Little 2nd Grade SCIENCE Thinkers {UNIT 2: Living Things}
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Little 2nd grade Science Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for students in grade 2. It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your students. It incorporates many state and NGSS standards (standard alignment included). This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.
UNIT 2: LIVING THINGS introduces your students to how living things depend on each other for survival. It includes many engaging investigations for your class. It includes lessons on these topics:
Needs of plants and animals
How plant parts help them meet their basic needs
Seed dispersal and pollination
How physical characteristics and behaviors help animals survive
Animal migration
Dormancy and hibernation of living things
Life cycles of plants and animals, including metamorphosis
Inherited Traits of plants and animals
Extinction and fossils
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COMPONENTS OF THE UNIT:
-A complete Teacher Guide
–10 printable/projectable Books for Read Alouds
–15 Step-by-step, Scripted Lesson Plans
-Essential Question and Learning Target Posters
-Anchor Charts
-Investigations and Experiment
-6 Science Stations
-Whole group Activities
-Vocabulary Cards
-Student Workbook
-Quick Checks
-Primary-appropriate Assessment and Rubric for scoring
-Parent Letter
-A complete unit PowerPoint to guide your teaching during every lesson (all books, targets, activity and workbook pages are included in the PowerPoint- Also includes directions for converting the PowerPoint to Google Slides)
-NOTE: You will need to purchase 4 small plants and carnation flowers for the experiments
OUTLINE OF UNIT 1:
Lesson 1: LIVING THINGS ALL AROUND
Lesson 2: WHAT PLANTS NEED
Lesson 3: PLANT NEEDS EXPERIMENT
Lesson 4: INTERDEPENDENCE: SEED DISPERSAL AND POLLINATION
Lesson 5: ANIMAL NEEDS AND SURVIVAL
Lesson 6: MIGRATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Lesson 7: HIBERNATION, DORMANCY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Lesson 8: INTERDEPENDENCE: FOOD CHAINS
Lesson 9: PLANT LIFE CYCLES
Lesson 10: ANIMAL LIFE CYCLES
Lesson 11: OFFSPRING AND INHERITED TRAITS
Lesson 12: EXTINCTION AND FOSSILS
Lesson 13: SCIENCE STATIONS
Lesson 14: REVIEW
Lesson 15: ASSESSMENT
