Ontario Science and Technology

Grade 2

 
Reference Expectations The Digital Field Trip to The Wetlands The Digital Field Trip to The Rainforest The Digital Field Trip to The Desert
  By the end of this course, students will:  
Life Systems: Growth and Changes in Animals Identify ways in which humans affect other animals Endangered Wetlands, Habitat, Pollution Human Impact screens Human Impact
Identify & describe the major physical characteristics of different animal species Organism screens, Migration Organism screens Organism screens, Animal Adaptations
Classify a variety of animals using observable characteristics Organism screens, Migration Organism screens Organism screens, Animal Adaptations
Compare ways in which animals eat and use their environment to meet their needs Organism screens, Food Web, Web Game Niches, Dependency Web: Food, Organism screens (Food Source section) Organism screens, Animal Adaptations
Describe changes in the appearance and activity during an animal’s life cycle Green Frog video of metamorphosis, Migration Organism screens (Life Cycle section) Organism screens
Compare the life cycles of animals with similar and different life cycles Organism screens, Migration Organism screens (Life Cycle section) Organism screens
Identify growth traits in animals; compare young & mature animals Organism screens, Migration Organism screens (Life Cycle section) Organism screens
Describe ways in which animals respond and adapt to their environment Animal Adaptations, Organism screens & Migration (habitat, food source section) Organism screens (Habitat section), Cryptic Coloration, Niches, Startle Displays, , Warning & Mimicry Animal Adaptations screens, Organism screens (animals)
Compare ways in which different animals care for their young Organism screens and Migration (Life Cycle sections) Organism screens (Life cycle section) Organism screens
Describe features of the environment that support the growth of familiar animals Animal Adaptations, Habitat Habitat, Niches, Organisms (Habitat section) Animal Adaptations screens, Organism screens (animals)
Identify and compare the effects of the seasons on animals Migration, Animal Adaptations, Habitat Seasonality  
Describe ways in which humans can help or harm other living things Habitat, Pollution Human Impact screens Human Impact screens
Demonstrate an understanding of what small animals need to survive Masked Shrew, Spotted Salamander, Green Frog, Yellow-headed Blackbird Organism screens: Hummingbird, Red-eyed tree frog, Euphonia, Bat Organism screens (e.g. Amphibians, reptiles, herbivorous mammals)
Describe the life processes of an animal that they have observed Organism screens, Migration Organism screens, Ant symbiosis Animal Adaptations screens, Organism screens (animals)