Second and Third Grade Science

1. Second and Third Grade Science Kristine Barrett and Kathy Horan

2. Second and Third Grade Standards • Science as an inquiry • Involved in activities to develop skills for scientific inquiry

3. Meet Standard By Using: • Our science kits, additional units, Reading Rainbow/Magic School Bus activities

4. Physical Science • Involved in activities to develop skills for scientific inquiry • Describe the movement of objects • Recognize and demonstrate what makes sounds • Experiment with electricity and magnetism

5. Meet Standards By Using: • Magnet units (2nd/3rd grades - additional) • Sound unit (3rd grade - STC kit) • Gears! Gears! Gears! (2nd grade - additional) • Gears and Pulleys! (3rd grade - additional) • Bill Nye Video “Momentum and Pressure” • “Wonder of Sound” video • “The Magic of Magnetism” video • “Simple Machines” video • Bill Nye video “Powerful Forces: All Pumped Up”

6. Life Science • Develop an understanding of the characteristics of living things • Develop knowledge of organisms in their environment • Observe and illustrate the life cycles of various organisms

7. Meet Standard by Using: • Butterfly Life Cycle (2nd grade - STC kit) • Animal Studies (3rd grade - STC kit) • Root-Vue Farm for studying root and plant growth (3rd grade - addition) • “Insects and Spiders” listening center • “Living and Nonliving Things” video • Jane Goodall Animal Scientist trade book • Shark Lady trade book • Frog life cycle stamps • “Magic School Bus Gets Planted” video • “From Seed to Plant” trade book • “Animal Groups” video • “How Plants Grow” videos

8. Earth and Space Science • Describe properties of earth materials • Develop an understanding of the properties of earth materials • Observe and compare objects in the sky • Observe and describe objects in the sky • Describe changes in weather • Develop skills necessary to describe changes in the earth, weather

9. Meet Standard By Using: • Soils (2nd grade - STC kit) • Rocks and Minerals (3rd grade - STC kit) • “I Dig Fossils” video • Dinosaurs and Fossils trade books • Earth Movements trade book • Rocks and Minerals trade book • Fossil rubbing plates • “Sunshine Makes the Seasons” trade book • “Seasons and Weather” listening center • “Sunshine and Shadow” trade book • “What Makes Day and Night” trade book • “The Sky is Full of Stars” trade book • “The Moon Seems to Change” trade book • “Getting to Know Soil” video

10. Science and Technology • Use technology to learn about the world • Work with a technology design • Apply their understanding about science and technology

11. Meet Standard By Using: • Gears! Gears! Gears! (2nd grade - additional) • “Simple Machines” video • Gears and Pulleys! (3rd grade - additional)

12. Personal, Environmental Perspectives • Demonstrate responsibility for their own health • Develop an understanding of personal health • Demonstrate an awareness of changes in the environment

13. Meet Standard By Using: • Heart, lungs and intestines unit (2nd grade - additional) • Respiratory Systems (3rd grade - additional) • My Body listening Center • 5 Senses Listening Center

14. History and Nature of Science • Know they practice science • Develop an awareness that people practice science

15. Meet Standard By Using: • Integrated literature (2nd/3rd grade - additional) • Jane Goodall • Benjamin Banneker • “The Shark Lady” • “What Is a Scientist?” • “Five Brilliant Scientists”

16. Chrysalis from Butterfly Kit

17. Science Issues • Current science kits do not meet all of the standards • Continuously adding additional units to try and fill gaps • Desire to keep hands-on science instruction

18. Second Grade Science Vocabulary • Solution conclusion prediction • Prove humus • Pollute clay • Magnet soil • Astronaut smear • Balance repel • Centimeter attract • Egg caterpillar • Environment chrysalis • Human emerge • Observation mallow • Results materials

19. Third Grade Science Vocabulary • Vibration temperature sound seed • Breathe community compass earth • Heat mixture hypothesis solid plankton • Burbling elodea crustacean pitch eardrum • Decibel chemical evaporation filter • unknown dissolve tension frequency • behavior data volume liquid • range mineral rib habitat goggles

20. Current “Celebrations of Learning” • No state assessments for science at second or third grade levels - YET • MAPS assessments are given starting at third grade level • Performance assessments given in Sound unit and Chemical Tests unit in Third Grade

21. Science Items Tested on MAPS • Unifying Concepts - Student shows understanding of systems, order & organization, evidence, models & explanations, constancy, change, measurement, evolution & equilibrium, form and function. • Scientific Inquiry - Student uses the process skills required to do scientific inquiry and show an understanding of the nature of science and technology. • Life Sciences - Student understands the concepts related to the form, function and organization of body systems, the cell and molecules within the cell, diversity and evolution of life on Earth, and ecological interactions and interdependence of living things. • Earth/Space Sciences - Student understands concepts related to the dynamic Earth, such as the structure of Earth, plate tectonics, geochemical cycles, and atmospheric processes, concepts related to Earth in space, structure of the solar system and universe, and unique characteristics of Earth. • Physical Sciences - Student understands concepts related to the structure and interaction of matter, forces and motion, forms of energy, and the transfer and transformations of energy.

22. Thanks for attending our presentation!Kathy and Kristine