GRADE BAND THEME: OBSERVATIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
This theme focuses on helping students develop the skills for systematic discovery to understand the science of the natural world around them in greater depth by
using scientific inquiry.
STRANDS
Strand Connections: Living and nonliving things may move. A moving object has energy. Air moving is wind and wind can make a windmill turn. Changes in energy and movement can cause change to organisms and the environments in which they live.
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE (ESS)
Topic: The Atmosphere
This topic focuses on air and water as they relate to weather and weather changes that can be observed and measured.
CONDENSED CONTENT STATEMENTS
2.ESS.1: The atmosphere is primarily made up of air.
2.ESS.2: Water is present in the atmosphere.
2.ESS.3: Long- and short-term weather changes occur due to changes in energy.