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Science - Grade 4 Science |
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Sky: Objects
The learner will be able to
develop an understanding of the objects in the sky.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#21 week tested: 36. |
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Moon: Shape/Model/Changing
The learner will be able to
model the changing shape of the moon.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.7.2.c |
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Natural Resources: Recognize/Differences
The learner will be able to
recognize the differences between renewable and non-renewable resources.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.10.3 |
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Solar System: Earth
The learner will be able to
understand Earth as it exists in our solar system.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#26, Item#37 week tested: 36. |
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Gravity: Force/Identify/Earth
The learner will be able to
identify that gravity is a force that pulls objects toward the center of the Earth.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.11.1 |
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Gravity: Nature/Explain/Works
The learner will be able to
explain how gravity works in nature.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.11.1 |
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Systems: Understand
The learner will be able to
understand that there are many different systems, such as the water cycle or solar system, that exist in our world.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#14 week tested: 36. |
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Astronomical Objects: Characteristics
The learner will be able to
understand that objects in space have recognizable characteristics.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.7.1 |
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Astronomical Objects: Explore
The learner will be able to
explore the patterns and motion of objects in space.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.7.2 |
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Planets: Position/Sun
The learner will be able to
recognize the position of the planets in relation to the sun.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.7.1 |
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Planets: Sequence/Distance/Sun
The learner will be able to
sequence the planets based on their distance from the sun.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.7.1 |
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Soil: Components/Recognize
The learner will be able to
recognize the various components of soil.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.10.2 |
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Soil: Properties
The learner will be able to
understand the properties of soil.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.10.2 |
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Atmosphere: Conditions/Identify/Change
The learner will be able to
identify that atmospheric conditions change and are measurable.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.8.1 |
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Atmosphere: Conditions/Recognize/Tools
The learner will be able to
recognize and utilize suitable tools to measure atmospheric conditions.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.8.1 |
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Earth: Rotation/Show/Revolves
The learner will be able to
show how the earth rotates and revolves.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.7.2.b |
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Earth: Geology/Identify/Alter
The learner will be able to
identify that earth's geological features alter.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.9.1 |
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Earth: History
The learner will be able to
understand the earth's history.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#9 week tested: 36. |
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Earth and Sky: Changes
The learner will be able to
develop an understanding of the various changes to the earth and sky.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#33 week tested: 36. |
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Earth: Layers/Understand
The learner will be able to
understand that the earth has layers.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.9.2 |
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Weather: Climate/Identify/Influence
The learner will be able to
identify that landforms and bodies of water influence weather and climate.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.8.2 |
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Earth: Materials/Identify/Uses
The learner will be able to
identify that the earth's materials have various practical uses.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.10.1 |
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Earth: Materials/Properties
The learner will be able to
understand the properties of Earth's materials.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#32 week tested: 36. |
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Earth: Materials/Group/Use
The learner will be able to
group earth materials according to their use.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.10.1 |
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Earth: Surface Changes/Explain/Wind
The learner will be able to
explain how wind and water alter the earth's features.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.9.1 |
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Earth/Space Science: Comprehend
The learner will be able to
comprehend the most pertinent ideas and principles of earth/space science.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #22 week tested: 36. |
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Earth/Space Science: Use
The learner will be able to
use understanding of earth/space science in experiments and real world situations.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #22 week tested: 36. |
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Weather: Influences On/Explain/Oceans
The learner will be able to
explain how oceans influence weather and climate.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.8.2 |
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Plants: Food/Recognize/Energy
The learner will be able to
recognize that plants use food for energy.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.3.1 |
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Animals: Recognize/Food/Energy Source
The learner will be able to
recognize food as an energy source for animals.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.3.1 |
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Animals: Food/Describe/Energy
The learner will be able to
describe that animals acquire energy by obtaining and using food.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.3.1 |
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Animals: Oxygen/Compare/Obtain
The learner will be able to
compare the way in which specific animals obtain oxygen.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.3.2 |
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Animals: Type/Group/Traits
The learner will be able to
group animals by type according to their traits.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.5.1 |
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Cells: Living Things/Composed
The learner will be able to
comprehend that all living things are composed of one or more cells.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.1.1 |
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Cells: Plant/Analyze/Animal
The learner will be able to
analyze a variety of plant and animal cells.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.1.1 |
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Organisms: Adaptation and Diversity
The learner will be able to
understand the adaptations and diversity of organisms.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#10 week tested: 36. |
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Fossils: Past/Recognize/Today
The learner will be able to
recognize that fossils show links between organisms of today and those that lived in the past.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.6.1 |
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Fossils: Information/Describe/Types
The learner will be able to
describe how fossils provide information about the types of organisms that lived in the past.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.6.1 |
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Fossils: Analyze
The learner will be able to
analyze fossils.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.6.1 |
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Biology: Concepts/Comprehend
The learner will be able to
comprehend the most pertinent ideas and principles of biology.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #21 week tested: 36. |
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Biology: Use
The learner will be able to
use understanding of biology in experiments and real world situations.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #21 week tested: 36. |
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Animals: Life Cycle/Explain
The learner will be able to
explain the life cycle of an animal.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.4.3 |
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Animals& Plants: Grouped/Recognize
The learner will be able to
recognize that animals and plants can be grouped by the similarities and differences in their traits.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.5.1 |
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Animals: Parts/Identify/Energy
The learner will be able to
identify the function of particular structures in organisms that allow them to obtain and use energy.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.3.2 |
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Life Cycle: Understand
The learner will be able to
understand the life cycle and how new organisms are created by ones that die.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#5 week tested: 36. |
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Life Cycle: Investigate
The learner will be able to
investigate the life cycles of living things.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.4.3 |
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Species: Extinction/Identify
The learner will be able to
identify that extinction has happened in the past and continues today.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.6.2 |
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Living Things: Population/Recognize
The learner will be able to
recognize specific plant and animal populations as thriving, threatened, endangered, or extinct.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.6.2 |
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Organisms: Characteristics
The learner will be able to
develop an understanding of organisms' characteristics.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#1, Item#2, Item#3, Item#6, Item#11, Item#12 week tested: 36. |
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Environment: Resources/Recognize
The learner will be able to
recognize natural resources.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#22, Item#25, Item#28, #29 week tested: 36. |
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Environment: Changes/Organisms
The learner will be able to
give evidence and/or provide examples of environmental alterations caused by organisms.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.2.2 |
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Organisms: Environment/Understanding
The learner will be able to
develop an understanding of organisms and the environments in which they live.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#4, Item#27 week tested: 36. |
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Organisms: Environment/Analyze/Interact
The learner will be able to
analyze how plants and animals interact with one another and their environment.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.2.1 |
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Heredity: Traits/Recognize/Passed
The learner will be able to
recognize that certain traits are passed from parents to offspring.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.4.1 |
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Heredity: Traits/Compare/Parent
The learner will be able to
compare the characteristics of the offspring with the characteristics of the parent.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.4.1 |
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Ecosystems: Relationships/Explore
The learner will be able to
explore the relationships between living things in a particular ecosystem.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.2.1 |
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Light: Understand
The learner will be able to
develop an understanding of light.
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Activities |
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#15 week tested: 36. |
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Heat: Understand
The learner will be able to
develop an understanding of heat.
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Activities |
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#15 week tested: 36. |
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Electricity: Concept/Identify
The learner will be able to
identify the basic concept of electricity.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.14.4 |
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Electricity: Understand
The learner will be able to
develop an understanding of electricity.
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Activities |
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#15 week tested: 36. |
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Electricity: Insulators/Conductors
The learner will be able to
categorize materials as insulators or conductors.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.14.4.b |
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Energy: Properties/Identify/Light/Sound
The learner will be able to
identify the properties of light and sound energy.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.14.2 |
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Friction: Object/Identify/Motion
The learner will be able to
identify that an object's motion is affected by friction.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.11.3 |
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Friction: Factors/Recognize/Amount
The learner will be able to
recognize factors that influence the amount of friction.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.11.3 |
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Electricity: Circuits/Describe/Build
The learner will be able to
describe a simple electrical circuit build basic electrical circuits.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.14.4.a TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.14.4.a |
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States of Matter: Conditions/Identify
The learner will be able to
identify conditions that are related to the different states of matter.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.12.2 |
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States of Matter: Changes/Describe
The learner will be able to
describe how matter changes state.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.12.2 |
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States of Matter: Changes/Explain
The learner will be able to
explain the types of changes that result from the interactions of matter.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 5.13.1 |
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Matter: Physical Change/Recognize
The learner will be able to
recognize factors associated with a physical change.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 5.13.1 |
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Sound: Properties/Describe/Volume
The learner will be able to
describe how the volume and pitch of sound is controlled.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.14.2.b |
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Light: Surfaces/Explain/Behaves
The learner will be able to
explain how light behaves when it strikes various surfaces.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.14.2.a |
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Forces: Motion/Identify/Relationship
The learner will be able to
identify the relationship between force and motion.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.11.2 |
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Shadows: Sun/Identify/Position
The learner will be able to
identify that the position and length of a shadow is associated with the position of the sun.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.7.2.a |
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Speed: Distance/Describe
The learner will be able to
describe how speed affects the distance traveled.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.11.2.a |
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Physical Science: Comprehend/Pertinent
The learner will be able to
comprehend the most pertinent ideas and principles of physical science.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #20, Item#7, #17, #20, #38, #40 week tested: 36. |
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Physical Science: Use
The learner will be able to
use understanding of physical science in experiments and real world situations.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #20 week tested: 36. |
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Matter: Properties/Identify/Small
The learner will be able to
identify that matter has predictable properties and is composed of particles to small too be seen with the naked eye.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.12.1 |
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Matter: Properties/Explain/Physical
The learner will be able to
explain matter by its observable physical properties.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.12.1.b |
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Energy: Types/Identify
The learner will be able to
identify the different types of energy.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.14.1 |
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Energy: Types/Comprehend/Exists
The learner will be able to
comprehend that energy exists in many forms.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.14.1 |
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Observations: Objects/Explain/Compare
The learner will be able to
compare and explain observations of objects made with the eye, magnifying glass, and microscope.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.12.1.a |
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Inquiry: Skills
The learner will be able to
begin to develop the skills necessary to perform scientific inquiries.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#8, Item#16, Item#19, Item#30, #31 week tested: 36. |
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Attitudes/Values: Develop/Endeavor
The learner will be able to
develop an appreciation for science as a human endeavor.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #25 week tested: 36. |
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Machines: Simple/Recognize
The learner will be able to
recognize simple machines.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.11.2.b |
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Society: Comprehend/Ideas/Principles
The learner will be able to
comprehend the most pertinent ideas and principles of science that affect society.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #24 week tested: 36. |
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Inquiry: Principles
The learner will be able to
understand the principles of scientific inquiry.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #19 week tested: 36. |
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Inquiry: Exhibit/Ability/Conduct
The learner will be able to
exhibit the ability to conduct science inquiry.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #19 week tested: 36. |
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Science & Technology: Relate
The learner will be able to
understand how science and technology relate to each other.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #23, Item#18, Item#23, Item#35 week tested: 36. |
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Science: History/Comprehend
The learner will be able to
comprehend the history of science.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #25, Item#34, Item#36 week tested: 36. |
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Technology: Design/Comprehend
The learner will be able to
comprehend technological design.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #23 week tested: 36. |
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Science: Knowledge/Understand/Nature
The learner will be able to
understand the nature of scientific understandings.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #25 week tested: 36. |
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Technology: Benefits/Consequences
The learner will be able to
understand that technological solutions have benefits and consequences, some of which can be predicted and others which cannot be predicted.
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Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#13 week tested: 36. |
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