Recognize that there is variation among individuals that are related.