What does a student learn in StatePennsylvania,GradeGrade 2,SubjectScience?

Students spot something curious in the world around them and turn it into a question worth investigating. In science, that question drives what they test next.

Students draw or build a simple model, like a diagram or a physical mockup, to show how something in nature works or how a design they created is meant to function.

Students design a simple test, collect what they observe or measure, and use those results to explain what happened or show that a solution works.

Students look at collected data (like measurements or tallies) to spot patterns, back up a conclusion, or figure out how to improve a design.

Students use numbers, counting, or simple measurements to describe what they observe in the world around them, like tracking how much rain fell or how far a ball rolled.

Students take what they observed or tested and use it to explain why something happened or figure out how to fix a problem. The answer has to connect back to what they actually found.

Students look at two different explanations for something they observed, then decide which one the evidence actually supports. They back up their choice with what they saw or measured, not just a guess.

Students read, talk, and draw to share what they learn in science. They also look at pictures, charts, and short texts to find and check scientific information.

Students sort and describe everyday materials by properties like color, hardness, and flexibility. They use those observations to explain why things behave the way they do.

Students push, pull, and collide objects to see how things speed up, slow down, or change direction. They learn that forces like pushes and pulls are what make objects move or stop.

Students explore how energy shows up in everyday life as light, heat, sound, or motion, and how it moves from one object to another. A warm mug heating cold hands or a drum sending sound across a room are the kinds of ideas students investigate.

Students learn how waves move energy from one place to another, like sound traveling through air or light bouncing off a surface. They explore how waves carry information, the way a phone call or a radio signal does.

Students look closely at living things, from the tiny building blocks inside them to the whole body and how it works. This covers plants, animals, and other organisms.

Students learn how plants, animals, and other living things in a place depend on each other for food and survival. They also explore how water and nutrients move through an ecosystem and come back around.

Students look at traits like eye color, hair texture, or leaf shape and figure out which ones were passed down from parents. They also notice how offspring can look similar to their parents without being identical.

Students look at how plants and animals are alike and different, and start to explore why living things change over generations. They compare features across species to see patterns in how life is organized.

Students learn why the sun appears to move across the sky each day and how the moon changes shape over the month. They also explore how Earth's rocks and land give clues about what happened here long ago.

Students learn how the land, water, air, and living things on Earth connect and affect each other. They explore what happens when one of those parts changes.

Students learn how people change the land, water, and air around them, and what happens when natural events like floods or storms disrupt daily life.

Students look at how farms and food systems keep people fed and clothed, and at what those systems take from and give back to the land around them.

Students explore how plants, animals, water, and land connect in local ecosystems. They look at real environmental issues, like what affects the water and wildlife in Pennsylvania.

Students look at how people meet everyday needs, like growing food or using water, without wearing out the land, air, or water that plants and animals depend on.