Second and Third Grade Science

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Second and Third Grade Science

• Kristine Barrett
• and
• Kathy Horan

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Second and Third Grade Standards

• Science as an inquiry
• Involved in activities to develop skills for
  scientific inquiry

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Meet Standard By Using

• Our science kits, additional units, Reading
  Rainbow/Magic School Bus activities

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Science and Technology

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

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Meet Standard By Using

• Gears! Gears! Gears! (2nd grade - additional)
• Simple Machines video
• Gears and Pulleys! (3rd grade - additional)

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Personal, Environmental Perspectives

• Demonstrate responsibility for their own health
• Develop an understanding of personal health
• Demonstrate an awareness of changes in the
  environment

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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

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History and Nature of Science

• Know they practice science
• Develop an awareness that people practice science

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Meet Standard By Using

• Integrated literature (2nd/3rd grade -
  additional)
• Jane Goodall
• Benjamin Banneker
• The Shark Lady
• What Is a Scientist?
• Five Brilliant Scientists

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Chrysalis from Butterfly Kit
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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Thanks for attending our presentation!Kathy and
Kristine