SC.4.03

Course Purpose:

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

Outcomes and Components:

SC.4.3	Students will investigate and verify the effect of force on the motion of objects.
Pacing Instruct/ Assess	Component Code	Component	Standard(s)
	SC.4.3.1	Verify that the gravitational force on objects on Earth pulls objects down.	5-PS2-1
	SC.4.3.2	Use evidence to construct an explanation of the relationship between the speed of an object and the force applied to that object.	3-PS2-1
	SC.4.3.3	Use evidence to construct an explanation of the relationship between the direction of an object and the force applied to that object.	3-PS2-2
	SC.4.3.4	Use models to demonstrate that energy can be transferred from object to object through collisions and is conserved in the transfer. (ex. Object A colliding with Object B (assuming equal sizes) will result in Object B’s motion and Object A slowing down)	4-PS3-3

Academic Vocabulary: define, verify, evidence, relationship, evidence, explanation, model, demonstrate

Content Vocabulary: motion, speed, force, energy, gravitational force, earth, pull, collision

Science Curriculum