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title: "S2E3: Environmental Changes Overview (Georgia Science standard)"
code: S2E3
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Science, S2E3
subject: science
grades:
  - grade-2
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# S2E3: Environmental Changes Overview

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how weather, plants, animals, and humans cause changes to the environment.

- Subject: Science
- Appears in: Grade 2, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/science/grade-2.md

## Expectations

- **S2E3.a**: Ask questions to obtain information about major changes to the environment in your community.
- **S2E3.b**: Construct an explanation of the causes and effects of a change to the environment in your community.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.