Correlation to Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum

2nd Grade

Science

 

ISBN:  1-4042-6437-X

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Unit 1:  Matter

The focus of this unit is the concept that matter has observable properties, such as shape, texture, color, and size. Tools will be used to measure weight/mass, volume, and temperature. Observation skills will be used to record characteristics of materials and describe differences in motion.

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Water, Ice, and Steam

$21.00

Is It Hot or Cold? Learning to Use a Thermometer

$28.00

Fun with Fractions

$23.10

You Need Your Nose: Learning the N Sound

$26.00

Guess How Many

$23.10

Is It Rough? Is It Smooth?

$21.00

Making Muffins: Learning the Fractions ½, 1/3, and 1/4

$28.00

Making My Breakfast: Learning the Sequential Steps of a Process

$28.00

Brownie Math

$21.00

Solid, Liquid, Gas: What Is Matter?

$26.40

Unit 2:  Sound and Light

The focus of this unit is that sound and light travel as waves. Sound is produced by vibrations and differs in volume and pitch. The direction that light waves travel can be changed.

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Our Sun

$21.00

Unit 3: Electricity and Other Forms of Energy

This unit focuses on the observation of simple examples to present the concept of static electricity. Rubbing an inflated balloon on clothing or shoes on carpet generates static electricity by moving tiny particles called electrons from one object to another. This unit includes explorations of how other forms of energy are used in a variety of ways in our lives and around school.

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Go Far in the Car: Learning the AR Sound

$26.00

I Go to the Garden: Learning the Hard G Sound

$26.00

I Jog Around: Learning the J Sound

$26.00

Planes Go Places

$26.00

A Train on the Track: Learning the TR Sound

$26.00

Let’s Play Basketball: Learning Addition Facts to 10

$28.00

Simple Machines

$23.10

Boats That Float: Learning the OA Sound

$26.00

It’s Electric!

$26.40

Unit 4:  Plants and Animals

The focus of this unit is an understanding of the characteristics of plants, animals, and other organisms, along with their basic and specialized needs for survival. The activities will generate questions to investigate regarding adaptations that individual organisms might make to survive.

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How a Frog Gets Its Legs

$23.10

Just Bugs: Learning the Short U Sound

$26.00

What Is a Mammal?

$21.00

Huge Animals: Learning the Long U Sound

$26.00

Little Pigs, Big Pigs: Learning the Short I Sound

$26.00

How Do Plants Grow?

$23.10

The Wild Wolf: Learning the W Sound

$26.00

Living Things

$21.00

Animals of the Tropical Rainforest

$23.10

Fruit Facts

$21.00

Vegetables and How They Grow

$21.00

The Animals of Alaska

$21.00

Giant Giraffes: Learning the Soft G Sound

$26.00

They Crawl! Learning the CR Sound

$26.00

So Many Snakes

$21.00

Spiders!

$21.00

Busy Bees

$21.00

An Ant: Learning the Short A Sound

$26.00

I Have a Horse: Learning the H Sound

$26.00

Tiger Talk: Learning the T Sound

$26.00

Sharks: Learning the SH Sound

$26.00

What a Whale! Learning the WH Sound

$26.00

Kangaroos in the Land Down Under

$23.10

Cats and Kittens: Learning the Hard C and K Sound

$26.00

Lots of Leaves: Learning the L Sound

$26.00

Pet Pals: Learning the P Sound

$26.00

At the Zoo: Learning the Z Sound

$26.00

Chicks and Chickens: Learning the CH Sound

$26.00

A Frog’s Life: Learning Sequential Order Using a Timeline

$32.00

How Many Legs? Learning to Multiply Using Repeated Addition

$32.00

Our New Fish Tank: Learning to Estimate and Round Numbers to the Nearest Ones, Tens, and Hundreds Places

$32.00

Snakes of the World: Learning to Use Inches and Feet to Measure an Object

$32.00

The Red Rose: Learning the R Sound

$26.00

Desert Animals

$21.00

When Leaves Turn: Learning the UR Sound

$26.00

Let’s Look at Leopards

$21.00

A Trip to the Zoo

$21.00

Every Egg: Learning the Short E Sound

$26.00

How Flowers Grow

$21.00

Becoming a Butterfly

$21.00

So Many Seeds: Learning the S Sound

$26.00

Unit 5:  Environment

This unit focuses on the components of habitats, what they are and how the environment affects them. It provides opportunities for students to examine ways to preserve the environment through recycling, reusing, and reducing consumption of natural resources.

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Cleaning Up the Park: Learning to Count by Fives

$28.00

Taking Care of Our World

$21.00

Community Resources: The Land and the People in Communities

$36.00

Facts About Forest Fires

$23.10

Life in the Rain Forest

$23.10

Life in the Artic

$23.10

Life in the Desert

$23.10

How Do Trees Grow?

$23.10

Life in a Coral Reef

$23.10

Recycling a Can

$26.40

I Like Winter: Learning the ER Sound

$26.00

It Grows in Spring: Learning the GR Sound

$26.00

Summer at the Beach: Learning the EA Sound

$26.00

Unit 6:  Earth and Beyond

The focus of this unit is the natural resources available on Earth’s surface; the different properties of the natural resources (e.g., surface water, soil, minerals, and rocks); and the fundamental attributes of Earth’s moon, the Sun, and the stars.

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Clouds: Learning the CL Sound

$26.00

What Is a Mountain?

$21.00

Our Earth

$21.00

Niagara Falls

$21.00

On Flat Land: Learning the FL Sound

$26.00

Grow a Plant Inch by Inch

$21.00

Mars: The Red Planet

$23.10

Avalanche!

$23.10

Rocks and Fossils

$23.10

Real Facts About Rivers

$21.00

By the Ocean: Learning the Long O Sound

$26.00

Let’s Look at Venus

$23.10

Exploring Saturn

$23.10

Facts About Earthquakes

$23.10

How the Dinosaurs Disappeared

$23.10

Super Space Stations

$23.10

A Trip Through Our Solar System

$23.10

Unit 7:  Weather

The focus of this unit is on the weather—how weather factors are measured and recorded, the use of appropriate tools for measuring the weather factors, and the effect of the Sun on weather and weather patterns.

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The Weather Report

$21.00

What Is a Rainbow?

$21.00

Rain: Learning the AI Sound

$26.00

A Look at the Calendar

$21.00

Community Space: How Land and Weather Shape Community

$36.00

Hurricanes and Tropical Storms

$23.10

Facts About Tornadoes

$23.10

It’s a Blizzard!

$23.10

Dangerous Droughts

$23.10