4th Grade
What is science?
Complete this mini-unit BEFORE you begin the first unit. What is science?
What is a scientist? Week Long Lesson Before the weather and climate unit
What is a science? Thinking Log (Google Doc)
What is a science? Thinking Log (pdf))
Materials list for: What is a Scientist unit
4–PS3–1 Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
4–PS3–2 Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
4–PS3–3 Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide.
4–PS3–4 Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.*
4-PS4-2. Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
4-LS1-2. 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.
4-LS1-1. Design a model that shows that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.*