By the end of Trimester Two, students will be able to:

ESS3. Earth and Human Activity

4-ESS3-1. Obtain information to describe that energy and fuels humans use are derived from natural resources and that some energy and fuel sources are renewable and some are not. 

PS3. Energy

4-PS3-4. Apply scientific principles of energy and motion to test and refine a device that converts kinetic energy to electrical energy or uses stored energy to cause motion or produce light or sound.

PS4. Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

4-PS4-1. Develop a model of a simple mechanical wave (including sound) to communicate that waves (a) are regular patterns of motion along which energy travels and (b) can cause objects to move. 

4-PS4-2. Develop a model to describe that light must reflect off an object and enter the eye for the object to be seen. 

4-PS4-3.Develop and compare multiple ways to transfer information through encoding, sending, receiving, and decoding a pattern.

ETS1. Engineering Design

4.3-5-ETS1-3. Plan and carry out tests of one or more design features of a given model or prototype in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify which features need to be improved. Apply the results of tests to redesign a model or prototype.

4.3-5-ETS1-5. Evaluate relevant design features that must be considered in building a model or prototype of a solution to a given design problem.

Earth and Space Sciences

Physical Science

Unit Three; Topic 2:  Human Uses of Energy

Physical Science

Unit Four; Topic 3:  Waves and Information

Properties of Waves

Amplitude - How much energy is in the wave.

A high amplitude wave is a high energy wave.

A low amplitude wave is a low energy wave.

Frequency - The number of waves that pass by each second; the number of cycles these waves complete in a second (known as a Hertz).

Frequency affects the energy of a wave.

Higher notes have higher frequencies.

Lower notes have lower frequencies.