Grade 2 - Life Cycles
- Description
- Curriculum
- Reviews
Learning Standards covered in each Module
- Sorting Organisms
● classification of living and non-living things
● names of local plants and animals
● structural features of living things in the local environment - Living vs Non-Living
● basic needs of plants and animals - Adaptations of Plants and Animals
● adaptations of local plants and animals
● behavioural adaptations of animals in the local environment - Indigenous Ways of Knowing
● local First Peoples uses of plants and animals
● living things make changes to accommodate daily and seasonal cycles. First Peoples
knowledge of seasonal changes
● local First Peoples knowledge of the local landscape, plants and animals
● local First Peoples understanding and use of seasonal rounds
Science Curricular Competencies and Activities from Gr 2 E-Learning Course
Questioning and predicting
• Demonstrate curiosity and a sense of wonder about the
world
• Observe objects and events in familiar contexts
• Ask simple questions about familiar objects and events
• Make simple predictions about familiar objects and events
Activity
- Knowledge of ladybugs
- Plant Life cycles
Planning and Conducting
• Make and record observations
• Safely manipulate materials to test ideas and predictions
• Make simple measurements using informal or non-standard units
Activities
- What do all animals need to survive?
- Bat vs Spider survey
- Life cycle of Snowman
- Project: Comparing Life Cycles
Processing and analyzing data and information
• Experience and interpret the local environment
• Recognize First Peoples stories (including oral and written narratives), songs, and art, as ways to share knowledge
• Represent observations and ideas by drawing charts and simple pictographs
• Sort and classify data and information using drawings, pictographs and provided tables
• Compare observations with predictions through discussion
• Identify simple patterns and connections
Activities
- Human Life cycle stages
- Butterfly Life cycle
- Life cycle of the salmon
- Bat vs bird life cycle
- Fruit or Vegetable
- Life cycle of apple tree
- Transformation story
- Life cycle of Snowman
- Project: Comparing Life Cycles
- Project: Life cycle mini-book
Evaluating
• Compare observations with those of others
• Consider some environmental consequences of their actions
Activities
- Life cycle of toad
- Life cycle of bat
- Project: Comparing Life Cycles
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
Activities
- Life cycle of bat
- Plants we eat
Communicating
• Communicate observations and ideas using oral or written language, drawing, or role-play
• Express and reflect on personal experiences of place
• Communicate observations and ideas using oral or written language, drawing, or role-play
• Express and reflect on personal experiences of place
Activities
- Do Humans have a life cycle?
Life cycle of a duck
Project: Comparing Life Cycles
Project: Life cycle mini-book
