SC.4.3.3.a: Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s…
Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.
The Colorado Academic Standards for Science (2020) outcome SC.4.3.3.a (Earth and Space Sciences) for Grade 4 says: “Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.” 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).
Restless Earth: Fossils, Soils, Volcanoes and Plates Grades 4–7
Press model fossils and read a cliff of layers, shake a jar of soil and watch it sort itself by grain size, plot real volcanoes and earthquakes on a world map to find the edges of Earth's plates, then move model plates and test a building on a shake table. Four hands-on lessons that build on Rocks and Erosion.
- Where do volcanoes and earthquakes happen? 50–60 min
Teams plot twenty-two real volcanoes and earthquakes from a data table onto a world map using latitude and longitude. They join the dots, find the lines and rings they make, and use the pattern to say which of three cities is most likely to feel earthquakes.
Printable practice for SC.4.3.3.a
- Restless Earth: Fossils, Soils, Volcanoes and Plates 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.
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Compared with NGSS: 4-ESS2-2.
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