Gizmos for Virginia - Science: Grade 4 (Standards of Learning adopted 2018)

This correlation lists the recommended Gizmos for this state's curriculum standards. Click any Gizmo title below for more information.

1: Scientific and Engineering Practices

4.1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific and engineering practices by

4.1.a: asking questions and defining problems

4.1.b: planning and carrying out investigations

4.1.c: interpreting, analyzing, and evaluating data

4.1.d: constructing and critiquing conclusions and explanations

4.1.e: developing and using models

4.1.f: obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

26: Living Systems and Processes

4.2: The student will investigate and understand that plants and animals have structures that distinguish them from one another and play vital roles in their ability to survive. Key ideas include

4.2.a: the survival of plants and animals depends on photosynthesis;

4.2.b: plants and animals have different structures and processes for obtaining energy; and

4.2.c: plants and animals have different structures and processes for creating offspring.

4.3: The student will investigate and understand that organisms, including humans, interact with one another and with the nonliving components in the ecosystem. Key ideas include

4.3.a: interrelationships exist in populations, communities, and ecosystems;

4.3.b: food webs show the flow of energy within an ecosystem;

4.3.d: classification can be used to identify organisms.

36: Earth and Space Systems

4.4: The student will investigate and understand that weather conditions and phenomena affect ecosystems and can be predicted. Key ideas include

4.4.a: weather measurements create a record that can be used to make weather predictions;

4.4.c: long term seasonal weather trends determine the climate of a region.

4.5: The student will investigate and understand that the planets have characteristics and a specific place in the solar system. Key ideas include

4.5.a: planets rotate on their axes and revolve around the sun;

4.5.b: planets have characteristics and a specific order in the solar system; and

4.5.c: the sizes of the sun and planets can be compared to one another.

4.6: The student will investigate and understand that there are relationships among Earth, the moon, and the sun. Key relationships include

4.6.a: the motions of Earth, the moon, and the sun;

4.6.b: the causes for Earth’s seasons;

4.6.c: the causes for the four major phases of the moon and the relationship to the tide cycles; and

4.6.d: the relative size, position, age and makeup of Earth, the moon, and the sun.

Correlation last revised: 4/13/2026

Virginia - Science: Grade 4

Standards of Learning | Adopted: 2018

1: Scientific and Engineering Practices

26: Living Systems and Processes

36: Earth and Space Systems