2nd Grade
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First Grade Curriculum
1.2.a. Science
Surviving and Thriving
This unit explores the ability of living things to meet their basic needs. Activities in this unit include a shared reading of a book about beavers, close observation of photographs that show the external features of animals and plants, and a survey of the schoolyard. Students discover that there must be a good fit between the physical features of plants and animals and the characteristics of the different environments in which they live. Students gain the understanding that healthy ecosystems offer benefits to humans as well as to the plants and animals that live there.
1.2.c. Science
Finding Shelter
In this unit, students explore three main ideas: a) animals, including humans, need shelter and food to survive; b) resources provided by natural systems, including other animals and plants, meet these needs; c) human activities can influence the availability of resources and shelter. A grade level reader reinforces these ideas by describing the shelter needs of an endangered California bird. Students come to realize that humans find (and build) shelter in the same natural systems as other living organisms. They learn that healthy ecosystems benefit humans, as well as the plants and animals living there, and that people can and have helped animals meet their needs for shelter in a variety of ways.
1.2.d. Science
Open Wide! Look Inside!
This unit brings a unique approach to the study of how students can learn to infer what animals eat from the shapes of their teeth. A big book is included that provides three separate stories and striking photographs to capture students' interest and attention. Students learn that animals meet their needs for food within their habitat in different ways; that different types of teeth are used for a different function, some for chewing and others for ripping and cutting. Students also learn about ways human activities influence habitats and affect animals' ability to find food, and that human activities can influence animals' food supplies.
1.2.4. history-Social Science
People and Places
All lessons in this unit relate to locations in California to the physical and human characteristics of those places. Students learn human activities can change natural systems and how these changes can affect how people live. Information about two cities contrasts how people live in those places (looking at architecture,
recreation, and jobs, for example). The unit provides an understanding of humans' dependence on goods and services provided by natural systems.
1.4.2. history-Social Science
On the Move
This unit focuses on transportation changes over time and how this brought about changes to communities. Students study photos and compare past and present transportation methods. Each lesson addresses differences in past and present transportation methods to help students learn how the methods of the past and present rely on ecosystem goods and ecosystem services provided by natural systems.
1.2.a. Science
Surviving and Thriving
This unit explores the ability of living things to meet their basic needs. Activities in this unit include a shared reading of a book about beavers, close observation of photographs that show the external features of animals and plants, and a survey of the schoolyard. Students discover that there must be a good fit between the physical features of plants and animals and the characteristics of the different environments in which they live. Students gain the understanding that healthy ecosystems offer benefits to humans as well as to the plants and animals that live there.
1.2.c. Science
Finding Shelter
In this unit, students explore three main ideas: a) animals, including humans, need shelter and food to survive; b) resources provided by natural systems, including other animals and plants, meet these needs; c) human activities can influence the availability of resources and shelter. A grade level reader reinforces these ideas by describing the shelter needs of an endangered California bird. Students come to realize that humans find (and build) shelter in the same natural systems as other living organisms. They learn that healthy ecosystems benefit humans, as well as the plants and animals living there, and that people can and have helped animals meet their needs for shelter in a variety of ways.
1.2.d. Science
Open Wide! Look Inside!
This unit brings a unique approach to the study of how students can learn to infer what animals eat from the shapes of their teeth. A big book is included that provides three separate stories and striking photographs to capture students' interest and attention. Students learn that animals meet their needs for food within their habitat in different ways; that different types of teeth are used for a different function, some for chewing and others for ripping and cutting. Students also learn about ways human activities influence habitats and affect animals' ability to find food, and that human activities can influence animals' food supplies.
1.2.4. history-Social Science
People and Places
All lessons in this unit relate to locations in California to the physical and human characteristics of those places. Students learn human activities can change natural systems and how these changes can affect how people live. Information about two cities contrasts how people live in those places (looking at architecture,
recreation, and jobs, for example). The unit provides an understanding of humans' dependence on goods and services provided by natural systems.
1.4.2. history-Social Science
On the Move
This unit focuses on transportation changes over time and how this brought about changes to communities. Students study photos and compare past and present transportation methods. Each lesson addresses differences in past and present transportation methods to help students learn how the methods of the past and present rely on ecosystem goods and ecosystem services provided by natural systems.
