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2-ESS2-2 (Science (CA NGSS))


Standard Identifier: 2-ESS2-2
Content Area: Science (CA NGSS)
Grade: 2
Disciplinary Core Idea: ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions
Cross Cutting Concept: CCC-1: Patterns
Science & Engineering Practice: SEP-2: Developing and Using Models
Content Area: Earth and Space Science

Title: 2-ESS2 Earth’s Systems

Performance Expectation: Develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land and bodies of water in an area. [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include quantitative scaling in models.]

Disciplinary Core Idea(s):
ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions Maps show where things are located. One can map the shapes and kinds of land and water in any area.

Science & Engineering Practices: Developing and Using Models Develop a model to represent patterns in the natural world.

Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns Patterns in the natural world can be observed.

California Environmental Principles and Concepts:
N/A

California Common Core State Standards Connections:
ELA/Literacy SL.2.5: Create audio recordings of stories or poems; add drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings. Mathematics MP.2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively. MP.4: Model with mathematics. 2.NBT.3: Read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.

DCI Connections:
Connections to other DCIs in second grade: N/A Articulation across grade-levels: 4.ESS2.B; 5.ESS2.C

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