AISL Grade 2 Benchmarks in Science

(Revised June, 2010)

• AISL.SCI.01. PHYSICAL SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the structure and properties of matter.
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• AISL.SCI.01.G2.01 Understand that materials can exist in different states (e.g. solid, liquid, gas).
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• AISL.SCI.01.G2.02 Identify matter in its different state (e.g. identify that ice is water as a solid).
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• AISL.SCI.01.G2.03 Identify the characteristics of solid, liquid, and gas matters.
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• AISL.SCI.01.G2.04 Classify and compare properties of different and similar matters.
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• AISL.SCI.02. PHYSICAL SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the sources and properties of energy.
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• AISL.SCI.02.G2.01 Identify examples of forms of energy and explain their characteristics (e.g. light, heat, sound).
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• AISL.SCI.02.G2.02 Give examples of sources of energy.
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• AISL.SCI.03. PHYSICAL SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of forces and motion.
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• AISL.SCI.03.G2.01 Explain the different ways objects can move.
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• AISL.SCI.03.G2.02 Explain what makes things move.
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• AISL.SCI.03.G2.03 Explain the cause and effects of gravity.
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• AISL.SCI.03.G2.04 Explain how magnets work and how they can be used to move objects.
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• AISL.SCI.04. LIFE SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the structure and function of living systems.
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• AISL.SCI.04.G2.01 Compare and contrast living and nonliving things.
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• AISL.SCI.04.G2.02 Identify and describe kinds of natural environments.
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• AISL.SCI.04.G2.03 Characterize and give examples of the main animal groups.
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• AISL.SCI.04.G2.04 Identify the main parts of a plant, tree, and flower.
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• AISL.SCI.05. LIFE SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the principles of reproduction and heredity
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• AISL.SCI.05.G2.01 Explain and illustrate the life cycles of a plant.
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• AISL.SCI.05.G2.02 Explain and illustrate the life cycle of an insect and mammal.
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• AISL.SCI.06. LIFE SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the relationships between ecosystems and the organisms that inhabit them.
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• AISL.SCI.06.G2.01 Give examples of how people can cause changes to the natural environment.
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• AISL.SCI.06.G2.02 Give examples of how people use and depend on natural ecosystems.
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• AISL.SCI.06.G2.03 Give examples of how people can misuse natural resources.
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• AISL.SCI.06.G2.04 Explain ways that people can protect natural resources and the environment.
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• AISL.SCI.07. LIFE SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the diversity and adaptations of organisms
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• AISL.SCI.07.G2.01 Explain and give examples of how the availability of natural resources and the presence of natural hazards affect animal habitats and human habitation.
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• AISL.SCI.08. LIFE SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of human body systems and healthy physical growth.
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• AISL.SCI.08.G2.01 Identify and explain the function of the major body systems and organs.
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• AISL.SCI.08.G2.02 Explain ways of preventing disease and promoting healthy growth/development (e.g. good nutrition, exercise, rest, hygiene, immunizations).
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• AISL.SCI.08.G2.03 Understand how the body uses food, and how various foods contribute to good and bad health.
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• AISL.SCI.08.G2.04 Identify harmful effects of drugs, tobacco, and alcohol on healthy growth and development.
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• AISL.SCI.08.G2.05 Understand good safety practices (e.g. traffic/bicycle safety, stranger safety, and fire safety).
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• AISL.SCI.09. EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the earth's composition and structure.
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• AISL.SCI.09.G2.01 Identify matter that makes up the earth (rocks, minerals, soils).
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• AISL.SCI.09.G2.02 Identify what a fossil is, and understand why they are important.
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• AISL.SCI.10. EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE: Students will understand the processes that shape the earth.
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• AISL.SCI.10.G2.01 Describe ways the Earth's surface can be changed by wind and heat.
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• AISL.SCI.11. EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the composition and structure of the universe and the earth's place in it.
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• AISL.SCI.11.G2.01 Explain how the Earth's rotation causes night and day.
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• AISL.SCI.11.G2.02 Identify and give characteristics of the four seasons.
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• AISL.SCI.11.G2.03 Give examples of how weather, seasons and climate affect people's lifestyles and habitation.
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• AISL.SCI.12. SCIENCE AS INQUIRY: Students will demonstrate the use of the scientific method.
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• AISL.SCI.12.G2.01 Demonstrate the use of scientific method by 1) identifying a problem to solve; 2) creating a hypothesis; 3) testing the hypothesis through various strategies (e.g. data collection, observation) 4) make conclusions.
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• AISL.SCI.13. SCIENCE AS INQUIRY: Students will be able to demonstrate scientific thinking
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• AISL.SCI.13.G2.01 Ask questions to analyze, generate predictions, and understand explanations.
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• AISL.SCI.13.G2.02 Use equipment and tools to aide scientific learning.