4th Grade

Energy

• 4-PS3-1(Performance Expectation)

  Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.

• 4-PS3-2(Performance Expectation)

  Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

• 4-PS3-3(Performance Expectation)

  Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide.

• 4-PS3-4(Performance Expectation)

  Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

• 4-PS4-1(Performance Expectation)

  Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.

• 4-PS4-3(Performance Expectation)

  Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information.

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

• 4-LS1-1(Performance Expectation)

  Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

• 4-LS1-2(Performance Expectation)

  Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.

Earth's Place in the Universe

• 4-ESS1-1(Performance Expectation)

  Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.

Earth's Systems

• 4-ESS2-1(Performance Expectation)

  Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.

• 4-ESS2-2(Performance Expectation)

  Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.

Earth and Human Activity

• 4-ESS3-1(Performance Expectation)

  Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.

• 4-ESS3-2(Performance Expectation)

  Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.

Engineering Design

• 3-5-ETS1-1(Performance Expectation)

  Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

• 3-5-ETS1-2(Performance Expectation)

  Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

• 3-5-ETS1-3(Performance Expectation)

  Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.