SCIENCE Grade 4 Standards Met
A.4.1
When conducting science investigations, ask and answer questions that
will help decide the general areas of science being addressed
[ALNC*;
BHNC+; CM; JSF; MKE; MCM*; OBG; OWP; UWA*; UWG+]
A.4.2
When faced with a science-related problem, decide what evidence, models,
or explanations previously studied can be used to better understand what is
happening now
[ALNC*;
BHNC+; CM+; ICF+; JSF; MKE; OBG; OWP; UWA*; UWG+]
A.4.3
When investigating a science-related problem, decide what data can be
collected to determine the most useful explanations
[ALNC*;
BHNC; CM+; JSF+; MKE; MCM*; OBG; OWP+; UWA*]
A.4.4
When studying science-related problems, decide which of the science
themes are important
[ALNC*;
BHNC*; CM+; JSF+; MKE; MCM*; OBG; OWP+; UWA*; UWG+]
A.4.5
When studying a science-related problem, decide what changes over time
are occurring or have occurred
[ALF+; ALNC*; BHNC+; ICF+; JSF; MKE; OBG; OWP; UWA; UWG]
B. NATURE OF SCIENCE
B.4.1
Use encyclopedias, source books, texts, computers, teachers, parents,
other adults, journals, popular press, and various other sources, to help answer
science-related questions and plan investigations
[BHNC+;
CM+; ICF+; MKE; MCM*; OBG*; UWA*; UWG+]
B.4.2
Acquire information about people who have contributed to the development
of major ideas in the sciences and learn about the cultures in which these
people lived and worked
[ALF;
ALNC*; BHNC+; ICF+; MKE*; OBG*; UWA*;]
B.4.3
Show how the major developments of scientific knowledge in the earth and
space, life and environmental, and physical sciences have changed over time
[ALF+; ALNC*; BHNC+; CM*; ICF+; MKE*; OBG*; UWA*; UWG]
C.4.1
Use the vocabulary of the unifying themes to ask questions about objects,
organisms, and events being studied
[ALNC*;
BHNC; CMu; ICF+; JSF; MKE; MCM*; OBG; OWP; UWA*; UWG+]
C.4.2
Use the science content being learned to ask questions, plan
investigations, make observations, make predictions, and offer explanations
[ALNC*;
BHNC+; CMu; JSF; MKE; MCM*; OBG; OWP; UWA+; UWG+]
C.4.3
Select multiple sources of information to help answer questions selected
for classroom investigations
[CM+; MKE+; MCM*; OBG*; UWA+]
C.4.4
Use simple science equipment safely and effectively, including rulers,
balances, graduated cylinders, hand lenses, thermometers, and computers, to
collect data relevant to questions and investigations
[ALNC*;
BHNC+; CM+; JSF; MKE; OBG*; OWP; UWA+]
C.4.5
Use data they have collected to develop explanations and answer questions
generated by investigations
[ALNC*;
BHNC; JSF; MKE; MCM*; OBG*; OWP; UWA+]
C.4.6
Communicate the results of their investigations in ways their audiences
will understand by using charts, graphs, drawings, written descriptions, and
various other means, to display their answers
[ALNC*;
BHNC+; CM+; MKE; OBG+; UWA+]
C.4.7
Support their conclusions with logical arguments
[ALNC*;
BHNC+; CM+; JSF; MKE+; MCM*; OBG+; OWP; UWA+; UWG+]
C.4.8
Ask additional questions that might help focus or further an
investigation
[ALNC*; BHNC; ICF+; JSF; MKE+; MCM*; OBG+; OWP; UWA+; UWG+]
PROPERTIES OF EARTH MATERIALS
D.4.1
Understand that objects are made of more than one substance, by
observing, describing and measuring the properties of earth materials, including
properties of size, weight, shape, color, temperature, and the ability to react
with other substances
[ALNC*;
BHNC*; JSF; MKE; MCM*; OBG+; OWP; UWA+; UWG+]
D.4.2
Group and/or classify objects and substances based on the properties of
earth materials
[ALNC;
BHNC*; JSF; MKE; OBG; OWP; UWA*; UWG+]
D.4.3.
Understand that substances can exist in different states-solid, liquid,
gas
[ALNC*;
BHNC+; MKE; MCM*; OBG]
D.4.4
Observe and describe changes in form, temperature, color, speed, and
direction of objects and construct explanations for the changes
[ALNC*;
BHNC*; MKE; MCM*; OBG; UWA+; UWG+]
D.4.5
Construct simple models of what is happening to materials and substances
undergoing change, using simple instruments or tools to aid observations and
collect data
[ALNC*; MKE; MCM*; OBG; UWA+; UWG+]
POSITION
AND MOTION OF OBJECTS
D.4.6
Observe and describe physical events in objects at rest or in motion
[ALNC*;
BHNC*; JSF; MKE; MCM*; OBG; OWP; UWA*; UWG+]
D.4.7
Observe and describe physical events involving objects and develop
record-keeping systems to follow these events by measuring and describing
changes in their properties, including position relative to another object,
motion over time, and position due to forces
[ALNC*;
BHNC*; JSF+; MKE; MCM*; OBG*; OWP+]
LIGHT,
HEAT, ELECTRICITY, AND MAGNETISM
D.4.8
Ask questions and make observations to discover the differences between
substances that can be touched (matter) and substances that cannot be touched
(forms of energy, light, heat, electricity, sound, and magnetism)
[ALNC*; BHNC*; JSF*; MKE; OBG; OWP*]
PROPERTIES
OF EARTH MATERIALS
E.4.1
Investigate that earth materials are composed of rocks and soils and
correctly use the vocabulary for rocks, minerals, and soils during these
investigations
[ALNC*;
BHNC; CM*; ICF+; JSF; MKE; OBG; OWP; UWA+; UWG+]
E.4.2
Show that earth materials have different physical and chemical
properties, including the properties of soils found in Wisconsin
[ALNC;
BHNC+; CM*; ICF+; JSF; MKE; OBG; OWP; UWA+]
E.4.3
Develop descriptions of the land and water masses of the earth and of
Wisconsin's rocks and minerals, using the common vocabulary of earth and space
science
[ALNC*;
BHNC+; CM*; ICF+; JSF; MKE; OBG; OWP; UWA+; UWG+]
OBJECTS
IN THE SKY
E.4.4
Identify celestial objects (stars, sun, moon, planets) in the sky, noting
changes in patterns of those objects over time
[ALNC+;
BHNC*; JSF; MKE; OWP]
CHANGES
IN THE EARTH AND SKY
E.4.5
Describe the weather commonly found in Wisconsin in terms of clouds,
temperature, humidity, and forms of precipitation, and the changes that occur
over time, including seasonal changes
[ALNC*;
BHNC+; CM*; MKE*; MCM*; OBG; UWA*]
E.4.6
Using the science themes, find patterns and cycles in the earth's daily,
yearly, and long-term changes
[ALF+;
ALNC*; BHNC+; ICF+; MKE*; OBG; UWA*]
E.4.7
Using the science themes, describe resources used in the home, community,
and nation as a whole
[ALNC*;
BHNC*; CM+; JSF; MKE*; MCM*; OBG; OWP; UWA*; UWG+]
E.4.8
Illustrate human resources use in mining, forestry, farming, and
manufacturing in Wisconsin and elsewhere in the world
F. LIFE
AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF ORGANISMS
F.4.1
Discover how each organism meets its basic needs for water, nutrients,
protection, and energy in order to survive
[ALF+;
ALNC; BHNC; CM; ICF; JSF; MKE; MCM*; OBG; OWP; UWA*; UWG+]
F.4.2
Investigate how organisms, especially plants, respond to both internal
cues (the need for water) and external cues (changes in the environment)
[ALF+;
ALNC; BHNC+; CM; ICF*; JSF; MKE; MCM*; OBG; OWP; UWA; UWG+]
LIFE
CYCLES OF ORGANISMS
F.4.3
Illustrate the different ways that organisms grow through life stages and
survive to produce new members of their type
[ALF+;
ALNC; BHNC; CM; ICF*; JSF; MKE; MCM*; OBG*; OWP; UWA]
ORGANISMS
AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT
F.4.4
Using the science themes, develop explanations for the connections among
living and non-living things in various environments
ALF+;
ALNC; BHNC; CM; JSF; MKE; MCM*; OBG; OWP; UWA]
G.4.1
Identify the technology used by someone employed in a job or position in
Wisconsin and explain how the technology helps
[ALNC+;
BHNC*; CMu; ICF*; MKE*; MCM+; OBG*; UWA*]
G.4.2
Discover what changes in technology have occurred in a career chosen by a
parent, grandparent, or an adult friend over a long period of time
[ALNC+;
MKE*; MCM+; OBG*; UWA+]
G.4.3
Determine what science discoveries have led to changes in technologies
that are being used in the workplace by someone employed locally
[ALNC+;
MKE*; OBG*; UWA*]
G.4.4
Identify the combinations of simple machines in a device used in the
home, the workplace, or elsewhere in the community, to make or repair things, or
to move goods or people
[MKE;
MCM+; OBG*; UWA*]
G.4.5
Ask questions to find answers about how devices and machines were
invented and produced
[MKE; UWA+]
[BHNC*;
MKE*; OBG*]
H.4.2
Using the science themes, identify local and state issues that are helped
by science and technology and explain how science and technology can also cause
a problem
[ALNC*;
BHNC*; MKE*; OBG*; UWA+]
H.4.3
Show how science has contributed to meeting personal needs, including
hygiene, nutrition, exercise, safety, and health care
[ALNC*; JSF*; MKE*; OWP*; OBG*; UWG+
H.4.4
Develop a list of issues that citizens must make decisions about and
describe a strategy for becoming informed about the science behind these issues