SC.4.02

Course Purpose:

Fourth Grade students will generate and compare explanations in order to describe patterns.

Outcomes and Components:

SC.4.2	Students will characterize forms of energy, describe wave structure to carry energy, and explain how energy is conserved when it is transformed from one form to another.
Pacing Instruct/ Assess	Component Code	Component	Standard(s)
	SC.4.2.1	Identify the various forms of energy including sound and light (waves), heat , and electricity .	4-PS3-1
	SC.4.2.2	Define the relationship between waves and energy.	4-PS3-2
	SC.4.2.3	Identify the measurable qualities of waves (amplitude and wavelength) and how they are related to the amount of energy being transferred.	4-PS3-2 4-PS4-2
	SC.4.2.4	Verify and model that waves can move objects in various patterns. (ex. water waves move water up and down, sound waves move objects back and forth)	4-PS3-2 4-PS4-1
	SC.4.2.5	Verify and model how heat energy is transferred by direct contact or movement through a fluid.	4-PS3-4
	SC.4.2.6	Use models and evidence to describe the effects of magnetic force/fields on objects.	3-PS2-3 3-PS2-4
	SC.4.2.7	Design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another, and analyze multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information	4-PS3-4 4-PS4-3 3-5-ETS1-2
	SC.4.2.8	Characterize the role of fuels in the production of forms of energy and how that production affects the quality of Earth (ex. climate change, water pollution, strip mining, etc.).	4-ESS3-1

Academic Vocabulary: characterize, design, test, refine, model, identify

Content Vocabulary: conservation, transformation, information transfer, amplitude, wavelength, convert, magnetic force, magnetic fields, fluid

Science Curriculum