Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
TEKS Covered in Second Grade Guided Field Experience
TEKS – Science, Grade 2
(b) Knowledge and skills.
(1) Scientific processes. The student conducts classroom and field investigations following home and school safety procedures. The student is expected to:
(A) demonstrate safe practices during classroom and field investigations; and
(2) Scientific processes. The student develops abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry in the field and the classroom. The student is expected to:
(A) ask questions about organisms, objects, and events;
(D) gather information using simple equipment and tools to extend the senses;
(E) construct reasonable explanations and draw conclusions using information and prior knowledge; and
(4) Scientific processes. The student uses age-appropriate tools and models to verify that organisms and objects and parts of organisms and objects can be observed, described, and measured. The student is expected to:
(A) collect information using tools including rulers, meter sticks, measuring cups, clocks, hand lenses, computers, thermometers, and balances; and
(6) Science concepts. The student knows that systems have parts and are composed of organisms and objects. The student is expected to:
(C) observe and record the functions of plant parts; and
(D) observe and record the functions of animal parts.
(8) Science concepts. The student distinguishes between living organisms and nonliving objects. The student is expected to:
(A) identify characteristics of living organisms; and
(B) identify characteristics of nonliving objects.
(9) Science concepts. The student knows that living organisms have basic needs. The student is expected to:
(A) identify the external characteristics of different kinds of plants and animals that allow their needs to be met; and
(B) compare and give examples of the ways living organisms depend on each other and on their environments.
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
4501 Woodway Drive
Houston, TX 77024
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