ESU #13  2-4 SCIENCE  CURRICULUM

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4.1.1  By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of systems, order and organizations

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Describe the parts that make up a system.

Relate how the parts of a system affect the whole system

 

A group of objects may be sub-classified in one or more ways.

 

 

 

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4.1.2  By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding   of evidence, models and explanation.

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Create a model, graph or illustration that represents an object, living thing or an event

Explain and answer questions about a model and how it represents an object, living thing or an event.

Use evidence gathered from an investigation to develop a scientific explanation

 

 

Explain procedures or ideas in more than one way (e.g., sketches, charts and graphs.)

 

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4.1.3  By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of change, constancy, and measurement.

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Describe observable change (e.g., speed, pattern, shape, position and size

Measure a change using appropriate tools and units of measurement

Numerical data can be useful in describing and comparing objects and events.

Things in nature and things people make have very different sizes, weights, ages and speeds.

Some predictions can be made based on what is known about the past, assuming that conditions are similar.

 

 

 

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4.1.4  By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of form and function.

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Construct a device to perform a simple task and explain how it works.

 

 

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4.2.1  By the end of fourth grade, students will develop the abilities needed to do scientific inquiry.

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Ask a question about objects, organisms, and events in their surroundings.

Plan and conduct a simple investigation.

 

Communicate procedures, results, and explanations of an investigation.

 

 

Use simple equipment and tools (e.g., thermometers and scales) to gather data and extend the senses

Use data to develop reasonable explanations.

Compare and contrast objects and events and communicate their findings.

Demonstrate alternate ways to display data.

Plan and conduct an investigation.

Identify a simple problem, test a possible solution to the problem and communicate the results (guess, test, tell).

 

 

 

 

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4.3.1  By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding  of the characteristics of objects and materials.

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Classify objects by observable characteristics (e.g., shape, size and color:

Compare and contrast characteristics of common materials using tools (e.g., rulers, scales, thermometers, microscopes and hand lenses).

Demonstrate that materials can change from solid to liquid to gas by heating and from gas to liquid to solid by cooling.

 

Materials can exist in different states (solid, liquid and gas).

Materials may be made up of parts that are too small to be seen without magnification

 

Materials may react with other materials.

 

 

 

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4.3.2  By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of the position and motion of objects.

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Demonstrate that the position and motion of objects can be changed by pushing or pulling

Use reference points to describe the position of an object.

Change the pitch of sound by changing the rate of vibration.

 

Describe an object’s motion by tracing its position over time.

 

 

Demonstrate how sound is produced when objects vibrate.

 

 

 

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4.3.3  By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of light, heat, electricity and magnetism.

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Light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object.

Identify ways in which heat can be produced (e.g., burning rubbing or mixing one substance with another.)

Distinguish between reflection and refraction of light.

 

 

Demonstrate heat can flow from one object to another by conduction.

 

 

Use electricity to produce heat, sound or magnetic effects.

 

 

Demonstrate electrical circuits require a complete loop through which an electrical current can pass.

 

 

Describe the physical properties of magnets.

 

 

 

 

 

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4.4.1By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of the characteristics of living thing.

 

 

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4.4.1a.  Describe the differences between plants and animals.

 

4.4.1b. Describe the various structures of plants and animals necessary for survival, and reproduction.

4.4.1d. Characteristics of organisms are inherited or environmentally influenced.

 

 

4.4.1c.  Internal and external cues influence behavior.

 

 

 

 

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4.4.2 By the end of fourth grade students will develop an understanding of the life cycles of living things.

 

 

 

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4.4.2a.  Describe the life cycles of an organism.

4.4.2b.  Identify inherited and learned characteristics of living thing.  (e.g. color, number of eyes, language or hunting for food)

 

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4.4.3  By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of living things and environments.

 

 

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4.4.3a.  Explain how environmental changes affect behavior and survival of living things.

 

4.4.3b.  Explain a food chain.

 

 

 

4.4.3c  Describe how humans and other living things cause both positive and negative changes in their environment.

 

 

 

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4.5.1  By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of the characteristics of earth materials.

 

 

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4.5.1a. List earth materials that are used by humans.  (e.g. water, fossil fuels, ores, soils)

4.5.1b. Select the best earth material for a specific human use. ( e.g. marble- buildings, clay- pottery, coal – heat)

4.5.1d Identify characteristics of soils, minerals, rocks, water, and the atmosphere.

 

4.5.1c. Describe an ancient environment based on fossil evidence.

 

 

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4.5.2  By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of objects in the sky.

 

 

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4.5.2a. The sun’s movements can be observed and described.

 

4.5.2c.  Stars are innumerable, unevenly dispersed, and of unequal brightness.

4.5.2e.  The sun’s light provides the heat which influences the temperature at the earth’s surface.

 

4.5.2b.  The sun provides heat.

4.5.2d.  The moon and stars have properties, locations, and movements that can be observed and described.

4.5.2f.  Clouds have properties, locations, and movements that can be observed and described.

                                

 

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4.5.3  By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of the changes in the earth and sky.

 

 

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4.5.3a. Describe how slow processes (erosion) and rapid processes (earthquakes, landslides) change the earth’s surface.

 

4.5.3b  The pattern of the sun’s movement changes slowly over the seasons.

4.5.3d.  Weather can be described in measurable quantities, temperature, wind direction, and precipitation.

 

4.5.3c   The observable shape of the moon changes from day to day in a cycle that lasts about a month.

 

 

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4.6.1   By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of technological design.

 

 

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4.6.1a.  Recognize the steps to problem solving: identify, propose, implement, evaluate, communicate.

 

 

 

 

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4.6.2 By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of science and technology.

 

 

 

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4.6.2a.  Identify and investigate tools or techniques that use scientific knowledge to solve problems in the home or school.

 

 

 

 

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4.6.3  By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of the abilities to distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans.

 

 

 

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4.6.3a.  Classify an object as either natural or manufactured.

 

 

 

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4.7.1 By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of personal health.

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4.7.1a.  Explain how the body uses food and how various foods contribute to health.

 

 

 

 

 

4.7.1b.  Describe how different substances e.g. tobacco, alcohol, and drugs) can damage the body and alter how it functions.

 

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4.7.2 By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of the types of resources.

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4.7.2a.  List examples of resources produced from basic materials. (e.g. food, fuel, and building materials)

 

 

 

 

4.7.2b.  List examples of resources which are basic materials (e.g. air, water, and soil)

 

 

 

4.7.2c.  List examples of resources which are intangible materials ( e.g. beauty, security, and quiet places)

 

 

 

4.7.2d.  Identify the supply of various resources.

 

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4.7.3  By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of environmental changes.

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4.7.3a.  Distinguish between natural environmental changes and human influenced environmental changes.

 

 

 

 

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4.7.4  By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of  how science and technology helps communities resolve problems.

 

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4.7.4a.  List examples of  how science and technology affect the quality of life.

 

 

 

 

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4.8.1  By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of science as a human endeavor.

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People choose science as a career or hobby.

Scientific understanding is continuously changing.

Research and report on how current scientific discoveries illustrate that science is an ongoing process.

 

Research and report on how science is used in different careers.

Research and report on the contributions to science and technology throughout history by men and women scientists of diverse cultures.