Science Standards
Building upon Knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades,
by the end of Grade 2, students will:
Standard 5.5

(Characteristics of Life) All students will gain an understanding of the structure, characteristics, and basic needs of organisms and will investigate the diversity of life.

Standard 5.5.K.A Matter, Energy and Organization in Living Systems
Standard 5.5.K.A.1
Investigate the basic needs of humans and other organisms.
Standard 5.5.K.A.2
Compare and contrast essential characteristics that distinguish living things from nonliving things
Standard 5.5.K.B  Diversity and Biological Evolution
Standard 5.5.K.B.1
Recognize that different types of plants and animals live in different parts of the world.
Standard 5.5.K.B.2
Recognize that some kinds of organisms that once lived on earth have completely disappeared.
Standard 5.5.K.C  Reproduction and Heredity 
Standard 5.5.K.C.1
Recognize that humans and other organisms resemble their parents.