4TH Grade Science

Date
/ Common Assessments / Notes / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY / STANDARDS AND ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS /
Week 1 / VOCABULARY/EXPERIMENT/INQUIRY/SCIENTIFIC METHOD / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
N.S.1.4.11.
N.S.1.4.8.
N.S.1.4.9.
Dictionary
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
N.S.1.4.11.generate conclusions based on evidence
N.S.1.4.8. develop a hypothesis based on prior knowledge and observations
N.S.1.4.9. identify variables that affect investigations
Vocabulary: observation, accuracy, senses, scientific equipment, hypothesis ,data, restate, variable, conclusion
NGSS: 4-ETS1-1, 4ETS1-2, 4ETS1-3, 4-ESS2-1, 4-ESS2-2
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What is the Scientific Method?
What are the Steps in the Scientific Method?
What is an experiment?
Week 2 / SCIENTIFIC METHOD / CONTINUED/CONCLUDED
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
N.S.1.4.11.
N.S.1.4.8.
N.S.1.4.9.
Dictionary
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
N.S.1.4.11.generate conclusions based on evidence
N.S.1.4.8. develop a hypothesis based on prior knowledge and observations
N.S.1.4.9. identify variables that affect investigations
Vocabulary: observation, accuracy, senses, scientific equipment, hypothesis ,data, restate, variable, conclusion
NGSS: 4-ETS1-1, 4ETS1-2, 4ETS1-3, 4-ESS2-1, 4-ESS2-2
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What is the Scientific Method?
What are the Steps in the Scientific Method?
What is an experiment?
Week 3 / CHARTING DATA / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
N.S 1.4.5
N.S. 1.4.11
WWW.BRAINPOP.COM (charts)
http://www.flocabulary.com
“Will Paperclips Float?” Teaching Science Through Inquiry Bass/Contant/Carin Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
N.S 1.4.5 communicate the designs, procedures, and results of scientific investigations
Charting data from experiments using the scientific method
T chart, bar graph, vinn diagram, Line graph, pictograph
NGSS: 4-ETS1-1, 4ETS1-2, 4ETS1-3, 4ESS2-1, 4-ESS2-2
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
Why is it important to chart data?
What are the different ways to chart data?
How do you chart and read data?
Week 4 / CONTINUED/CONCLUDED
Week 5 / METRICS / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
N.S. 1.4.6.
Dictionary
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
N.S.1.4.6. estimate and measure length, mass, temperature, capacity/volume, and elapsed time using International System of Units (SI)
Vocabulary
Math
NGSS:4-ETS1-1
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What are Metrics?
How and when do you use metrics?
Week 6 / EQUIPMENT AND LAB SAFETY / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
N.D. 1.4.14
www.makemegenius.com http://www.flocabulary.com
Rock and Learn Video
Assessment: including
not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS AND STANDARDS:
N.S. 1.4.14 apply lab safety rules as they relate to specific science lab activities
NGSS: 4-ETS1-1
ESSENTIAL QUESTONS:
What is lab equipment?
What is lab safety, and why is it important?
What are the rules and guidelines for lab safety?
Week 7 / TRENDS AND PATTERNS / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
N.S. 1.4.10
“Buttons”, Teaching Science Through Inquiry. Bass/Contant/Carin
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
N.S. 1.4.10 Identify patterns and trends in data
Buttons sort experiment
NGSS: 4LS1-1, 4-PS4-1, 4-PS4-3
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What is the importance of identifying trends and patterns?
How do you identify trends and patterns?
Week 8 / 1mm / REVIEW / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
N.S.1.4.11.
N.S.1.4.8.
N.S.1.4.9.
dictionary
N.S 1.4.5
N.S. 1.4.11
http://www.flocabulary.com
WWW.BRAINPOP.COM (charts)
“Will Paperclips Float?” Teaching Science Through Inquiry Bass/Contant/Carin
P.S. 5.4.2.
P.S. 5.4.3.
www.makemegenius.com
N.S. 1.4.6.
dictionary
N.D. 1.4.14
www.makemegenius.com
Rock and Learn Video
N.S. 1.4.10
“Buttons”, Teaching Science Through Inquiry. Bass/Contant/Carin
/ STANDARDS:
N.S.1.4.11.generate conclusions based on evidence
N.S.1.4.8. develop a hypothesis based on prior knowledge and observations
N.S.1.4.9. identify variables that affect investigations
N.S 1.4.5 communicate the designs, procedures, and results of scientific investigations
P.S. 5.4.3 compare and contrast gases to solids and liquids.
P.S. 5.4.2. demonstrate chemical changes in matter
N.S. 1.4.11 generate conclusions based on evidence
N.S. 1.4.10 Identify patterns and trends in data
NGSS: 4-ETS1-1, 4ETS1-2, 4ETS1-3, 4-ESS2-1, 4-ESS2-2, 4-PS3-1, 4-PS3-2, 4PS3-3, 4PS3-4
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What is the Scientific Method?
What are the Steps in the Scientific Method?
What is an experiment?
Why is it important to chart data?
What are the different ways to chart data?
How do you chart and read data?
What are Metrics?
How and when do you use metrics?
What is lab equipment?
What is lab safety, and why is it important?
What are the rules and guidelines for lab safety?
What is the importance of identifying trends and patterns?
How do you identify trends and patterns?
Week 9 / CONTINUED/CONCLUDED
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative
Week 10 / WATER CYCLE AND WEATHER / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
Ch 6 textbook (Scott Foresman Science) page 196 lesson 7
http://www.makemegenius.com
Nancy Larsen Science
Rock and Learn Video http://www.flocabulary.com
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
ESS 8.4.7. Describe the processes of the water cycle: precipitation, evaporation, condensation
Water cycle
ESS 8.4.8 organize weather data into tables or charts to identify trends and patterns
Weather data into charts
ESS 8.4.9 demonstrate safety procedures related to severe weather safety procedures
NGSS: 4-ESS2-1, 4LS1-1, 4-PS4-1, 4-PS4-3, 4-ESS2-2, 4-ESS3-2
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
How can you make fresh water from salt water?
Where is Earth’s water?
How do water and air affect weather?
What are air masses?
How do we measure and predict weather?
How does water change state?
Week 11 / HURRICANES AND TORNADOES / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
Chapter 7 textbook Scott Foresman Science page 211- http://www. makemegenius.com
Nancy Larsen Science
Rock and Learn Video http://www.flocabulary.com
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
ESS 8.4.10 describe weather related natural disasters. Natural Disasters
NGSS: 4-ESS2-1, 4LS1-1, 4-PS4-1, 4-PS4-3, 4-ESS2-2, 4-ESS3-2
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
How can you make a model of a hurricane?
What are hurricanes?
What are tornadoes?
How do you rank a hurricane?
Week 12 / CHANGES TO EARTH’S SURFACES / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
Ch 9 Scott Foresman Science
Nancy Larsen Science Rock and Learn Video
http://www.flocabulary.com
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
ESS 8.4.1 locate natural divisions of Arkansas
ESS 8.4.2 analyze the impact of using natural resources
Natural divisions of Arkansas
NGSS: 4-ESS1-1, 4-ESS2-2,4-ESS3-2, 4-ESS2-1
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
How does Earth’s surface wear away?
How do weathered materials move?
How can Earth’s surface change rapidly?
How does distance change earthquake effects?
Week 13 / CHANGE / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
Chapter 9 textbook (Scott Foresman Science) page 258 www.makemegenius.com
Nancy Larsen Science
Rock and Learn Video http://www.flocabulary.com
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
ESS 9.4.1.a analyze changes to earth’s surface-erosion
ESS 9.4.1.b analyze changes to earth’s surface- glaciation
ESS 9.4.1.c analyze changes to earth’s surface- weathering
NGSS: 4-ESS1-1, 4-ESS2-2,4-ESS3-2, 4-ESS2-1, 4-ESS3-1
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
How does Earth’s surface wear away?
How do weathered materials move?
How can Earth’s surface change rapidly?
How does distance change earthquake effects?
Week 14 / NATURAL RESOURCES / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
Ch 10 Scott Foresman Science
Nancy Larsen Science
Rock and Learn Video http://www.flocabulary.com
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
ESS 8.4.3 differentiate between renewable and non renewable resources
ESS 8.4.4 evaluate the impact of water pollution
ESS 8.4.5 evaluate the impact of Arkansas natural resources on the economy including but not limited to mining clear cutting and dredging
NGSS: 4-ESS1-1, 4-ESS2-2,4-ESS3-2, 4-ESS2-1, 4ESS3-1
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What are natural resources?
How are resources used for energy?
Week 15 / THANKSGIVING
Week 16 / MATTER / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
Chapter 11, Properties of Matter, Science, Scott Foresman. Pg 314.
www.makemegenius.com
Nancy Larsen Science
http://www.flocabulary.com
Rock and Learn Video
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
P.S. 5.4.2.demonstrate chemical changes in matter
P.S. 5.4.3. compare and contrast gases to solids and liquids
Examples of physical and chemical changes chart
Compare and contrast physical and chemical changes
NGSS: 4-PS3-1, 4-PS3-2, 4PS3-3, 4PS3-4
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What is matter?
How is mater measured?
How do substances mix?
How does mater change?
Week 17 / MATTER / Chapter 11, Properties of Matter, Science, Scott Foresman. Pg 314.
www.makemegenius.com
dictionary
compare and contrast vinn diagram
WWW.BRAINPOP.COM (charts)
Nancy Larsen Science
Rock and Learn Video http://www.flocabulary.com
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
P.S. 5.4.3 compare and contrast gases to solids and liquids.
P.S. 5.4.2. demonstrate chemical changes in matter
N.S. 1.4.11 generate conclusions based on evidence
Physical change experiment
Vocabulary
NGSS: 4-PS3-1, 4-PS3-2, 4PS3-3, 4PS3-4
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What is matter?
How is mater measured?
How do substances mix?
How does mater change?
Week 18 / HEAT / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
http://www.makemegenius.com
chapter 12 textbook (Scott Foresman Science) page370
Nancy Larsen Science
Rock and Learn Video http://www.flocabulary.com
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
PS 5.4.2 Demonstrate chemical changes in matter
PS 5.4.3 compare and contrast gasses to solids and liquids
NGSS: 4-PS3-4,4PS3-2, 4PS3-3
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
Why does matter have energy?
How does heat move?
Week 19 / OBJECTS IN MOTION / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
Science, Scott Foresman
Ch15, pg. 434-456
Nancy Larsen Science
Rock and Learn Video http://www.flocabulary.com / STANDARDS:
PS.6.4.1. investigate the relationship between force an direction
Vocabulary words : force , direction
PSS. 6.4.2. Investigate the relationship between force and mass
Vocabulary words: force, mass
NGSS: 4-PS3-1, 4-PS3-2, 4PS3-3
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What is motion?
How does force affect moving objects?
How are force, mass, and energy related?
Week 20 / CHRISTMAS BREAK
Week 21
Week 22
Week 23 / ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
Science, Scott Foresman
Nancy Larsen Science
Rock and Learn Video
http://www.flocabulary.com
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
PS. 7.4.2. classify electrical conductors and electrical insulators
Vocabulary words: conductor, insulator
PS 7.4.3. construct simple circuits from circuit diagrams
Vocabulary words: electricity , simple circuit, series circuit, parallel circuit
NGSS: 4-PS3-1, 4-PS3-2, 4PS3-3, 4PS3-4
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
How does matter become charged?
Who do electric charges flow?
What are magnetic fields?
How is electricity transformed to magnetism?
How is magnetism transformed to electricity?
Week 24 / ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
Science, Scott Foresman
Nancy Larsen Science
Rock and Learn Video
http://www.flocabulary.com
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
PS. 7.4.2. classify electrical conductors and electrical insulators
Vocabulary words: conductor, insulator
PS 7.4.3. construct simple circuits from circuit diagrams
Vocabulary words: electricity , simple circuit, series circuit, parallel circuit
NGSS: 4-PS3-1, 4-PS3-2, 4PS3-3, 4PS3-4
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
How does matter become charged?
Who do electric charges flow?
What are magnetic fields?
How is electricity transformed to magnetism?
How is magnetism transformed to electricity?
Week 25 / ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
CONCLUDED
Science, Scott Foresman
Ch 13, pg. 370-400
Nancy Larsen Science
Rock and Learn Video http://www.flocabulary.com
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
PS. 7.4.2. classify electrical conductors and electrical insulators
Vocabulary words: conductor, insulator
PS 7.4.3. construct simple circuits from circuit diagrams
Vocabulary words: electricity , simple circuit, series circuit, parallel circuit
NGSS: 4-PS3-1, 4-PS3-2, 4PS3-3, 4PS3-4
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
How does matter become charged?
Who do electric charges flow?
What are magnetic fields?
How is electricity transformed to magnetism?
How is magnetism transformed to electricity?
Week 26 / review / STANDARDS:
PS. 7.4.2. classify electrical conductors and electrical insulators
Vocabulary words: conductor, insulator
PS 7.4.3. construct simple circuits from circuit diagrams
Vocabulary words: electricity , simple circuit, series circuit, parallel circuit
PS.6.4.1. investigate the relationship between force an direction
Vocabulary words : force , direction
PSS. 6.4.2. Investigate the relationship between force and mass
Vocabulary words: force, mass
NGSS: 4-PS3-1, 4-PS3-2, 4PS3-3, 4PS3-4,
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
How does matter become charged?
Who do electric charges flow?
What are magnetic fields?
How is electricity transformed to magnetism?
How is magnetism transformed to electricity?
What is motion?
How does force affect moving objects?
How are force, mass, and energy related?
Week 27 / CLASSIFYING PLANTS AND ANIMALS / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
Science, Scott Foresman, ch 1 page 2-40
Nancy Larsen Science
Rock and Learn Video
http://www.flocabulary.com
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
LS 2.4.1 classify vertebrates into major subgroups
Mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles
LS 2.4.2 classify vertebrates according to their structure
Mollusks, segmented worms, arthropods
NGSS: 4-LS 1-1
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What are the building blocks of life?
How ae living things grouped?
How are plants classified?
How are animals classified?
How do animals adapt?
Week 28 / CLASSIFYING PLANTS AND ANIMALS / CONTINUED/CONCLUDED
Week 29 / ENERGY FROM PLANTS / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
Science, Scott Foresman
Ch 2 energy from plants page 42-72
Nancy Larsen Science
Rock and Learn Video http://www.flocabulary.com

Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative

/ STANDARDS:
LS 4.4.1 a recognize environmental adaptations of plants
LS 4.4.1 b recognize environmental adaptations of animals
LS 4.4.2 illustrate the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem
LS NS 1.4.1 communicate observations orally, in writing, and in graphic organizers, t- charts, pictographs, venn diagrams, bar graphs, frequency tables, line graphs
NGSS: 4-LS1-1,
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What are plant’s characteristics?
What are the parts of plants?
How do plants reproduce?
What is the life cycle of a plant?
Week 30 / ENERGY FROM PLANTS / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY CONCLUDED
Science, Scott Foresman
Ch 2 energy from plants page 42-72
Nancy Larsen Science
Rock and Learn Video http://www.flocabulary.com
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
LS 4.4.1 a recognize environmental adaptations of plants
LS 4.4.1 b recognize environmental adaptations of animals
LS 4.4.2 illustrate the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem
LS NS 1.4.1 communicate observations orally, in writing, and in graphic organizers, t- charts, pictographs, venn diagrams, bar graphs, frequency tables, line graphs
NGSS: 4-LS1-1,
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What are plant’s characteristics?
What are the parts of plants?
How do plants reproduce?
What is the life cycle of a plant?
Week 31 / ECOSYSTEMS / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
Science, Scott Foresman Chapter 3, Page 74-104, Ecosystems
Nancy Larsen Science
Rock and Learn Video
http://www.flocabulary.com
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
LS 4.4.1 a recognize environmental adaptations of plants
LS 4.4.1b recognize environmental adaptations of animals
LS 4.4.2 illustrate the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem
LS NS 1.4.1 communicate observations orally, in writing, and in graphic organizers, t- charts, pictographs, venn diagrams, bar graphs, frequency tables, line graphs
NGSS: 4LS1-1
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What are the parts of ecosystems?
How does energy flow in ecosystems?
How does matter flow in ecosystems?
Week 32 / CONTINUED/CONCLUDED
Week 33 / Spring Break
Week 34 / CHANGES IN ECOSYSTEMS / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
Science, Scott Foresman
Ch 4 changes in ecosystems pg 106-136
Science, Scott Foresman
Nancy Larsen Science
Rock and Learn Video
http://www.flocabulary.com
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
LS NS 1.4.3 conduct scientific investigations individually and in teams, lab activities and field studies
LS NS 1.4.7 collect and interpret measurable empirical evidence in teams and as individuals
LS NS 1.4.10 identify patterns and trends in data
NGSS: 4-PS4-3, 4-ESS1-1,4-PS3-4
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
How are ecosystems balanced?
How do organisms interact?
How do environments change?
How do people disturb the balance?
Week 35 / SYSTEMS OF THE BODY / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
Science, Scott Foresman
Ch 5 pg 138-168
Nancy Larsen Science
Rock and Learn Video http://www.flocabulary.com
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
LS 2.4.3 c identify major parts and functions of the digestive system
LS 2.4.3 b identify major parts and functions of the circulatory system
LS 2.4.3. a identify major parts and functions of the nervous system
LS NS 1.4.1 communicate observations orally, in writing, and in graphic organizers, t- charts, pictographs, venn diagrams, bar graphs, frequency tables, line graphs
LS NS 1.4.3 conduct scientific investigations individually and in teams, lab activities and field studies
NGSS: 4-PS4-2, 4pLS1-1, 4LS 1-2
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What are the skeletal and muscular systems?
What are the respiratory and circulatory systems?
What are the digestive and nervous systems?
How does the body defend itself?
Week 36 / CONTINUED/CONCLUDED
Week 37 / Aspire paper test
18th – 29th (aspire computer test April 1-May 13)
Week 38 / MINERALS AND ROCKS / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
Chapter 8 minerals and rocks
Scott Foresman Science
Nancy Larsen Science
Rock and Learn Video
http://www.flocabulary.com
Assessment: including not limited to: unit assessment, worksheets, workbooks, lab, formative / STANDARDS:
NGSS: 4-ESS3-1, 4-ESS2-1, 4ESS2-2, 4ESS3-2
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What are minerals?
How are sedimentary rocks formed?
What are igneous and metamorphic rocks?
What properties can you use to identify minerals?

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