2nd Grade Science Unit 1

Big Idea:

Identify what scientists do and safe practices during indoor and outdoor investigations.

Student Expectations:

Focus TEKS

2.1(A) [Tools to Know] Agency-approved safety standards [the Texas Safety Standards] during classroom and outdoor investigations, including wearing safety goggles or chemical splash goggles, as appropriate , washing hands, and using materials appropriately identify , describe, and demonstrate safe practices as outlined [described] in Texas Education

2.3(C) [Ways to Show] Identify what a scientist is and explore what different scientists do.

Ongoing TEKS

2.2(D) Record and organize data using pictures, numbers, and words;

2.2(E) communicate observations and justify explanations using student-generated data from simple descriptive investigations;

2.2(F) compare results of investigations with what students and scientists know about the world.

Student Learning Targets:

• I will explore what scientists do through classroom or lab investigations.
• I will identify the tools that scientists have through pictures and manipulatives.
• I will identify lab safety rules and communicate through writing why we need to follow them.

Essential Questions:

• What are possible scenarios that would cause a scientific investigation to be unsafe?
• What does being a scientist mean?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: ScienceFusion, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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