Grade 2 Science Colorado standards Standards

Practice responsible, ethical, and safe use of computing technology and the internet.

Digital Citizenship

Evaluate the uses of AI.

Use AI tools to analyze and understand the world and to create and inspire ideas.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Design and create programs, individually and collaboratively, for a variety of disciplines.

Computer Programming

Develop systems solutions from a set of specifications to complete a design process.

Computing Systems and Networks

When developing a plan or solution, the designer must follow specifications designated for the program.

Develop plans that describe a program’s sequence of events, goals, and expected outcomes.

A computer program is a sequence of steps expressed in a computer programming language so that a computer can follow and perform the steps.

Select and use appropriate software to perform a variety of tasks and recognize that users have different needs and preferences for the technology they use.

Develop programs with sequences and simple loops, to express ideas or address a problem.

AI tools can perform intelligent tasks, such as recognition of patterns, decision-making, and classification of information, that help users understand the world.

Demonstrate how to train a computer to recognize something.

Describe and provide examples of how people learn and how computers learn.

Describe the kinds of tasks an intelligent assistant can and cannot perform.

Describe some jobs that no longer exist due to advances in technology.

Identify devices in daily life that use AI technologies.

AI tools can be designed for a variety of purposes and can impact people differently based on how they are designed.

Examine a labeled dataset and identify problems in the data that could lead a computer to make incorrect predictions.

Identify current uses of AI and how they have impacted people.

Describe how AI can be used to solve problems that affect people.

Digital citizenship involves being responsible for one’s own behavior and being aware of laws that protect the rights of others.

Discuss examples of cyberbullying and model age-appropriate responses to cyberbullying.

Discuss the concept of copyright.

Earth and Space Science

Some events on Earth occur quickly; others can occur very slowly.

Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.

Wind and water can change the shape of the land; models can show the shape and these changes to the land.

Compare multiple solutions designed to slow or prevent wind or water from changing the shape of the land.

Develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land and bodies of water in an area.

Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid.

Life Science

Plants depend on water and light to grow and on animals for pollination or to move their seeds around.

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.

Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.

A range of different organisms lives in different places.

Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

Physical Science

Matter exists as different substances that have observable different properties.

Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.

Analyze data obtained from testing different materials to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose.

Make observations to construct an evidence-based account of how an object made of a small set of pieces can be disassembled and made into a new object.

Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.