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General Course Information and Notes
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This course offers students an opportunity to deepen science, mathematics, engineering, and technology skills. The primary content focus will be to expand knowledge of current grade level standards in mathematics and science by applying that content in a real world, hands-on situation involving engineering and technology. For second grade, themes will focus on the investigation of number sense, measurement, earth science, and physical science concepts.
Students will participate in various hands-on STEM activities in this supplemental course to assist in the mastery of current grade level mathematics and science standards.
Instructional Practices
Teaching from a range of complex text is optimized when teachers in all subject areas implement the following strategies on a routine basis:
- Ensuring wide reading from complex text that varies in length.
- Making close reading and rereading of texts central to lessons.
- Emphasizing text-specific complex questions, and cognitively complex tasks, reinforce focus on the text and cultivate independence.
- Emphasizing students supporting answers based upon evidence from the text.
- Providing extensive research and writing opportunities (claims and evidence).
Science and Engineering Practices (NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education, 2010)
- Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering).
- Developing and using models.
- Planning and carrying out investigations.
- Analyzing and interpreting data.
- Using mathematics, information and computer technology, and computational thinking.
- Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering).
- Engaging in argument from evidence.
- Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information.
English Language Development (ELD) Standards Special Notes Section:
Teachers are required to provide listening, speaking, reading and writing instruction that allows English Language Learners (ELL) to communicate information, ideas and concepts for academic success in science and math. For the given level of English language proficiency and with visual, graphic, or interactive support, students will interact with grade level words, expressions, sentences and discourse to process or produce language necessary for academic success. The ELD standard should specify a relevant content area concept or topic of study chosen by curriculum developers and teachers which maximizes an ELL's need for communication and social skills. To access an ELL supporting document which delineates performance definitions and descriptors, please click on the following link: https://cpalmsmediaprod.blob.core.windows.net/uploads/docs/standards/eld/sc.pdf.
For additional information on the development and implementation of the ELD standards, please contact the Bureau of Student Achievement through Language Acquisition at sala@fldoe.org.
General Information
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Student Resources
Original Student Tutorials
Explore how the properties of materials change, including how the copper metal covering the Statue of Liberty changes from a brownish color to a greenish patina over time, with this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Visit The Sweet Shop and size up their menu as we explore volume and mass measurement in this interactive science tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Visit The Sweet Shop and see how their treats measure up as we explore length measurement in this interactive science tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Visit The Sweet Shop and tickle your senses as we observe properties of matter in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Join a class of students as they record and compare observations made during nature walks in the woods near their school. You will interpret data represented with tally marks and compare observations made by different groups in this interactive S.T.E.M. tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Join a class of students as they record and compare observations made during nature walks in the woods near their school. You will interpret data represented in tables and compare observations made by different groups in this interactive S.T.E.M. tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Join a class of students as they record and compare observations made during nature walks in the woods near their school. You will interpret data represented with tally marks and compare observations made by different groups in this interactive S.T.E.M. tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn to record and compare observations a group of students made during nature walks in the woods near their school. You will interpret data represented in tables and compare observations made by different groups in this interactive S.T.E.M. tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Join a class of students as they record and compare observations made during nature walks in the woods near their school. You will interpret data represented as pictographs and compare observations made by different groups in this interactive S.T.E.M. tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Join a class of students as they record and compare observations made during nature walks in the woods near their school. You will interpret data represented as pictographs and compare observations made by different groups in this interactive S.T.E.M. tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Join a class of students as they record and compare observations made during nature walks in the woods near their school. You will interpret data represented as bar graphs and compare observations made by different groups in this interactive S.T.E.M. tutorial.
This is part 2 of 2-part series, click HERE to view part 1.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Investigate what happens to water left in an open container or a closed container in this interactive science tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn to interpret data represented as bar graphs and compare observations made by different groups of students during nature walks with this interactive S.T.E.M. tutorial.
This is part 1 of 2-part series, click HERE to view part 2.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Investigate the movement of the air that is all around us, the effects of wind on our environment, and how people use wind as a source of energy in this interactive science tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn how scientists answer the question, "How do you know?" by making observations and gathering evidence in this interactive science tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Enjoy a visit to the beach and explore how the Sun's energy directly and indirectly warms Earth in this interactive science tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Was the statue of liberty always green? Why do some things rust? Exactly how cool were hypercolor shirts? Explore these questions and more as we investigate how different materials react to situations that may change their properties in this interactive science tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
What is the shape of water? Explore common states of matter and how the state affects the shape of matter inside and outside different containers in this interactive science tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn how pushes and pulls can have different effects on different objects as you help Maria and her family take care of the pets in this interactive science tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Join Mr. Reynolds and his class as they use magnetic attraction and repulsion to make objects move in this interactive science tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Help Ms. Griffin's class use pictographs to answer questions about the data they collected on their class's favorite ice cream flavors in this interactive student tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn how to organize collected data about ice cream to create your own pictographs in this interactive student tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Explore how forces can change the motion of objects on the playground in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Join a young girl and her grandmother in the garden as they discover the importance of repeating and replicating results to arrive at similar conclusions in this interactive science tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn to measure and compare temperatures taken every day at the same time in this interactive science tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Opportunities to explore the measurement of liquid volume are overflowing in this interactive science tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Investigate the importance of electricity and other forms of energy to our daily lives in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn about water in its different states, including solid, liquid, and gas, in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Compare seasonal precipitation patterns in Miami and Tallahassee, Florida by interpreting data on bar graphs in this interactive tutorial.
This is part 2 of a 2-part series, click HERE to view part 1, Patterns in Temperature.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Compare daily and seasonal temperature patterns in Miami and Tallahassee, Florida in this interactive science tutorial.
This is part 1 of 2-part series, click HERE to view part 2, Patterns in Precipitation.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Discover how Earth's gravity influences objects in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn to make observations and inferences as you take a virtual kayak trip down the beautiful Suwannee River with this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn read and write numbers in expanded form with the dolphins in this interactive tutorial.
This is Part 2 in a two-part series. Click HERE to open Part 1.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn to read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals with the dolphins!
This interactive tutorial is part 1 of a two-part series. Click HERE to open Part 2.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Discover what a virus is, actions that cause viruses like the flu to spread from one person to another, and strategies to decrease the spread of viruses to others.
This interactive tutorial is part 2 in a two-part series. Click to open part 1.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Discover what a virus is, actions that cause viruses like the flu to spread from one person to another, and strategies to decrease the spread of viruses to others.
This interactive tutorial is part 1 in a two-part series. Click to open part 2.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Add and subtract within 100 to solve word problems involving lengths in the same units to fix the construction mix-up at a school in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
A 6 foot bug? No way! Learn how to estimate length using inches, feet and yards by using objects around you in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn how to compare three-digit numbers using place value models, number lines and place value charts in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn to use place value to solve subtraction problems within 100 in this interactive, basketball-themed tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn different strategies for adding two-digit numbers and solve problems involving lengths as you complete this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Visit The Sweet Shop and heat up your measuring skills as we explore temperature measurement in this interactive science tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Investigate whether a container is "full" by exploring the three main states of matter in this interactive science tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Educational Games
Students are to guess two numbers based on their sum and difference: The sum of 2 numbers is 15 and their difference is 1. What are the 2 numbers?
Type: Educational Game
The students will be presented with two shapes and must estimate how many times the smaller will fit in the larger. They will be surprised at some of the results but will quickly learn and make adjustments.
Type: Educational Game
Educational Software / Tools
This interactive Flash applet helps children learn grouping, tally marks, place value, addition, and subtraction. Students help the alien spaceship move cows into corrals by counting by 5s and 10s. They also can apply those grouping skills to practice adding and subtracting two-digit numbers with regrouping. Audio cues and prompts reinforce the user's actions and facilitate counting and the development of math language.
Type: Educational Software / Tool
A printable hundreds chart featuring a 10x10 table numbered 1 to 100. (found on Illuminations website under "Trading for Quarters")
Type: Educational Software / Tool
Presentation/Slideshows
The Tar Heel Reader books may be downloaded as slide shows in PowerPoint, Impress, or Flash format. Each book can be speech enabled and accessed using multiple interfaces, including touch screens, the IntelliKeys with custom overlays, and 1 to 3 switches.
This book provides different examples of the different forms of water: liquid, solid, and gas.
Type: Presentation/Slideshow
This is an accessible, easy-to-read book about the four seasons in the Western hemisphere. It can be downloaded in Power Point, Impress, and Flash formats. For struggling or non-readers, the book can be speech enabled in a variety of voices. All of the books on the Tar Heel Reader site can be used with the Intellikeys keyboard and a custom overlay, a touch screen, and/or 1-3 switches. The text and background colors can be modified for readers with visual impairments.
Type: Presentation/Slideshow
This is an accessible, easy-to-read book about liquids. It can be downloaded in Power Point, Impress, and Flash formats. For struggling or non-readers, the book can be read aloud in a variety of voices. All of the books on the Tar Heel Reader site can be used with the Intellikeys keyboard and a custom overlay, a touch screen, and/or 1-3 switches. The text and background colors can be modified for students with visual impairments.
Type: Presentation/Slideshow
This is free, easy-to-read, and accessible book that explains the three states of matter. The book may be downloaded as slide show in PowerPoint, Impress, or Flash format. The book can be speech enabled and accessed using multiple interfaces, including touch screens, the IntelliKeys with custom overlays, and 1 to 3 switches.
Type: Presentation/Slideshow
Problem-Solving Tasks
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Type: Problem-Solving Task
The purpose of this task is for students to relate addition and subtraction problems to money and to situations and goals related to saving money. This task is an instructional task that brings many aspects of the mathematical work that second graders will be doing together with an opportunity to learn about financial literacy concepts.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
Students who are struggling to build an understanding of the relationship between digit placement and the value of the number may still need concrete manipulatives such as grid paper and Base Ten Blocks. As a classroom extension, after students have worked independently or in small groups to solve the problem, the teacher can ask students to share their numbers, until all six possibilities are listed. Then, independently or as a whole group, students can order the six numbers from smallest to largest (or largest to smallest).
Type: Problem-Solving Task
The purpose of this task is for students to relate addition and subtraction problems to money and to situations and goals related to saving money. This task has students adding two 2-digit numbers that require regrouping and the solution shows a concrete approach to the solution. This problem can be adjusted based on where students are in their understanding of addition involving two-digit numbers.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
The purpose of this task is for students to gain a better understanding of 3-digit numbers and their place value.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
After students have drawn and measured their ten line segments, it might be more useful for the class to discuss part (b) as a whole group. It is a good idea to have the students use color to help them keep track of the connection between a line that they have drawn and the corresponding data point on the graph.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
This task requires students to compare numbers that are identified by word names and not just digits. The order of the numbers described in words are intentionally placed in a different order than their base-ten counterparts so that students need to think carefully about the value of the numbers. Some students might need to write the equivalent numeral as an intermediate step to solving the problem.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
This task is intended to assess adding of four numbers as given in the standard while still being placed in a problem-solving context. As written this task is instructional; due to the random aspect regarding when the correct route is found, it is not appropriate for assessment. This puzzle works well as a physical re-enactment, with paper plates marking the islands and strings with papers attached for the tolls.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
Text Resource
Users can read and view pictures that explain the three phases (solid, liquid, and gas) in which water exists. An activity that illustrates water vapor in one's breath and a brief explanation of what phase changes are and what triggers them is also included.
Type: Text Resource
Tutorials
In this tutorial you will learn how to solve a word problem by creating a chart and adding the same number many times.
Type: Tutorial
This Khan Academy tutorial, called, "sports on a die" explains the pitfalls of relying on key words in a word problem. Students solve a problem by writing a missing addend addition equation and solve with the standard algorithm for subtracting two digit numbers.
Type: Tutorial
In this tutorial video from Khan Academy, called "Using crayons", explore subtracting within 100 using the standard algorithm, as well as a bar diagram.
Type: Tutorial
You can watch a video that demonstrates how to convert numbers into words. Then, you can practice this skill by answering multiple choice questions.
Type: Tutorial
Students will view a video that uses place model values up to 1000, to teach the concept of how to convert numbers into words. After viewing the video students have an opportunity to practice this skill and receive immediate feedback on their responses.
Type: Tutorial
Video/Audio/Animations
The representation is an animation showing particle arrangement and movement in a gas, liquid, and solid. In addition, there is accompanying text and a chart that compares the characteristics of a solid, liquid, and gas.
Type: Video/Audio/Animation
This video clip explores what happens to water in the same location over the course of different seasons. On Earth, water can be found regularly in its three distinct phases; liquid, solid, and gas. Each phase has noticeably different properties that need to be considered in certain circumstances. The phase of water is influenced by atmospheric conditions, specifically seasonal temperatures. An example, is that a boat can float and glide on water in the summer, but it cannot pass through solid ice in the winter.
Type: Video/Audio/Animation
The process that moves water around Earth is known as the water cycle. I this ZOOM-adapted video clip, the cast uses a homemade solar still to separate pure water from a saltwater mixture, mimicing this natural process.
Type: Video/Audio/Animation
Virtual Manipulatives
Hacker has given you a challenge. He will run his number machine to create a number. Then you will get three numbers between one and nine. The challenge is to make a number that is larger than the one on Hacker's machine. Be careful though--Hacker will give you numbers that can't be bigger than his!
Type: Virtual Manipulative
Students use this interactive tool to explore the connections between data sets and their representations in charts and graphs. Enter data in a table (1 to 6 columns, unlimited rows), and preview or print bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts, and pictographs. Students can select which set(s) of data to display in each graph, and compare the effects of different representations of the same data. Instructions and exploration questions are provided using the expandable "+" signs above the tool.
Type: Virtual Manipulative
In this activity, students can create and view a histogram using existing data sets or original data entered. Students can adjust the interval size using a slider bar, and they can also adjust the other scales on the graph. This activity allows students to explore histograms as a way to represent data as well as the concepts of mean, standard deviation, and scale. This activity includes supplemental materials, including background information about the topics covered, a description of how to use the application, and exploration questions for use with the java applet.
Type: Virtual Manipulative
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