How to learn Grade 4: Science

Kentucky academic standards: Science, Grade 4

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1. Grade 4

Drawing conclusions from evidence (age 9+): Report and present findings including conclusions, causal relationships, explanations, and a degree of trust in results using oral and written forms
Simple Design Problems: Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost
Comparing Possible Solutions: Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints
Fair testing (age 8+): Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved
Natural Disaster Solutions: Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans, such as earthquakes, floods, or volcanic eruptions
Naming types of energy: Name and use vocabulary for types of energy and energy transfer — kinetic energy, potential energy, heat energy, light energy, sound energy, electrical energy, chemical energy, stored energy, energy transfer, energy transformation — and describe energy changes in familiar situations using these terms
How energy travels around: Observe and provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents
Natural resources: Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and that their uses affect the environment
Plate Boundaries: Explain how plate boundaries cause earthquakes and volcanoes: plates pushing together, pulling apart, or sliding past each other create the forces that trigger these events, and mountains form where plates collide
Finding patterns in data: Analyse and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth's features, recognising that many features result from processes that occur over long periods
Erosion and weathering: Make observations and measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation
Drawing conclusions from evidence: Report on findings from enquiries using oral and written explanations, draw simple conclusions, make predictions, and suggest improvements
How fossils form: Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time
Evidence Supporting Ideas: Identify scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments, evaluating the strength of evidence
Fossils as Evidence: Analyse and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of organisms and environments that existed long ago
Senses, Brain & Responses: Use a model to describe that animals receive information through their senses, process it in their brain, and respond in different ways
Structures for Survival: Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behaviour, and reproduction
Patterns & Codes for Information: Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information, such as codes and signals
How We See Objects: Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen
Waves & How They Move: Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength, and understand that waves can cause objects to move
Building an energy-converting device: Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another
Speed and energy: Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object
What happens when things collide: Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide