Transcript Second and Third Grade Science

Second and Third Grade
Science
Kristine Barrett
and
Kathy Horan
Second and Third Grade Standards
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Science as an inquiry
Involved in activities to develop skills
for scientific inquiry
Meet Standard By Using:
 Our science kits, additional units, Reading
Rainbow/Magic School Bus activities
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
Meet Standards By Using:
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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”
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
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
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
Meet Standard By Using:
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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
Science and Technology
Use technology to learn about the
world
Work with a technology design
Apply their understanding about
science and technology
Meet Standard By Using:
• Gears! Gears! Gears! (2nd grade additional)
• “Simple Machines” video
• Gears and Pulleys! (3rd grade - additional)
Personal, Environmental
Perspectives
 Demonstrate
responsibility for their own
health
 Develop an understanding of personal
health
 Demonstrate an awareness of changes
in the environment
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
History and Nature of Science
Know
they practice science
Develop an awareness that
people practice science
Meet Standard By Using:
• Integrated literature (2nd/3rd grade - additional)
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Jane Goodall
Benjamin Banneker
“The Shark Lady”
“What Is a Scientist?”
“Five Brilliant Scientists”
Chrysalis from Butterfly Kit
Science Issues
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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
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
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
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
Science Items Tested on MAPS
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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.
MAPS Assessment Results
The accepted 3rd grade level score was
191.
32 students scored at 191 or above.
73 students scored at 190 or below.
Thanks for attending our
presentation!
Kathy and Kristine