North Carolina- Science: 4th Grade

Essential Standards    Adopted: 2010

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NCES.4.P: Forces and Motion

NCES.4.P.1: Explain how various forces affect the motion of an object.

NCES.4.P.1.2: Explain how electrically charged objects push or pull on other electrically charged objects and produce motion.

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NCES.4.P: Matter: Properties and Change

NCES.4.P.2: Understand the composition and properties of matter before and after they undergo a change or interaction.

NCES.4.P.2.1: Compare the physical properties of samples of matter (strength, hardness, flexibility, ability to conduct heat, ability to conduct electricity, ability to be attracted by magnets, reactions to water and fire).

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 Mineral Identification

NCES.4.P.2.2: Explain how minerals are identified using tests for the physical properties of hardness, color, luster, cleavage and streak.

Mineral Identification

NCES.4.P: Energy: Conservation and Transfer

NCES.4.P.3: Recognize that energy takes various forms that may be grouped based on their interaction with matter.

NCES.4.P.3.2: Recognize that light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object or travels from one medium to another, and that light can be reflected, refracted, and absorbed.

Color Absorption
 Heat Absorption

NCES.4.E: Earth in the Universe

NCES.4.E.1: Explain the causes of day and night and phases of the moon.

NCES.4.E.1.1: Explain the cause of day and night based on the rotation of Earth on its axis.

Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun

NCES.4.E.1.2: Explain the monthly changes in the appearance of the moon, based on the moon’s orbit around the Earth.

Phases of the Moon

Correlation last revised: 10/4/2022

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