SC.4.1.4.a: Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that…
Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
The Colorado Academic Standards for Science (2020) outcome SC.4.1.4.a (Physical Sciences) for Grade 4 says: “Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.” This Fieldbook unit teaches it hands-on, with everyday materials and a printable teacher guide and student sheet for every lesson. Official wording: Colorado Academic Standards for Science (2020).
Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up Grade 4
Light a bulb with one wire, hunt for materials that let electricity through, find out why string lights all go dark at once, and build a burglar alarm. Four hands-on lessons on closed loops, safe and cheap.
- Can you build a burglar alarm? 60–75 min
Teams design and build a homemade switch from a clothes peg or foil and cardboard that closes a circuit when a door or box lid opens, sounding a buzzer or lighting an LED. They test it, improve it and use evidence to argue their alarm is the most reliable.
Printable practice for SC.4.1.4.a
- Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up workbook included with the unit
1 word wall, 1 English-support page, 1 practice page, 1 reading, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.
- Power Up: Where Electricity Comes From workbook included with the unit
3 practice pages, 3 readings, 1 word wall, 1 English-support page, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.
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Compared with NGSS: 4-PS3-4.
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