Standards That Are Reported
4.3.1: By the end of fourth grade students will develop an understanding of the characteristics of objects and materials.
4.3.1.b: Compare and contrast characteristics of common materials using tools (e.g., rulers, scales, thermometers, microscopes, and hand lenses).
4.3.1.c: Demonstrate that materials can change from solid to liquid to gas by heating and from gas to liquid to solid by cooling.
4.3.2: By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of the position and motion of objects.
4.3.2.b: Describe an object's motion by tracing its position over time.
4.3.2.c: Demonstrate that the position and motion of objects can be changed by pushing or pulling.
4.3.3: By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of light, heat, electricity, and magnetism.
4.3.3.c: Demonstrate heat can flow from one object to another by conduction.
4.3.3.e: Demonstrate electrical circuits require a complete loop through which an electrical current can pass.
4.3.3.f: Describe the physical properties of magnets.
4.4.1: By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of the characteristics of living things.
4.4.1.b: Describe the various structures of plants and animals necessary for survival and reproduction.
4.4.1.c: Describe how internal stimuli (e.g., hunger) and external stimuli (e.g., changes in the environment) affect behavior of living things.
4.4.2: By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of the life cycles of living things.
4.4.2.b: Identify inherited characteristics of living things (e.g., color and number of eyes).
4.4.3: By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of living things and environments.
4.4.3.a: Diagram a food chain.
4.5.3: By the end of fourth grade, students will develop an understanding of the changes in the earth and sky.
4.5.3.a: Describe how slow processes (e.g., erosion) and rapid processes (e.g., earthquakes) change the earth's surface.
Correlation last revised: 3/2/2015