2nd and 3rd Grade Standards
According to Los Angeles Unified District
Standards
Standard # 28 Make
observations of weather, seasons, the sky, and physical features of the
earth; describe how some events in nature have patterns, sequences, and
relationships. (Earth Science)
Standard # 31, 32
Identify the characteristics of living things, including humans, and how
they interact with each other, and ways they adapt to their changing environment.
(Life Science)
Ask questions and give reasonable explanations
after observing, comparing and classifying objects, living things, and
events in the world. (Scientific Thinking)
Apply an understanding of food chains and
interpretation of data, evaluate experimental designs, sequence the patterns
of growth in an organism, use chart reading skills to determine animal
groups. Use observations to group organisms and make inferences about the
population of organisms. Apply an understanding of structures and
their functions. Associate an organism with its energy source. Associate
animals with their habitat. Associate parts of a plant with their functions.
Use observations to classify organisms.
Standard #33 Communicate
predictions, data, and conclusions about the natural and physical world
using language, pictures, and graphs. (Communication)
Standard # 34 Explore,
observe, and classify living and nonliving things through both independent
and team investigations. (Investigation)
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