Grade 2

Science Competency Descriptors

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Questioning and Predicting	Emerging (could look like anything up until these descriptors)	Developing	Proficient	Extending (could look like anything starting from to beyond descriptors)
Demonstrate curiosity and a sense of wonder about the world.	The student is interested in knowing more but pursues the interests of others.	The student is curious and actively pursues things that interest them.	The student is curious and actively pursues things that interest them. They make connections to prior knowledge or those experiences that are new to them.	The student is curious and actively pursues things that interest them. They make connections across contexts and those experiences that are new to them.
Ask questions about familiar objects and event	The student asks unrelated questions.	The student asks questions that draw from prior knowledge with the goal to understand their environment and are making connections to similar experiences.	The student asks questions that draw from prior knowledge and lived experiences, with the purpose of problem solving and/or inquiry.	The student asks questions that draw from prior knowledge, lived experiences, and asks questions that demonstrate they can transfer their understanding to novel situations.
Make simple predictions about familiar objects and events	The student is making a guess of what might happen by reproducing exactly what was modeled without connecting their prediction to prior knowledge.	The student is making a guess of what might happen based on the context and their prior knowledge. They are noticing connections.	The student is making a guess of what might happen in a new situation based on their prior knowledge. They are inferring how changing variables will affect the outcome.	The student is making a guess of what might happen if they change the context and variables by using their prior knowledge to infer what will happen in novel situations.

Planning and Conducting	Emerging (could look like anything up until these descriptors)	Developing	Proficient	Extending (could look like anything starting from to beyond descriptors)
Make and record observations and simple measurements using informal or non-standard methods	The student is noticing what is happening through visual observations and recording their observations without making connections.	The student is observing what is happening and records their observation by making connections that are related to familiar experiences and unrelated to the content.	The student is observing what is happening by noticing details and records their observation by transferring connections from what they have learned to lived experiences.	The student is observing what is happening while testing how different variables affect their observations and apply these connections to novel situations. They also quantify their recordings.

Processing and Analyzing Data and Information	Emerging (could look like anything up until these descriptors)	Developing	Proficient	Extending (could look like anything starting from to beyond descriptors)
Experience and interpret the local environment	The student uses a combination of senses to take notice, explore and observe features and processes in the local outdoor environment. Through play and exploration, the student is only encountering the experiences already identified in the lesson without applying their understanding across contexts.	The student uses a combination of senses to take notice, explore and observe features and processes in the local outdoor environment. Through play and exploration, the student only encounters experiences that resemble those modeled in the lesson.	The student uses a combination of senses to take notice, explore and observe features and processes in the local outdoor environment. Through play and exploration, the student encounters new experiences in addition to those already identified in the lesson.	The student notices, explores and observes features and processes in the local outdoor environment. Through play and exploration, the student encounters new experiences and can connect these experiences across contexts.
Recognize First Peoples stories (including oral and written narratives), songs, and art, as ways to share knowledge	The student draws information from First Peoples art forms and makes connections to familiar contexts.	The student draws scientific information from First Peoples art forms and makes connections to prior knowledge.	The student draws scientific information from First Peoples art forms and makes connections to related scientific concepts.	The student draws scientific information from First Peoples art forms and makes connections to scientific concepts and across contexts.
Compare observations with predictions through discussion	The student discusses their observations and/or predictions separately, without comparing the two.	The student compares and evaluates their predictions with their observations by only explaining what happened.	The student compares their predictions with their observations and explains how the prediction relates to the observation.	The student compares their predictions with their observations and they provide an explanation of how the prediction relates to the observation across various contexts.

Evaluating	Emerging (could look like anything up until these descriptors)	Developing	Proficient	Extending (could look like anything starting from to beyond descriptors)
Consider some environmental consequences of their actions	The student is thinking about the consequences of their actions only in how it affects them personally.	The student thinks about the consequences of their actions in relation to their familiar environment.	The student carefully thinks about their impact and analyzes the environmental outcomes of their actions.	The student carefully thinks about their impact and is thinking about how many small actions can collectively have a larger environmental impact.

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Competency Descriptors