SCI-02.LS2.01 Plan and investigate to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
Clarification Statement: blank Disciplinary Core Ideas LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in
Ecosystems
-Plants depend on water and light to grow.
Student Learning Targets:
Knowledge Targets
I can identify what plants need to grow.
Reasoning Targets
I can determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
Skills (Performance) Targets
I can plan an experiment using plants, water, and sunlight.
I can conduct an experiment using plants, water, and sunlight.
Product Targets
I can
Proficiency Scale
The Student ...
1 Beginning
... with help, demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and some of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
identify plant needs.
2 Developing
... demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
plan an experiment using water and light to answer a question about how plants grow.
(Not able to follow through on conducting the experiment) (Examples of this could include: written steps of a planned experiment, diagram of experiment, or verbal steps)
3 Proficient
“The Standard.” ... demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
plan and conduct an experiment using plants, water, and sunlight.
4 Advanced
... demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
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2nd Grade (SCI) Science Standards