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Science - Grade 4 Science

Earth and Space Science

Sky: Objects
The learner will be able to develop an understanding of the objects in the sky.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#21 week tested: 36. Home
  
Moon: Shape/Model/Changing
The learner will be able to model the changing shape of the moon.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.7.2.c Home
  
Natural Resources: Recognize/Differences
The learner will be able to recognize the differences between renewable and non-renewable resources.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.10.3 Home
  
Solar System: Earth
The learner will be able to understand Earth as it exists in our solar system.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#26, Item#37 week tested: 36. Home
  
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.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.11.1 Home
  
Gravity: Nature/Explain/Works
The learner will be able to explain how gravity works in nature.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.11.1 Home
  
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.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#14 week tested: 36. Home
  
Astronomical Objects: Characteristics
The learner will be able to understand that objects in space have recognizable characteristics.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.7.1 Home
  
Astronomical Objects: Explore
The learner will be able to explore the patterns and motion of objects in space.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.7.2 Home
  
Planets: Position/Sun
The learner will be able to recognize the position of the planets in relation to the sun.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.7.1 Home
  
Planets: Sequence/Distance/Sun
The learner will be able to sequence the planets based on their distance from the sun.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.7.1 Home
  
Soil: Components/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize the various components of soil.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.10.2 Home
  
Soil: Properties
The learner will be able to understand the properties of soil.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.10.2 Home
  
Atmosphere: Conditions/Identify/Change
The learner will be able to identify that atmospheric conditions change and are measurable.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.8.1 Home
  
Atmosphere: Conditions/Recognize/Tools
The learner will be able to recognize and utilize suitable tools to measure atmospheric conditions.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.8.1 Home
  
Earth: Rotation/Show/Revolves
The learner will be able to show how the earth rotates and revolves.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.7.2.b Home
  
Earth: Geology/Identify/Alter
The learner will be able to identify that earth's geological features alter.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.9.1 Home
  
Earth: History
The learner will be able to understand the earth's history.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#9 week tested: 36. Home
  
Earth and Sky: Changes
The learner will be able to develop an understanding of the various changes to the earth and sky.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#33 week tested: 36. Home
  
Earth: Layers/Understand
The learner will be able to understand that the earth has layers.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.9.2 Home
  
Weather: Climate/Identify/Influence
The learner will be able to identify that landforms and bodies of water influence weather and climate.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.8.2 Home
  
Earth: Materials/Identify/Uses
The learner will be able to identify that the earth's materials have various practical uses.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.10.1 Home
  
Earth: Materials/Properties
The learner will be able to understand the properties of Earth's materials.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#32 week tested: 36. Home
  
Earth: Materials/Group/Use
The learner will be able to group earth materials according to their use.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.10.1 Home
  
Earth: Surface Changes/Explain/Wind
The learner will be able to explain how wind and water alter the earth's features.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.9.1 Home
  
Earth/Space Science: Comprehend
The learner will be able to comprehend the most pertinent ideas and principles of earth/space science.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #22 week tested: 36. Home
  
Earth/Space Science: Use
The learner will be able to use understanding of earth/space science in experiments and real world situations.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #22 week tested: 36. Home
  
Weather: Influences On/Explain/Oceans
The learner will be able to explain how oceans influence weather and climate.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.8.2 Home
  
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Plants: Food/Recognize/Energy
The learner will be able to recognize that plants use food for energy.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.3.1 Home
  
Animals: Recognize/Food/Energy Source
The learner will be able to recognize food as an energy source for animals.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.3.1 Home
  
Animals: Food/Describe/Energy
The learner will be able to describe that animals acquire energy by obtaining and using food.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.3.1 Home
  
Animals: Oxygen/Compare/Obtain
The learner will be able to compare the way in which specific animals obtain oxygen.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.3.2 Home
  
Animals: Type/Group/Traits
The learner will be able to group animals by type according to their traits.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.5.1 Home
  
Cells: Living Things/Composed
The learner will be able to comprehend that all living things are composed of one or more cells.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.1.1 Home
  
Cells: Plant/Analyze/Animal
The learner will be able to analyze a variety of plant and animal cells.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.1.1 Home
  
Organisms: Adaptation and Diversity
The learner will be able to understand the adaptations and diversity of organisms.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#10 week tested: 36. Home
  
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.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.6.1 Home
  
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.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.6.1 Home
  
Fossils: Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze fossils.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.6.1 Home
  
Biology: Concepts/Comprehend
The learner will be able to comprehend the most pertinent ideas and principles of biology.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #21 week tested: 36. Home
  
Biology: Use
The learner will be able to use understanding of biology in experiments and real world situations.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #21 week tested: 36. Home
  
Animals: Life Cycle/Explain
The learner will be able to explain the life cycle of an animal.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.4.3 Home
  
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.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.5.1 Home
  
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.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.3.2 Home
  
Life Cycle: Understand
The learner will be able to understand the life cycle and how new organisms are created by ones that die.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#5 week tested: 36. Home
  
Life Cycle: Investigate
The learner will be able to investigate the life cycles of living things.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.4.3 Home
  
Species: Extinction/Identify
The learner will be able to identify that extinction has happened in the past and continues today.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.6.2 Home
  
Living Things: Population/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize specific plant and animal populations as thriving, threatened, endangered, or extinct.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.6.2 Home
  
Organisms: Characteristics
The learner will be able to develop an understanding of organisms' characteristics.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#1, Item#2, Item#3, Item#6, Item#11, Item#12 week tested: 36. Home
  
Environment: Resources/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize natural resources.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#22, Item#25, Item#28, #29 week tested: 36. Home
  
Environment: Changes/Organisms
The learner will be able to give evidence and/or provide examples of environmental alterations caused by organisms.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.2.2 Home
  
Organisms: Environment/Understanding
The learner will be able to develop an understanding of organisms and the environments in which they live.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#4, Item#27 week tested: 36. Home
  
Organisms: Environment/Analyze/Interact
The learner will be able to analyze how plants and animals interact with one another and their environment.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.2.1 Home
  
Heredity: Traits/Recognize/Passed
The learner will be able to recognize that certain traits are passed from parents to offspring.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.4.1 Home
  
Heredity: Traits/Compare/Parent
The learner will be able to compare the characteristics of the offspring with the characteristics of the parent.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.4.1 Home
  
Ecosystems: Relationships/Explore
The learner will be able to explore the relationships between living things in a particular ecosystem.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.2.1 Home
  
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Physical Science

Light: Understand
The learner will be able to develop an understanding of light.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#15 week tested: 36. Home
  
Heat: Understand
The learner will be able to develop an understanding of heat.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#15 week tested: 36. Home
  
Electricity: Concept/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the basic concept of electricity.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.14.4 Home
  
Electricity: Understand
The learner will be able to develop an understanding of electricity.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#15 week tested: 36. Home
  
Electricity: Insulators/Conductors
The learner will be able to categorize materials as insulators or conductors.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.14.4.b Home
  
Energy: Properties/Identify/Light/Sound
The learner will be able to identify the properties of light and sound energy.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.14.2 Home
  
Friction: Object/Identify/Motion
The learner will be able to identify that an object's motion is affected by friction.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.11.3 Home
  
Friction: Factors/Recognize/Amount
The learner will be able to recognize factors that influence the amount of friction.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.11.3 Home
  
Electricity: Circuits/Describe/Build
The learner will be able to describe a simple electrical circuit build basic electrical circuits.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.14.4.a TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.14.4.a Home
  
States of Matter: Conditions/Identify
The learner will be able to identify conditions that are related to the different states of matter.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.12.2 Home
  
States of Matter: Changes/Describe
The learner will be able to describe how matter changes state.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.12.2 Home
  
States of Matter: Changes/Explain
The learner will be able to explain the types of changes that result from the interactions of matter.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 5.13.1 Home
  
Matter: Physical Change/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize factors associated with a physical change.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 5.13.1 Home
  
Sound: Properties/Describe/Volume
The learner will be able to describe how the volume and pitch of sound is controlled.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.14.2.b Home
  
Light: Surfaces/Explain/Behaves
The learner will be able to explain how light behaves when it strikes various surfaces.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.14.2.a Home
  
Forces: Motion/Identify/Relationship
The learner will be able to identify the relationship between force and motion.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.11.2 Home
  
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.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.7.2.a Home
  
Speed: Distance/Describe
The learner will be able to describe how speed affects the distance traveled.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.11.2.a Home
  
Physical Science: Comprehend/Pertinent
The learner will be able to comprehend the most pertinent ideas and principles of physical science.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #20, Item#7, #17, #20, #38, #40 week tested: 36. Home
  
Physical Science: Use
The learner will be able to use understanding of physical science in experiments and real world situations.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #20 week tested: 36. Home
  
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.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.12.1 Home
  
Matter: Properties/Explain/Physical
The learner will be able to explain matter by its observable physical properties.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.12.1.b Home
  
Energy: Types/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the different types of energy.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.14.1 Home
  
Energy: Types/Comprehend/Exists
The learner will be able to comprehend that energy exists in many forms.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.14.1 Home
  
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Research and Inquiry

Observations: Objects/Explain/Compare
The learner will be able to compare and explain observations of objects made with the eye, magnifying glass, and microscope.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.12.1.a Home
  
Inquiry: Skills
The learner will be able to begin to develop the skills necessary to perform scientific inquiries.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#8, Item#16, Item#19, Item#30, #31 week tested: 36. Home
  
Attitudes/Values: Develop/Endeavor
The learner will be able to develop an appreciation for science as a human endeavor.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #25 week tested: 36. Home
  
Machines: Simple/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize simple machines.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 4, 4.11.2.b Home
  
Society: Comprehend/Ideas/Principles
The learner will be able to comprehend the most pertinent ideas and principles of science that affect society.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #24 week tested: 36. Home
  
Inquiry: Principles
The learner will be able to understand the principles of scientific inquiry.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #19 week tested: 36. Home
  
Inquiry: Exhibit/Ability/Conduct
The learner will be able to exhibit the ability to conduct science inquiry.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #19 week tested: 36. Home
  
Science & Technology: Relate
The learner will be able to understand how science and technology relate to each other.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #23, Item#18, Item#23, Item#35 week tested: 36. Home
  
Science: History/Comprehend
The learner will be able to comprehend the history of science.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #25, Item#34, Item#36 week tested: 36. Home
  
Technology: Design/Comprehend
The learner will be able to comprehend technological design.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #23 week tested: 36. Home
  
Science: Knowledge/Understand/Nature
The learner will be able to understand the nature of scientific understandings.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Obj Statement #25 week tested: 36. Home
  
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.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 14, Item#13 week tested: 36. Home
  
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