California Science: Activity Lab Book: Teacher’s Guide: Grade 2

165 Pages·2008·5.77 MB·English

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Contents
LIFE SCIENCE
Chapter 1 Plant Life Cycles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2 L ife Cycles of Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
EARTH SCIENCE
Chapter 3 Earth’s Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter 4 Earth’s Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Chapter 5 Earth’s Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Chapter 6 Objects in Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Chapter 7 Forces at Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Everyday Science Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Learning Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
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California science standards are noted at the top of activity pages. For the text of the
standards, please refer to the Reference section of the California Science Student Edition.
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Activity Lab Book
Name Date Explore
California Standard
How are leaves alike
2 IE 4.c.
and different?
You need
What to Do
• hand lens
(cid:38) Observe. Use a hand lens to
• leaves
observe leaves.
(cid:39) Communicate. Draw pictures of what you see in

the box below. What questions do you have?
Chapter 1 • Plant Life Cycles Use with Lesson 1 1
Activity Lab Book Plants and Their Parts
Explore Name Date
(cid:40) Compare. How are the leaves alike and different?
Explore More
(cid:41) Classify. Sort the leaves into groups. Draw and
label each group you made in the box below.
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Activity Lab Book Plants and Their Parts
Alternative
Name Date
Explore
Which leaf do you have?
In this activity, you will discuss and
You need
compare six different leaves.
• leaves
What to Do
(cid:38) Write four words that tell about your leaf.

(cid:39) Find a classmate with the same kind of leaf as

yours. How did you find people with the same kind
of leaf as yours?
(cid:40) Find a classmate with a different kind of leaf than

the one you have. How is your leaf different from
your classmate’s leaf?
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Chapter 1 • Plant Life Cycles Use with Lesson 1 3
Activity Lab Book Plants and Their Parts
Quick Lab Name Date
What are the parts of plants?
What to Do
You need
(cid:38) Separate your plant from the soil.
• plants with
Look for the roots. flowers
• hand lens
(cid:39) Observe. Look at the different

parts of the plant. What parts can
you see?
(cid:40) Communicate. Draw a picture of the plant on a

separate piece of paper. Label the parts that
you see.
What Did You Find Out?
(cid:41) Infer. Why are there no fruits or seeds?

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Activity Lab Book Plants and Their Parts
Focus on
Name Date
Skills
California Standard
Observe
2 IE 4.d.
To observe, you use your senses to find out about
something. You use senses to see, feel, hear, smell,
and taste.
Learn It
You can use some of your senses to learn about flowers.
You can write what you observe in a chart.
jasmine
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Activity Lab Book Plants and Their Parts
Focus on
Name Date
Skills
Try It
Find a flower to observe or look at the pictures below.
(cid:38) What color is your flower? Which sense did you use

to find out?
(cid:39) How do you think the leaves feel?

(cid:40) Write About It. Find another flower and compare.

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Activity Lab Book Plants and Their Parts
Name Date Explore
California Standard
What are the parts
2 IE 4.f.
of a seed?
You need
What to Do
• dry lima
(cid:38) Observe. Look at the dry lima bean. bean

• wet lima
What does it feel like?
bean
• hand lens
(cid:39) Observe. Look at the wet lima bean. What do you

see? What questions do you have about the seeds?
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Chapter 1 • Plant Life Cycles Use with Lesson 2 7
Activity Lab Book Flowers and Fruits