BC Curriculum - Science Grade 2

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Area of Learning: SCIENCE Grade 2

Ministry of Education
BIG IDEAS
Living things have life cycles Materials can be changed through Forces influence the motion Water is essential to all
adapted to their environment. physical and chemical processes. of an object. living things, and it cycles through
the environment.

Learning Standards
Curricular Competencies Content
Students are expected to be able to do the following: Students are expected to know the following:
Questioning and predicting • metamorphic and non-metamorphic life cycles of
• Demonstrate curiosity and a sense of wonder about the world different organisms
• Observe objects and events in familiar contexts • similarities and differences between offspring and
parent
• Ask questions about familiar objects and events
• First Peoples use of their knowledge of life cycles
• Make simple predictions about familiar objects and events
• physical ways of changing materials
Planning and conducting
• chemical ways of changing materials
• Make and record observations
• types of forces
• Safely manipulate materials to test ideas and predictions
• water sources including local watersheds
• Make and record simple measurements using informal or non-standard methods
• water conservation
Processing and analyzing data and information
• the water cycle
• Experience and interpret the local environment
• local First People’s knowledge of water:
• Recognize First Peoples stories (including oral and written narratives), songs, and art, as
ways to share knowledge — water cycles
• Sort and classify data and information using drawings, pictographs and provided tables — conservation
— connection to other systems
• Compare observations with predictions through discussion
• Identify simple patterns and connections
Evaluating
• Compare observations with those of others
• Consider some environmental consequences of their actions

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Area of Learning: SCIENCE Grade 2

Ministry of Education
Learning Standards (continued)
Curricular Competencies Content
Applying and innovating
• Take part in caring for self, family, classroom and school through personal approaches
• Transfer and apply learning to new situations
• Generate and introduce new or refined ideas when problem solving
Communicating
• Communicate observations and ideas using oral or written language, drawing, or role-play
• Express and reflect on personal experiences of place

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