4-2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics and patterns of behavior that allow organisms to survive in their own distinct environments. (Life Science)
4-2.4: Distinguish between the characteristics of an organism that are inherited and those that are acquired over time.
Inheritance
4-3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the properties, movements, and locations of objects in the solar system. (Earth Science)
4-3.1: Recall that Earth is one of many planets in the solar system that orbit the Sun.
Gravity Pitch
Solar System
4-3.2: Compare the properties (including the type of surface and atmosphere) and the location of Earth to the Sun, which is a star, and the Moon.
Phases of the Moon
4-3.3: Explain how the Sun affects Earth.
Solar System
4-3.4: Explain how the tilt of Earth's axis and the revolution around the Sun results in the seasons of the year.
Summer and Winter
4-3.5: Explain how the rotation of Earth results in day and night.
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
4-3.6: Illustrate the phases of the Moon and the Moon's effect on ocean tides.
Ocean Tides
Phases of the Moon
4-3.7: Interpret the change in the length of shadows during the day in relation to the position of the Sun in the sky.
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
4-4: The student will demonstrate an understanding of weather patterns and phenomena. (Earth Science)
4-4.1: Summarize the processes of the water cycle (including evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff).
Water Cycle
4-5: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the properties of light and electricity. (Physical Science)
4-5.1: Summarize the basic properties of light (including brightness and colors).
Additive Colors
Radiation
4-5.2: Illustrate the fact that light, as a form of energy, is made up of many different colors.
Additive Colors
Radiation
4-5.3: Summarize how light travels and explain what happens when it strikes an object (including reflection, refraction, and absorption).
Color Absorption
Heat Absorption
4-5.5: Explain how electricity, as a form of energy, can be transformed into other forms of energy (including light, heat, and sound).
Energy Conversions
4-5.6: Summarize the functions of the components of complete circuits (including wire, switch, battery, and light bulb).
Circuit Builder
4-5.7: Illustrate the path of electric current in series and parallel circuits.
Circuit Builder
4-5.8: Classify materials as either conductors or insulators of electricity.
Circuit Builder
4-5.9: Summarize the properties of magnets and electromagnets (including polarity, attraction/repulsion, and strength).
Magnetism
Correlation last revised: 5/24/2018