4th Grade Science
Magnetism & Electricity
4.P.1.1 Explain how magnets interact with all things made of iron and with other magnets to produce motion without touching them 4.P.1.2 Explain how electrically charged objects push or pull on other electronically charged objects and produce motion. 4.P.2.1 Compare the physical properties of samples of matter: (strength, hardness, flexibility, ability to conduct heat, ability to conduct electricity, ability to be attracted by magnets, reactions to water and fire). 4.P.3.1 Recognize the basic forms of energy (light, sound, heat, electrical, and magnetic) as the ability to cause motion or create change. 4.P.3.2 Recognize that light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object or travels from one medium to another, and that light can be reflected, refracted, and absorbed. Landforms 4.E.2.1 Compare fossils (including molds, casts, and preserved parts of plants and animals) to one another and to living organisms 4.E.2.2 Infer ideas about the Earth’s early environments from fossils and plants that lived long ago 4.E.2.3 Give examples of how the surface of the earth changes due to slow processes such as erosion and weathering, and rapid processes such as landslides, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes Earth Materials 4.P.2.1 Compare the physical properties of samples of matter: (strength, hardness, flexibility, ability to conduct heat, ability to conduct electricity, ability to be attracted by magnets, reactions to water and fire) 4.P.2.2 Explain how minerals are identified using tests for the physical properties of hardness, color, luster, cleavage, and streak 4.P.2.3 Classify rocks as metamorphic, sedimentary, or igneous based on their composition, how they are formed and the processes that create them Animal Studies 4.L.1.1 Give examples of changes in an organism’s environment that are beneficial to it and some that harmful 4.L.1.2 Explain how animals meet their needs by using behaviors in response to information relieved form the environment 4.L.1.4 Explain how differences among animals of the same population sometimes give individuals an advantage in surviving and reproducing in changing habitats 4.L.2.1 Classify substances as food or non-food items based on their ability to provide energy and materials for survival, growth and repair of the body 4.L.2.2 Explain the role of vitamins, minerals and exercise in maintaining a healthy body |