Minnesota Grade 4 science standards
The Grade 4 science outcomes we teach, in the standards's own words, with the lessons and practice pages for each. Pick an outcome code for the full list of lessons and printables.
Minnesota Academic Standards in Science (2019). Every lesson comes with a printable teacher guide and student sheet.
Earth and Space Sciences
4E.1.2.1.1 Make observations and measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by the forces of water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Lessons: Rocks and Erosion: How Land Changes Shape (Can water carve a canyon?, What protects a hillside from washing away?, How do rocks become sand?) · Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong (How do salt farmers turn the sea into salt?, How do rice terraces stop a mountain washing away?, How can a house stay dry when the Mekong floods?)
Practice: Rocks and Erosion: How Land Changes Shape workbook · Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong workbook
4E.2.2.1.1 Interpret charts, maps and/or graphs of the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Lessons: The Water Cycle, Start to Finish (Where is all of Earth's water?)
4E.3.1.1.1 Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Lessons: Our Living Planet (Can a jar keep itself alive?, Where does rain come from?) · The Water Cycle, Start to Finish (Where has the water in your glass been?, Can you make a mini water cycle?) (partly) · Weather Detectives (Why does a chinook feel like spring in January?) (partly)
Practice: Our Living Planet workbook · The Water Cycle, Start to Finish workbook · Weather Detectives workbook
4E.3.2.1.1 Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Lessons: Restless Earth: Fossils, Soils, Volcanoes and Plates (How do fossils form, and what can they tell us?) (partly)
Practice: Restless Earth: Fossils, Soils, Volcanoes and Plates workbook
4E.3.2.2.1 Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Lessons: Restless Earth: Fossils, Soils, Volcanoes and Plates (What do moving plates do, and can a building survive?) · Rocks and Erosion: How Land Changes Shape (What protects a hillside from washing away?) · Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong (How do salt farmers turn the sea into salt?, How do rice terraces stop a mountain washing away?, How can a house stay dry when the Mekong floods?)
Practice: Restless Earth: Fossils, Soils, Volcanoes and Plates workbook · Rocks and Erosion: How Land Changes Shape workbook · Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong workbook
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