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

ESS1. Earth's Place in the Universe

4-ESS1-1. Use evidence from a given landscape that includes simple landforms and rock layers to support a claim about the role of erosion or deposition in the formation of the landscape over long periods of time.

ESS2. Earth's Systems

4-ESS2-1. Make observations and collect data to provide evidence that rocks, soils, and sediments are broken into smaller pieces through mechanical weathering and moved around through erosion.

4-ESS2-2. Analyze and interpret maps of Earth’s mountain ranges, deep ocean trenches, volcanoes, and earthquake epicenters to describe patterns of these features and their locations relative to boundaries between continents and oceans.

ESS3. Earth and Human Activity

4-ESS3-2. Evaluate different solutions to reduce the impacts of a natural event such as an earthquake, blizzard or flood on humans.

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.