Nebraska Grade 4 science standards

SC.4.4.2.b Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electrical currents.

Lessons: Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable (Which wrap keeps a drink coldest?, How do animals stay warm in the sea and cool in the desert?, Can you build a cool box that beats the heat?) · Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up (Can you light a bulb with one wire?, What lets electricity through?, Why do some string lights all go out at once?) · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm (Which mitten keeps a hand warmest?, How do animals stay warm in winter?, Can snow keep things warm?) · Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe (How does a felt yurt keep a family warm at −30 °C?)

Practice: Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up workbook · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe workbook

SC.4.4.2.d Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

Lessons: Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up (Can you build a burglar alarm?)

Practice: Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up workbook · Power Up: Where Electricity Comes From workbook

SC.4.6.3.a Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eyes allows objects to be seen.

Lessons: Bouncing Light: Mirrors, Water and Colour (How can a mirror steer a beam of light?) · Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? (Why do you have two eyes?) (partly)

Practice: Bouncing Light: Mirrors, Water and Colour workbook · Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? workbook

SC.4.4.2.e Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

Lessons: Build It, Launch It (Can you drop an egg without breaking it?, What makes a paper plane fly farthest?) · Evidence Lab (Why do scientists repeat their tests?) · How Your Body Works (Where do germs hide?) (partly) · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable (Which wrap keeps a drink coldest?, Can you build a cool box that beats the heat?) (partly) · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm (Which mitten keeps a hand warmest?, Can snow keep things warm?) (partly) · Think Like a Scientist: The Scientific Method (What is a fair test?, How do scientists turn results into answers?) (partly) · Test the Claim: Science Facts, Myths and AI Answers (Does salt make water boil faster?, Is that AI answer true?, Which source should we trust?) (partly) · Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe (How does a felt yurt keep a family warm at −30 °C?) · 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?) · Monsoon Science: Rain, Sun and the Nón Lá (How does a nón lá keep a rice farmer dry?)

Practice: Build It, Launch It workbook · Evidence Lab workbook · How Your Body Works workbook · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Think Like a Scientist: The Scientific Method workbook · Test the Claim: Science Facts, Myths and AI Answers workbook · Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe workbook · Monsoon Science: Rain, Sun and the Nón Lá workbook

SC.4.4.2.f Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and that their uses affect the environment.

Lessons: Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better (Is our classroom wasting electricity?) (partly) · Our Changing Planet: Resources and Human Impact (Will our energy ever run out?)

Practice: Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better workbook · Our Changing Planet: Resources and Human Impact workbook · Power Up: Where Electricity Comes From workbook

SC.4.13.4.a 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

SC.4.13.4.b Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by 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

SC.4.13.4.c Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.

Lessons: Restless Earth: Fossils, Soils, Volcanoes and Plates (Where do volcanoes and earthquakes happen?)

Practice: Restless Earth: Fossils, Soils, Volcanoes and Plates workbook

SC.4.13.4.d 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

SC.4.6.3.b Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

Lessons: Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: How Plants Make More Plants (What is a flower really for?, Is a tomato a fruit?, How can a seed travel without legs?) (partly) · How Your Body Works (Why does your heart beat faster when you run?, What happens to your lunch?, How does your arm bend?) · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable (How do animals stay warm in the sea and cool in the desert?) · Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? (How do animals sense what we can't?) · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm (How do animals stay warm in winter?)

Practice: Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: How Plants Make More Plants workbook · How Your Body Works workbook · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? workbook · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Groundhog Day Shadow Science

SC.4.6.3.c Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information.

Lessons: Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know?

Practice: Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? workbook