Second Grade Science
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First Quarter
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CONTENT (General Science |
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ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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Penguins |
Journal exercises, spelling words focused on penguin vocab, sentence strips with life cycle of a penguin |
Spelling test Sentence strips |
12B |
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Arthur’s pet business Science lesson |
Students will list several animals and identify their attributes |
Animal trait chart |
12-12A |
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Scholastic news
Apple day |
Class discussion on pumpkin and apple life cycle Science experiment-which solution will keep the apple fresher longer? |
Venn Diagram
Scientific method ws |
12A 11A
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Animal tracks unit |
Nature encyclopedia- choose animal and compile research |
Book page Animal web |
3-3A, 3-3C,4-4B |
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Classification unit |
Study class of vertebrates, observation exercises |
Word sort Sorting animal cards |
12A, 12B |
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Spider unit |
Research a specific spider, make model of spider |
Rubric- spider model Book page |
3-3C, 4-4B, 5-5A,5-5B, 5-5C, 12A, 12B |
Second Quarter
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ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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Spiders Nature walk |
Spider interview, study of different types of webs |
Rubric Art project |
5-5A 12-12B |
Third Quarter
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ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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Scholastic news |
Read and studied snow monkeys |
Worksheet
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12A, 12B |
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12E, 12F |
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Seasons |
Studied the cause of the season and did studied trees at different stages.
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Draw four trees, each representing a season |
12E 12F |
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Seasons continued |
Seasons expressed through poems |
Acrostic poem Senses poem |
12E 12F |
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Classification |
Revisited subject and constructed mobiles |
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12E 12F |
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Shadows |
Discussed sun’s position and hibernation |
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12E 12F |
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Dinosaur unit
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KWL chart Pangea- making continents with cookies Dino research project
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Pangea coloring ws Likeness dino ws Extinct/endangered ws |
12B
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Fourth Quarter
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CONTENT (General |
CONTENT (Specific) |
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ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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Dinosaur unit -power point project
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Students begin working on their dino power point project. They are given a dino to research and answer questions about. Then they take their information and apply it to a power point presentation. |
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1C 3A,C 5B,C 12A,B |
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KWL chart Power point Fossil project |
Revisited and filled in parts of the chart Continued power point project Students learned more about the formation of fossils by creating one using a shell |
Chapter check up quiz What’s for dinner dino ws Finding fossils ws |
1C 3A,C 5B,C 12A,B |
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KWL chart Iowa review |
Finished chart and power point Read and discussed the following topics: the moon, energy, simple machines |
Insects ws
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12E,F 12C
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Iowa testing |
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Octopus/Ocean unit |
KWL octopus chart Octopus fact sheet |
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1C 3A,C 5A,B,C 12A,B |
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Oil experiment
Sea animal research |
This experiment explores the situation of an oil spill and how that effects the environment They choose a sea animal and read an oral report on their findings |
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1C 4B 5A,B,C 12A,B |
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Weather unit |
Construction of a wind chart, labeling the different levels describing the differences Create a cloud picture using cotton balls labeling the 3 different types of clouds and what type of weather they produce |
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12E |