4-ESS1-1
4th Grade Science · Next Generation Science Standards · 2013
The Standard
Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Standard Unwrapping
AI-generated as a starting point.Vocabulary
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Skills
- identify (evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils) #dok1
- analyze (patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers) #dok2
- support (an explanation for changes in a landscape over time using evidence) #dok3
Learning Targets
- I can recognize patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers. #dok1
- I can identify evidence in rock layers that suggests changes in the landscape. #dok1
- I can describe patterns found in rock formations and fossils over time. #dok2
- I can analyze how different patterns in rock layers indicate landscape changes. #dok2
- I can support an explanation for how a landscape has changed over time using evidence from rock formations and fossils. #dok3
Big Ideas
- The patterns found in rock formations and fossils provide evidence of how landscapes have changed over long periods of time.
- Rock layers hold clues about the historical changes in Earth's surface and the organisms that have lived in the area.
Essential Questions
- How can you use evidence from rocks and fossils to explain changes in a landscape?
- What do patterns in rock layers tell us about Earth's history?
- How do fossils help scientists understand how landscapes have changed over time?
- Why is it important to study patterns in rock formations and fossils?
- What kinds of changes can be observed in landscapes by studying rock layers?
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