4-ESS2-2 lessons
Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth's features.
The Next Generation Science Standards code 4-ESS2-2 asks students to: “Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth's features.” These Fieldbook lesson teaches it hands-on, with everyday materials, a printable teacher guide and a student sheet.
Restless Earth: Fossils, Soils, Volcanoes and Plates Grades 4–7
- 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.
NGSS is used as written in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, so the code 4-ESS2-2 matches there. Other states word and number their own versions: see curriculum alignment for your state's codes.
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