Grade 2 Overall Expectations:
Assess ways in which animals have an impact on society and the environment, and ways in which humans have an impact upon animals and the places where they live;
- On Our Nature Walk: Our First Talk About Our Impact On The Environment (Book)
- Red Alert! Endangered Animals Around The World (Book)
- Animals on the Brink Series (Book)
- Almost Gone: The World’s Rarest Animals (Book)
- Earth’s Endangered Animals Series (Book)
- Endangered! (Hoopla eBook)
- Sea Turtle Rescue (Kanopy eVideo)
- The Human Impact (Website)
- Natural and Human Impacts on Wildlife (Website)
Investigate similarities and differences in the characteristics of various animals;
- What is a Life Cycle? (Book)
- Animals Grow and Change (Book)
- How Do Animals Adapt? (Book)
- Extreme Animals: The Toughest Creatures on Earth (Book)
- Animal Atlas (Book)
- Life Cycles: Everything from Start to Finish (Book)
- Rain Forest Animal Adaptations (Book)
- Desert Animal Adaptations (Book)
- Ocean Animal Adaptations (Book)
- Polar Animal Adaptations (Book)
- Secrets of Animal Life Cycles (Hoopla eBook)
- Big Book of Animals (Hoopla eBook)
- The Animal Book (Hoopla eBook)
- Animals | National Geographic Kids (Website)
- Animal Life Cycles (Website)
- Zoology Science Projects (Website)
- Introduction to Traits (Website)
Demonstrate an understanding that animals grow and change and have distinct characteristics.
- What is the Animal Kingdom? (Book)
- Animal Kingdom: A Thrilling Adventure with Nature’s Creatures (Book)
- Is My Dog a Wolf? How Your Pet Compares to its Wild Cousin (Book)
- I’ve Got Eyes! Exceptional Eyes of the Animal World (Book)
- Animal Tongues (Book)
- Noses That Plow and Poke (Book)
- Side by Side: How Animals Help Each Other (Book)
- The Deadliest Creature in the World (Book)
- Killer Animals You Wouldn’t Want to Meet! (Book)
- The Life Cycle of a Frog (Book)
- The Life Cycle of a Butterfly (Book)
- Caterpillar to Butterfly (Book)
- Claws! Paws! And Leggy Things! (Launchpad)
- Paws! It’s Science! (Launchpad)
- Adaptations (Hoopla eBook)
- Top 20 Most Dangerous Animals on the Planet (Hoopla eBook)
- Hand to Paw: Protecting Animals (Hoopla eBook)
- Life Cycle of a Frog (YouTube)
- How a Caterpillar Becomes a Butterfly (YouTube)
- Butterfly Life Cycle (Website)
- Unsung Heroes: 10 Ways Animals Help Us (Website)