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2.1 Changes in the Earth's Surface

• 2.1.1 Develop and use models illustrating the patterns of landforms and water on Earth.

  • Water on Earth (2-O.1)

• 2.1.2 Construct an explanation about changes in Earth's surface that happen 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)

• 2.1.3 Design solutions to slow or prevent wind or water from changing the shape of land.

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

2.2 Living Things and Their Habitats

• 2.2.1 Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about patterns of living things (plants and animals, including humans) 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)

• 2.2.2 Plan and carry out an investigation of the structure and function of plant and animal parts in different habitats.

  • Identify plant parts and their functions (2-K.2)
  • Observe traits (2-L.1)
  • Observe and compare traits (2-L.2)
  • Introduction to adaptations (2-L.3)

• 2.2.3 Develop and use a model that mimics the function of an animal 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)

• 2.2.4 Design a solution to a human problem by mimicking the structure and function of plants and/or animals and how they use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.

2.3 Properties of Matter

• 2.3.1 Plan and carry out an investigation to classify different kinds of materials based on patterns in 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)

• 2.3.2 Construct an explanation showing how the properties of materials influence their intended use and function.

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

• 2.3.3 Develop and use a model to describe how an object, made of a small set of pieces, can be disassembled and reshaped into a new object with a different function.

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

• 2.3.4 Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about changes in matter caused by heating or cooling.

  • Changes caused by heating and cooling (2-C.)
  • 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)