NeXt Generation Learning



Science Curriculum
Grade Two
Standard 1: The Nature of Matter - Chemistry

The student will demonstrate the skills and knowledge necessary for the study of chemistry.

*Not correlated to State Grade Level Expectations

1.1 Identify the physical properties of matter and explain its changes.

 
1.1.1  list examples of solids, liquids and gases
1.1.2  identify the observable properties of solids, liquids and gases
1.1.3  identify changes that occur in matter
1.1.4  identify the cause for change in matter (e.g., sunlight affects plant growth)
1.1.5*  recognize causes of change in forms of matter (e.g., heat, cold)
1.1.6  recognize that not all objects or materials respond to change in the same way (e.g., plastic object in the freezer compared with water in a freezer).
1.2 Recognize that matter can be made of smaller pieces in different amounts

 
1.2.1  recognize that parts of some objects can only be seen well with magnification (e.g., rocks, cookies, string, paper).
1.2.2  identify that a variety of tools that can be used to examine objects at differing degrees of magnification (e.g., a hand lens, layered hand lenses, microscope)
1.3 Classify matter according to physical characteristics

 
1.3.1  group objects according to similarities or differences in their physical characteristics

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