I Can Standard 2-Earth Science Indiana Content Standards Grade 2

Standard
2.2.1 Construct and use tools to observe and measure weather phenomena like precipitation, changes in temperature, wind speed, and direction.

Kid Language
Construct and use tools to observe and measure different kinds of weather.

I Can
I can make and use tools to measure precipitation. I can make and use tools to measure changes in temperature. I can make and use tools to measure changes in wind speed and direction. I can feel the motion of wind. I can hear the wind moving. I can describe wind. I can make a chart or graph showing what the weather is like each day. I can observe different types of weather. I can ask questions about weather graphs. I can see patterns in

Evidence of Verb DOK

-Verbal and written expression. -Construction 2

2.2.2

Experience and describe wind as the motion of the air.

Use the senses to describe the movement of air.

-Verbal and written expression

2.2.3

2.2.4

Chart or graph weather observations such as cloud cover, cloud type, and type of precipitation on a daily basis over a period of weeks. Ask questions about charted observations and graphed data. Identify the day-to-day

Make a chart or graph of the types of weather each day for a month. Ask questions about weather graphs. Identify patterns in

- Written expression

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-Verbal and written expression -Physical

patterns and cycles of weather. Understand seasonal time scales in terms of temperatures and amounts of rainfall and snowfall. 2.2.5 Ask questions and design class investigations on the effect of the sun heating the surface of the earth. Learn about, report on and practice severe weather safety procedures.

daily weather cycles. Understand the seasons and how they affect the weather. Ask questions and investigate what happens when the sun heats the earth. Learn about, tell about, and practice severe weather safety procedures.

daily weather cycles. I can explain how seasons affect temperature, and amounts of rain and snow. I can investigate and question what happens when the sun heats the earth. I can learn severe weather safety procedures. I can tell others about severe weather safety procedures. I can practice severe weather safety procedures. I can observe and draw shadows to show how the sun appears to move through the sky during the day. I can observe and draw the moon at different times during the day.

demonstration

-Verbal expression -Physical demonstration -Verbal expression

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2.2.6

2.2.7

Investigate how the sun appears to move through the sky during the day by observing and drawing the length and direction of shadows. Investigate how the moon appears to move through the sky during the day by

Investigate how the sun appears to move through the sky during the day by observing and drawing shadows. Investigate how the moon appears to move through the

-Written expression

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2.2.8

-Written expression

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observing and drawing its location at different times.

2.2.9

Investigate how the shape of the moon changes from day to day in a repeating cycle that lasts about a month.

sky during the day by observing and drawing where it is in the sky at different times. Investigate the moon daily to see how the shape changes over a month.

I can observe the changes of the shape of the moon daily. I can observe the changes of the moon in a cycle that repeats each month.

-Written expression

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