Sun-Directions
The Sun and Directions--Second Grade
A Listing of PA Standards Addressed
"Pennsylvania’s public schools shall teach, challenge and support every student to realize his or her maximum potential and to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to..."
1.1.3 E - Acquire a reading vocabulary by identifying and correctly using words
(e.g., antonyms, synonyms, categories of words). Use a dictionary when appropriate.
1.1.3 F - Understand the meaning of and use correctly new vocabulary learned
in various subject areas.
1.2.3 B i - Use electronic media for research.
1.6.3 A i - Ask questions as an aid to understanding.
1.6.3 A ii - Distinguish fact from opinion.
1.6.3 D i - Ask relevant questions.
1.6.3 D ii - Respond with appropriate information or opinions to questions asked.
1.6.3 D iii - Listen to and acknowledge the contributions of others.
1.6.3 D iv - Display appropriate turn-taking behaviors.
1.6.3 E i - Participate in everyday conversation.
2.6.3 C - Predict the likely number of times a condition will occur based on analyzed data.
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2.6.3 D - Form and justify an opinion on whether a given statement is
reasonable based on a comparison to data.
2.9.3 F - Identify symmetry in nature.
3.1.4 B ii - Identify and apply models as tools for prediction and insight.
3.1.4 C i - Identify observable patterns (e.g. growth patterns in plants, crystal shapes
in minerals, climate, structural patterns in bird feathers).
3.1.4 C ii - Use knowledge of natural patterns to predict next occurrences (e.g.,
seasons, leaf patterns, lunar phases).
3.1.4 E i - Recognize change as fundamental to science and technology concepts.
3.1.4 E ii - Examine and explain change by using time and measurement.
3.1.4 E iii - Describe relative motion.
3.2.4 A i - Distinguish between a scientific fact and a belief.
3.2.4 A ii - Provide clear explanations that account for observations and results.
3.2.4 A iii - Relate how new information can change existing perceptions.
3.2.4 C iii - Conduct an experiment.
3.2.4 C iv - State a conclusion that is consistent with the information.
3.2.4 D i - Recognize and explain basic problems.
3.2.4 D iii - Try a solution.
3.2.4 D iv - Describe the solution, identify its impacts and modify if necessary.
3.4.4 C iii - Describe various types of motions.
3.4.4 C iv - Compare the relative movement of objects and describe types of
motion that are evident.
3.4.4 C v - Describe the position of an object by locating it relative to another
object or the background (e.g., geographic direction, left, up).
3.4.4 D iv - Describe the solar system motions and use them to explain time (e.g.,
days, seasons), major lunar phases and eclipses.
3.7.4 D i - Apply operating systems skills to perform basic computer tasks.
3.7.4 E i - Apply a web browser.
