The NGSS in California

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

• 2-LS2-1 Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.

  • Classify fruits and vegetables as plant parts (2-K.1)
  • Identify plant parts and their functions (2-K.2)

• 2-LS2-2 Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.

  • Pollinator: ruby-throated hummingbird (2-J.4)
  • Pollinator: Indian flying fox (2-J.5)
  • Pollinator: painted lady butterfly (2-J.6)
  • Seed disperser: Eurasian red squirrel (2-J.7)
  • Seed disperser: African elephant (2-J.8)
  • Seed disperser: common ostrich (2-J.9)
  • How do flowering plants make new plants? (2-K.4)

Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

• 2-LS4-1 Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

  • Identify plants and animals (2-I.2)
  • Identify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians (2-I.3)
  • Identify animals with and without backbones (2-I.4)
  • Observe traits (2-L.1)
  • Observe and compare traits (2-L.2)
  • Introduction to adaptations (2-L.3)

Earth's Systems: Processes that Shape the Earth

• 2-ESS1-1 Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.

  • Classify changes to Earth's surface (2-P.1)
  • Find evidence of changes to Earth's surface (2-P.2)
  • Changes to Earth's surface: earthquakes (2-P.3)
  • Changes to Earth's surface: volcanic eruptions (2-P.4)
  • Changes to Earth's surface: erosion (2-P.5)

• 2-ESS2-1 Compare multiple solutions designed to slow or prevent wind or water from changing the shape of the land.

  • Changes to Earth's surface: erosion (2-P.5)
  • Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent flooding (3-V.2)

• 2-ESS2-2 Develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land and bodies of water in an area.

  • Water on Earth (2-O.1)
  • Identify Earth’s land features (2-O.3)

• 2-ESS2-3 Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid.

  • Water on Earth (2-O.1)

Structure and Properties of Matter

• 2-PS1-1 Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.

  • Identify properties of an object (2-A.1)
  • Compare properties of objects (2-A.2)
  • Compare properties of materials (2-A.3)
  • Classify matter as solid or liquid (2-B.1)
  • Identify solids and liquids (2-B.2)

• 2-PS1-2 Analyze data obtained from testing different materials to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose.

  • Compare properties of materials (2-A.3)
  • Identify materials in objects (2-A.4)

• 2-PS1-3 Make observations to construct an evidence-based account of how an object made of a small set of pieces can be disassembled and made into a new object.

  • Identify multiple materials in objects (2-A.5)

• 2-PS1-4 Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.

  • Change-of-state diagrams: solid and liquid (2-C.1)
  • Change-of-state diagrams: liquid and gas (2-C.2)
  • Change-of-state diagrams: solid, liquid, and gas (2-C.3)
  • Heating, cooling, and changes of state: melting and freezing (2-C.4)
  • Heating, cooling, and changes of state: vaporizing and condensing (2-C.5)
  • Identify physical and chemical changes (2-E.1)

Engineering Design

• K-2-ETS1-1 Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.

  • Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent flooding (3-V.2)

• K-2-ETS1-2 Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.

• K-2-ETS1-3 Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.

  • Identify the best design solution to prevent hurricane damage (3-V.3)