Science Standards Overview

SC.4.N.1.1 Raise and investigate questions about the natural world, use appropriate reference materials that support understanding to obtain information (identifying the source), conduct both individual and team investigations through free exploration and systematic investigations, and generate appropriate explanations based on those explorations.

SC.4.N.1.2 Compare the observations made by different groups using the same tools and seek reasons to explain the differences across groups. (DOK 3) 

• Compare observations made by different groups 
• Use multiple tools to explain the differences in observations

SC.4.N.1.3 Explain that science does not always follow a rigidly defined method ("the scientific method") but that science does involve the use of observations and empirical evidence. (DOK 2) 

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.N.1.4 Attempt reasonable answers to scientific questions and cite evidence in support. (DOK 3) 

• Attempt reasonable answers to scientific questions
• Cite evidence in support of reasonable answers

SC.4.N.1.5 Compare the methods and results of investigations done by other classmates. (DOK 2) 

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.N.1.6 Keep records that describe observations made, carefully distinguishing actual observations from ideas and inferences about the observations. (DOK 2) 

• Keep records that describe observations made
• Keep records that carefully distinguish actual observations from ideas and inferences about observations

SC.4.N.1.7 Recognize and explain that scientists base their explanations on evidence. (DOK 2) 

• Recognize explanations are based on empirical evidence 
• Explain how explanations are based on evidence

SC.4.N.1.8 Recognize that science involves creativity in designing experiments. (DOK 2) 

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.N.2.1 Explain that science focuses solely on the natural world. (DOK 2) 

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.N.3.1 Explain that models can be three dimensional, two-dimensional, an explanation in your mind, or a computer model. (DOK 2)

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.P.8.1 Measure and compare objects and materials based on their physical properties including: mass, shape, volume, color, hardness, texture, odor, taste, attraction to magnets.  (DOK 2)

• Measure objects and materials based on their physical properties including: mass, shape, volume, color, hardness, texture, odor, taste, attraction to magnets
• Compare objects and materials based on their physical properties including: mass, shape, volume, color, hardness, texture, odor, taste, attraction to magnets

SC.4.P.8.2 Identify properties and common uses of water in each of its states. (DOK 1) 

SC.4.P.8.3 Explore the Law of Conservation of Mass by demonstrating that the mass of a whole object is always the same as the sum of the masses of its parts. (DOK 2)

SC.4.P.8.4 Investigate and describe that magnets can attract magnetic materials and attract and repel other magnets. (DOK 3)

• Investigate that magnets can attract magnetic materials and attract and repel other magnets
• Describe that magnets can attract magnetic materials and attract and repel other magnets

SC.4.P.9.1 Identify some familiar changes in materials that result in other materials with different characteristics, such as decaying animal or plant matter, burning, rusting, and cooking. (DOK 1) 

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.P.12.1 Recognize that an object in motion always changes its position and may change its direction. (DOK 1)

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.P.12.2 Investigate and describe that the speed of an object is determined by the distance it travels in a unit of time and that objects can move at different speeds. (DOK 2) 

• Investigate that the speed of an object is determined by the distance it travels in a unit of time 
• Describe that the speed of an object is determined by the distance it travels in a unit of time 
• Investigate that objects can move at different speeds
• Describe that objects can move at different speeds

SC.4.P.10.1 Observe and describe some basic forms of energy, including light, heat, sound, electrical, and the energy of motion. (DOK 2)

• Observe some basic forms of energy, including light, heat, sound, electrical, and the energy of motion
• Describe some basic forms of energy, including light, heat, sound, electrical, and the energy of motion

SC.4.P.10.2 Investigate and describe that energy has the ability to cause motion or create change. (DOK 2) 

• Investigate that energy has the ability to cause motion or create change
• Describe that energy has the ability to cause motion or create change

SC.4.P.10.3 Investigate and explain that sound is produced by vibrating objects and that pitch depends on how fast or slow the object vibrates. (DOK 3) 

• Investigate that energy is produced by vibrating objects and that pitch depends on how fast or slow the object vibrates
• Explain that energy is produced by vibrating objects and that pitch depends on how fast or slow the object vibrates

SC.4.P.10.4 Describe how moving water and air are sources of energy and can be used to move things. (DOK 2)

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.P.11.1 Recognize that heat flows from a hot object to a cold object and that heat flow may cause materials to change temperature. (DOK 1) 

• Recognize that heat flows from a hot object to a cold object 
• Recognize that heat flow may cause materials to change temperature

SC.4.P.11.2 Identify common materials that conduct heat well or poorly. (DOK 1)

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.E.5.1 Observe that the patterns of stars in the sky stay the same although they appear to shift across the sky nightly, and different stars can be seen in different seasons. (DOK 3) 

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.E.5.2 Describe the changes in the observable shape of the moon over the course of about a month. (DOK 2) 

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.E.5.3 Recognize that Earth revolves around the Sun in a year and rotates on its axis in a 24-hour day. (DOK 2) 

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.E.5.4 Relate that the rotation of Earth (day and night) and apparent movements of the Sun, Moon, and stars are connected. (DOK 4) 

• Relate that the rotation of Earth and the apparent movements of the Sun are connected
• Relate that the rotation of Earth and the apparent movements of the Moon are connected
• Relate that the rotation of Earth and the apparent movements of the stars are connected

SC.4.E.5.5 Investigate and report the effects of space research and exploration on the economy and culture of Florida. (DOK 3)

• Investigate the effects of space research and exploration on the economy and culture of Florida
• Report the effects of space research and exploration on to the economy and culture of Florida

SC.4.E.6.1 Identify the three categories of rocks: igneous (formed from molten rock); sedimentary (pieces of other rocks and fossilized organisms); and metamorphic (formed from heat and pressure). (DOK 1)  

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.E.6.2 Identify the physical properties of common earth-forming minerals, including hardness, color, luster, cleavage, and streak color, and recognize the role of minerals in the formation of rocks. (DOK 2)  

• Identify the physical properties of common earth-forming minerals, including hardness, color, luster, cleavage, and streak color
• Recognize the role of minerals in the formation of rocks

SC.4.E.6.3 Recognize that humans need resources found on Earth and that these are either renewable or nonrenewable. (DOK 2) 

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.E.6.4 Describe the basic differences between physical weathering (breaking down of rock by wind, water, ice, temperature change, and plants) and erosion (movement of rock by gravity, wind, water, and ice). (DOK 2) 

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.E.6.5 Investigate how technology and tools help to extend the ability of humans to observe very small things and very large things. (DOK 3) 

• Recognize  how technology and tools help to extend the ability of humans to observe
• Identify technology and tools that help to extend the ability of human to observe very small things and very large things

SC.4.E.6.6 Identify resources available in Florida (water, phosphate, oil, limestone, silicon, wind, and solar energy). (DOK 1)  

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.L.16.1 Identify processes of sexual reproduction in flowering plants, including pollination, fertilization (seed production), seed dispersal, and germination. (DOK 2)

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.L.16.2 Explain that although characteristics of plants and animals are inherited, some characteristics can be affected by the environment. (DOK 3)

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.L.16.3 Recognize that animal behaviors may be shaped by heredity and learning. (DOK 3)

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target. 

SC.4.L.16.4 Compare and contrast the major stages in the life cycles of Florida plants and animals, such as those that undergo incomplete and complete metamorphosis, and flowering and nonflowering seed-bearing plants. (DOK 2)

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.L.17.1 Compare the seasonal changes in Florida plants and animals to those in other regions of the country. (DOK 2) 

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.L.17.2 Explain that animals, including humans, cannot make their own food and that when animals eat plants or other animals, the energy stored in the food source is passed to them.
(DOK 2) 

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.L.17.3 Trace the flow of energy from the Sun as it is transferred along the food chain through the producers to the consumers. (DOK 2) 

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.

SC.4.L.17.4 Recognize ways plants and animals, including humans, can impact the environment. (DOK 3) 

• The full extent of the standard is the learning target.