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SC.4.2 Waves: Waves and Information

• SC.4.2.1 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of waves and the information they transfer.

  • SC.4.2.1.a Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.

    • Compare amplitudes and wavelengths of waves (4-I.1)

  • SC.4.2.1.b Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information.

    • Communicating with patterns: Morse code (4-I.2)

SC.4.4 Energy: Conservation and Transfer

• SC.4.4.2 Gather, analyze and communicate evidence of energy conservation and transfer.

  • SC.4.4.2.a Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.

    • How are speed and energy related? (4-C.4)

  • SC.4.4.2.b Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electrical currents.

    • Introduction to energy (4-E.1)
    • Predict heat flow (4-F.1)
    • Predict temperature changes (4-F.2)
    • Electric circuits (4-G.2)

  • SC.4.4.2.c Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide.

  • SC.4.4.2.d Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

    • Energy transformation (4-E.2)

  • SC.4.4.2.e Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

  • SC.4.4.2.f Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and that their uses affect the environment.

    • Natural energy resources: coal and wind (4-R.2)
    • Evaluate natural energy sources (4-R.3)

SC.4.6 Structure, Function, and Information Processing

• SC.4.6.3 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of structure, function and information processing of living things.

  • SC.4.6.3.a Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eyes allows objects to be seen.

    • How do we see objects? (4-H.1)

  • SC.4.6.3.b Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

    • Human organs and their functions (4-L.3)
    • Body systems: circulation and respiration (4-L.4)
    • Body systems: digestion (4-L.5)
    • Body systems: removing waste (4-L.6)
    • Body systems: perception and motion (4-L.7)
    • Identify plant parts and their functions (4-M.2)
    • Identify flower parts and their functions (4-M.4)
    • Introduction to adaptations (4-N.1)
    • Animal adaptations: beaks, mouths, and necks (4-N.2)
    • Animal adaptations: feet and limbs (4-N.3)
    • Animal adaptations: skins and body coverings (4-N.4)

  • SC.4.6.3.c Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information.

    • Body systems: perception and motion (4-L.7)

SC.4.13 Earth's Systems: Processes That Shape the Earth

• SC.4.13.4 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of Earth's systems and processes that shape the Earth.

  • SC.4.13.4.a Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.

    • Interpret evidence from fossils in rock layers (4-T.5)

  • SC.4.13.4.b Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.

    • Changes to Earth's surface: erosion (4-S.1)

  • SC.4.13.4.c Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth's features.

    • Describe and graph water on Earth (4-V.3)
    • Read a topographic map (4-V.4)
    • Select parts of a topographic map (4-V.5)
    • Changes to Earth's surface: volcanic eruptions (4-W.2)

  • SC.4.13.4.d Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.

    • Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent flooding (4-Y.1)
    • Identify the best design solution to prevent hurricane damage (4-Y.2)