Grade 2 Science North Carolina standards Standards

Earth’s Systems

Heredity- Inheritance and Variation of Traits

From Molecules to Organisms- Structures and Processes

Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

Matter and its Interactions

Understand patterns of weather and factors that affect weather.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to summarize how energy from the sun serves as a source of light and warms the land, air, and water.

Use mathematics and computational thinking to summarize weather conditions (temperature, wind direction, wind speed, precipitation).

Carry out investigations to collect data and compare weather patterns that occur over time and relate observable patterns to time of day and time of year.

Obtain, evaluate and communicate information to recognize the tools scientists use for observing, recording, and predicting weather changes from day to day and during the season.

Understand animal life cycles.

Use models to summarize the life cycle of animals including: birth, developing into an adult, reproducing, aging and death.

Obtain, evaluate and communicate information to compare life cycles of different animals.

Understand that organisms differ from or are similar to their parents and other offspring based on characteristics of the organism.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to summarize ways in which animals closely resemble their parents and ways they are different.

Analyze and interpret data to illustrate variations among offspring of the same parents.

Understand properties of solids and liquids and the changes they undergo.

Carry out investigations to illustrate examples of matter that can change from a solid to a liquid and from a liquid to a solid by heating and cooling.

Analyze and interpret data to compare the amount (volume and weight) of water in a container before and after freezing.

Analyze and interpret data to compare the amount (volume and weight) of water left in an open container over time to the water left in a closed container.

Understand the relationship between sound and vibrating objects.

Carry out investigations to illustrate how sound is produced by vibrating objects and columns of air.

Use models to summarize the relationship between sound and how sounds are produced and detected by parts of the body that vibrate.

Safety, Law, & Ethics

Social Interactions

Culture

Program Development

Modularity

Control

Variables

Algorithms

Inference & Models

Collection, Visualization, & Transformation

Storage

Cybersecurity

Network Communication & Organization

Troubleshooting

Hardware and Software

Devices

Algorithms & Programming

Computing Systems

Data & Analysis

Impacts of Computing

Model daily processes with algorithms to complete tasks.

Demonstrate how programs store and manipulate data by using numbers or other symbols to represent information.

Develop programs with sequences and simple loops to express ideas or address a problem.

Decompose the steps needed to solve a problem into a precise sequence of instructions

Develop plans that describe a program’s sequence of events, goals, and expected outcomes.

Give attribution when using the ideas and creations of others while developing programs.

Identify and debug errors in an algorithm or program that includes sequences and simple loops.

Using correct terminology, describe steps taken and choices made during the iterative process of program development

Choose appropriate devices to perform a variety of classroom tasks.

Describe the function of common physical components of computing systems (hardware) with appropriate terminology.

Operate appropriate software to perform a variety of tasks.

Describe basic hardware and software problems with accurate terminology.

Store, copy, search, retrieve, modify, and delete information using a computing device.

Define information stored on a computing device as data.

Collect and present the same data in various visual formats.

Make predictions with patterns in data visualizations.

Compare how people live and work before and after the implementation or adoption of new computing technology.

Select software that meets the diverse needs and preferences for the technology individuals use in the classroom

Work respectfully and responsibly with others online.

Model responsible login and logoff procedures on all devices.

Illustrate how information is broken down into smaller pieces and can be reassembled.

Apply knowledge of what passwords are and why we use strong passwords to protect devices and information from unauthorized access.

Discover your digital footprint and how personal information can be protected.

Networks and the Internet