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Grade 2 Science - Unit I Overview
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Safety and Scientific
Investigation
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Safety and Scientific Investigations unit, students will
demonstrate safe practices during classroom and field
investigations. Students will also use critical and
logical thinking to describe objects and events, ask
questions, construct explanations, test those
explanations against current scientific knowledge, and
communicate ideas to others. Finally, students will
investigate the proper way to use measurement tools and
determine the specific uses for each tool.
This unit is integrated in all units.
Critical Questions:
- Why is it important to practice safety procedures
during field and laboratory investigations?
- Why is it important to use age-appropriate tools
to collect, measure, observe, compare and classify
data?
- Why do we need to learn to ask critical questions,
plan and conduct simple investigations to gather data,
and draw constructive conclusions?
Suggested Time Frame: 2 weeks and ongoing
throughout the year. |
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Student Performance Expectations |
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Key
Information in the brackets that is not in bold
(8.2A) is the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skill (TEKS)
that this objective is aligned to.
Information in the brackets that is in bold
(8.2.11B)
(8.2.12A) (11.2US10A)
is the specific Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills
(TAKS- test) objective this objective is aligned to.
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Demonstrate safe practices
during classroom and field investigations. (2.1A-B)
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Use critical and logical
thinking to describe objects and events, ask questions,
construct explanations, test those explanations
against current scientific knowledge, and communicate
ideas to others. (2.2D-F) |
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Identify measurement tools to
collect and gather information. (2.4A)
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