Academic Standards
4.3.1: Observe and report that the moon can be seen sometimes at night and sometimes during the day.
4.3.7: Explain that smaller rocks come from the breakage and weathering of bedrock and larger rocks and that soil is made partly from weathered rock, partly from plant remains, and also contains many living organisms.
4.3.8: Explain that the rotation of Earth on its axis every 24 hours produces the night-and-day cycle.
4.3.9: Draw or correctly select drawings of shadows and their direction and length at different times of day.
4.3.11: Investigate, observe, and explain that things that give off light often also give off heat.
Energy Conversions
Heat Absorption
Radiation
4.3.13: Observe and describe that things that give off heat, such as people, animals, and the sun.
Conduction and Convection
Heat Absorption
Radiation
4.3.14: Explain that energy in fossil fuels comes from plants that grew long ago.
4.3.15: Demonstrate that without touching them, a magnet pulls all things made of iron and either pushes or pulls other magnets.
4.3.16: Investigate and describe that without touching them, material that has been electrically charged pulls all other materials and may either push or pull other charged material.
4.4.2: Investigate, observe, and describe that insects and various other organisms depend on dead plant and animal material for food.
4.5.4: Demonstrate how graphical displays of numbers may make it possible to spot patterns that are not otherwise obvious, such as comparative size and trends.
Correlation last revised: 1/20/2017