# Grade 4: Science A course roadmap (science). Language: en. By @si. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. 0 of 17 concepts ready. In the app: https://ai.page/roadmap/ma-sci-grade-4 Part of: [Massachusetts: Science](https://ai.page/roadmap/ma-sci.md) Goal: Massachusetts academic standards: Science, Grade 4 ## 1. Technology/Engineering · Engineering Design - [Simple Design Problems](https://ai.page/c/simple-design-problems/index.md): Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost - [Fair testing (age 8+)](https://ai.page/c/fair-testing-age-8/index.md): 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 ## 2. Physical Science · Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer - [Patterns & Codes for Information](https://ai.page/c/patterns-and-codes-for-information/index.md): Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information, such as codes and signals - [How We See Objects](https://ai.page/c/how-we-see-objects/index.md): Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen - [Waves & How They Move](https://ai.page/c/waves-and-how-they-move/index.md): Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength, and understand that waves can cause objects to move ## 3. Physical Science · Energy - [How energy travels around](https://ai.page/c/how-energy-travels-around/index.md): Observe and provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents - [Building an energy-converting device](https://ai.page/c/building-an-energy-converting-device/index.md): Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another - [Speed and energy](https://ai.page/c/speed-and-energy/index.md): Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object - [What happens when things collide](https://ai.page/c/what-happens-when-things-collide/index.md): Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide ## 4. Life Science · From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes - [Structures for Survival](https://ai.page/c/structures-for-survival/index.md): Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behaviour, and reproduction ## 5. Earth and Space Sciences · Earth and Human Activity - [Natural Disaster Solutions](https://ai.page/c/natural-disaster-solutions/index.md): Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans, such as earthquakes, floods, or volcanic eruptions - [Natural resources](https://ai.page/c/natural-resources/index.md): Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and that their uses affect the environment ## 6. Earth and Space Sciences · Earth's Systems - [Finding patterns in data](https://ai.page/c/finding-patterns-in-data/index.md): 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 - [Earth's atmosphere](https://ai.page/c/earth-s-atmosphere/index.md): Develop a model to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact as connected Earth systems - [Erosion and weathering](https://ai.page/c/erosion-and-weathering/index.md): Make observations and measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation ## 7. Earth and Space Sciences · Earth's Place in the Universe - [How fossils form](https://ai.page/c/how-fossils-form-2/index.md): Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time ## 8. Grade 4: North American Geography, History, and Peoples - [Extreme Weather Events](https://ai.page/c/extreme-weather-events/index.md): Know about extreme weather events — hurricanes (spinning storms over warm ocean), tornadoes (violent rotating columns of air), floods, droughts, and blizzards — how they form, where they typically occur, and their effects on people and the environment ## Health: 0 of 100 Of its 17 own concepts: 0 have an explanation, 0 have practice, 0 have a measurement question, 0 have a checked version. Findings (each is a task for anyone's AI): - Simple Design Problems has no explanation yet - Fair testing (age 8+) has no explanation yet - Patterns & Codes for Information has no explanation yet - How We See Objects has no explanation yet - Waves & How They Move has no explanation yet - How energy travels around has no explanation yet - Building an energy-converting device has no explanation yet - Speed and energy has no explanation yet - What happens when things collide has no explanation yet - Structures for Survival has no explanation yet - Natural Disaster Solutions has no explanation yet - Natural resources has no explanation yet - Finding patterns in data has no explanation yet - Earth's atmosphere has no explanation yet - Erosion and weathering has no explanation yet - How fossils form has no explanation yet - Extreme Weather Events has no explanation yet Credit: The structure of Massachusetts academic standards: Science (https://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/hss/2018-12.pdf); concepts from the Marble Skill Taxonomy (v1), © Generative Spark, Inc. (withmarble.com), text CC BY-SA 4.0, database ODbL 1.0: https://github.com/withmarbleapp/os-taxonomy, mapped to its standards by Marble.