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Big Idea 1: The Practice of Science.
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SC.4.N.1.1 Raise questions about the natural world, use appropriate reference materials that support understanding to obtain information (identifying the source), conduct both individual and team investigations through free exploration and systematic investigations, and generate appropriate explanations based on those explorations.What is Science? video, ClosedCaptions -
SC.4.N.1.2 Compare the observations made by different groups using multiple tools and seek reasons to explain the differences across groups.Mobius Strip video -
SC.4.N.1.3 Explain that science does not always follow a rigidly defined method ("the scientific method") but that science does involve the use of observations and empirical evidence.The Right Answer video -
SC.4.N.1.4 Attempt reasonable answers to scientific questions and cite evidence in support.The Right Answer video Feeding Bread to Birds text page -
SC.4.N.1.5 Compare the methods and results of investigations done by other classmates.The Right Answer video -
SC.4.N.1.6 Keep records that describe observations made, carefully distinguishing actual observations from ideas and inferences about the observations.The Importance of Observation video Waterfall Effect video, ClosedCaptions, checked -
SC.4.N.1.7 Recognize and explain that scientists base their explanations on evidence.What is Science?: Objective video Feeding Bread to Birds text page
Big Idea 2: The Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge
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SC.4.N.2.1 Explain that science focuses solely on the natural world.
Big Idea 3: The Role of Theories, Laws, Hypotheses, and Models
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SC.4.N.3.1 Explain that models can be three dimensional, two dimensional, an explanation in your mind, or a computer model.Making a Scale Model of the Solar System video, ClosedCaptions A Model of the Water Cycle video, ClosedCaptions, checked How Does a Butterfly Fly? text page, free Making Fault Blocks text page Why is a Full Moon So Bright? text page, free, checked
Big Idea 5: Earth in Space and Time
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SC.4.E.5.1 Observe that the patterns of stars in the sky stay the same although they appear to shift across the sky nightly, and different stars can be seen in different seasons.Global Science video, ClosedCaptions Review Space-5 practice Review Space-8 practice Review Space-12 practice -
SC.4.E.5.2 Describe the changes in the observable shape of the moon over the course of about a month.Why is a Full Moon So Bright? text page, free, checked Review Space-6 practice Review Space-7 practice Review Space-9 practice -
SC.4.E.5.3 Recognize that Earth revolves around the Sun in a year and rotates on its axis in a 24-hour day.Making a Scale Model of the Solar System video, ClosedCaptions Global Science video, ClosedCaptions Finding Your Way video, checked Review Space-11 practice -
SC.4.E.5.4 Relate that the rotation of Earth (day and night) and apparent movements of the Sun, Moon, and stars are connected.Global Science video, ClosedCaptions Finding Your Way video, checked -
SC.4.E.5.5 Investigate and report the effects of space research and exploration on the economy and culture of Florida.
Big Idea 6: Earth Structures
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SC.4.E.6.1 Identify the three categories of rocks: igneous, (formed from molten rock); sedimentary (pieces of other rocks and fossilized organisms); and metamorphic (formed from heat and pressure).Bioclastics: Rocks With No Minerals video Evaporites video, learnalong, checked Igneous Rocks and Bubbles video, free, learnalong, Updated Sedimentary Rocks video, learnalong What is a Rock? video, learnalong, checked Foliated and Unfoliated Rocks text page, learnalong Identifying Igneous Rocks text page, learnalong Intrusive and Extrusive Igneous Rocks text page, learnalong Light and Dark Minerals text page, learnalong Homemade Fossil Dig text page Review Rocks-1 practice Review Rocks-2 practice Review Rocks-3 practice Review Rocks-4 practice Review Rocks-5 practice Review Rocks-6 practice Review Rocks-8 practice Review Rocks-9 practice Review Rocks-7 practice Review Rocks-10 practice Review Rocks-10 practice Review Rocks-10 practice -
SC.4.E.6.2 Identify the physical properties of common earth-forming minerals, including hardness, color, luster, cleavage, and streak color, and recognize the role of minerals in the formation of rocks.Definition of a Mineral video, checked What is a Mineral? video, checked Identifying Minerals video, learnalong Minerals Around You text page, learnalong, checked Review Minerals-7 practice Review Minerals-8 practice Review Minerals-1 practice Review Minerals-2 practice Review Minerals-3 practice Review Minerals-4 practice Review Minerals-5 practice Review Minerals-6 practice -
SC.4.E.6.3 Recognize that humans need resources found on Earth and that these are either renewable or nonrenewable.Recycle video Review Energy-4 quest Review Energy-1 practice -
SC.4.E.6.4 Describe the basic differences between physical weathering (breaking down of rock by wind, water, ice, temperature change, and plants) and erosion (movement of rock by gravity, wind, water, and ice).Change: Fast and Slow video Erosion video, checked Weathering and Erosion video, learnalong, checked Review Erosion-1 practice Review Erosion-2 practice Review Erosion-3 practice Review Erosion-4 practice Review Erosion-5 practice -
SC.4.E.6.5 Investigate how technology and tools help to extend the ability of humans to observe very small things and very large things.Onion Crystals video Microscopes: Growing Crystals video, free, learnalong, Updated Sunglass Science: Birefringence video, free, Updated Sunglass Science: Polarized Light video, free, Updated Pinhole Eyeglasses video, checked Growing Crystals Under the Microscope video, free, learnalong, checked -
SC.4.E.6.6 Identify resources available in Florida (water, phosphate, oil, limestone, silicon, wind, and solar energy).Solar Power video, checked
Big Idea 8: Properties of Matter
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SC.4.P.8.1 Measure and compare objects and materials based on their physical properties including: mass, shape, volume, color, hardness, texture, odor, taste, attraction to magnets.Making Turmeric Paper video, checked Testing for Tannic Acid video Cartesian Diver video, ClosedCaptions, checked Stale Bread video Floating Bubbles video, checked Cabbage Indicator video, checked Density: Ice, Oil, and Water video, checked Wax and Wood, part 1 video, checked Wax and Wood, part 2 video, checked Identifying Minerals video, learnalong A Cup of Cold text page Acid Hunt text page -
SC.4.P.8.2 Identify properties and common uses of water in each of its states.Wax and Wood, part 2 video, checked Photographing Snowflakes video, checked Ice Cream Science video, checked 75% Water video, checked Crushed Can video, checked A Boat Full of Holes video, checked A Bouncing Water Balloon video Cloud Types video Making a Solar Still video Water on a String video, blog, ClosedCaptions Wonderful Water video, checked A Watched Pot video Wax and Wood, part 1 video, checked Adding to a Full Cup text page What Really Happens With Evaporation? text page, free, checked A Clean Trick text page Review Weather-8 practice Review Weather-10 practice -
SC.4.P.8.3 Explore the Law of Conservation of Mass by demonstrating that the mass of a whole object is always the same as the sum of the masses of its parts.The Difference Between Weight and Mass video, checked Review Matter-2 practice Review Matter-6 practice -
SC.4.P.8.4 Investigate and describe that magnets can attract magnetic materials and attract and repel other magnets.Iron Cereal video, ClosedCaptions, checked The Compass and Magnetic Fields video, ClosedCaptions, checked
Big Idea 9: Changes in Matter
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SC.4.P.9.1 Identify some familiar changes in materials that result in other materials with different characteristics, such as decaying animal or plant matter, burning, rusting, and cooking.Polymers and Slime video, free, ClosedCaptions, checked Silver Pictures video, checked Relighting Candles video, checked Chemical and Physical Changes video, ClosedCaptions, checked How They Get the Sparks in a Sparkler video Orange Flash video Changing Colors, part 1 video Changing Colors, part 2 video The Chemistry of Milk video, ClosedCaptions, checked Candles in a Jar, part 2 video, ClosedCaptions, checked Candles in a Jar, part 1 video, ClosedCaptions, checked Taking a Marshmallow Apart video, checked Changing How We Look at Changing text page, free A Hot Change text page
Big Idea 10: Forms of Energy
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SC.4.P.10.1 Observe and describe some basic forms of energy, including light, heat, sound, electrical, and the energy of motion.Electricity video, free, Updated Measuring Calories video, ClosedCaptions, checked Measuring Kinetic and Potential Energy video, checked Electrostatic Charges video Why Things Go Bang video Noisy String video, checked Spoon Bells video, checked The Singing Glass video, checked Radioactive video, Updated, checked Bean Power text page Calories: Measuring the Energy text page, free Review Energy-5 quest Review Energy-2 practice -
SC.4.P.10.2 Investigate and describe that energy has the ability to cause motion or create change. -
SC.4.P.10.3 Investigate and explain that sound is produced by vibrating objects and that pitch depends on how fast or slow the object vibrates.Making a Screamer video, free, Updated The Singing Glass video, checked Whistle Stick video, text page, blog, free, checked Hear the Ocean video, checked The Bullroarer video Doppler Effect video, checked A Grass Whistle video, checked Bottle Tones, part 1 video, checked Bottle Tones, part 2 video, checked Noisy String video, checked Spoon Bells video, checked A Real Tuning Fork text page Feeling Sound Waves text page Comparing How Sound Moves Through Liquids and Gases text page -
SC.4.P.10.4 Describe how moving water and air are sources of energy and can be used to move things.Scaring Pepper video, checked
Big Idea 12: Motion of Objects
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SC.4.P.12.1 Recognize that an object in motion always changes its position and may change its direction.Review Force and Motion-3 practice -
SC.4.P.12.2 Investigate and describe that the speed of an object is determined by the distance it travels in a unit of time and that objects can move at different speeds.Measuring Kinetic and Potential Energy video, checked
Big Idea 16: Heredity and Reproduction
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SC.4.L.16.1 Identify processes of sexual reproduction in flowering plants, including pollination, fertilization (seed production), seed dispersal, and germination.Pumpkin Guts video, free, ClosedCaptions, checked Seed Search video, ClosedCaptions, checked Orange Slices video, ClosedCaptions Flowers video, ClosedCaptions Review Plants-6 practice Review Plants-7 practice Review Plants-8 practice Review Plants-3 practice Review Plants-2 practice -
SC.4.L.16.2 Explain that although characteristics of plants and animals are inherited, some characteristics can be affected by the environment.Extracting Your Own DNA video -
SC.4.L.16.3 Recognize that animal behaviors may be shaped by heredity and learning.Nature Watching video, checked Calling a Woodpecker video, checked Bird Behavior text page -
SC.4.L.16.4 Compare and contrast the major stages in the life cycles of Florida plants and animals, such as those that undergo incomplete and complete metamorphosis, and flowering and nonflowering seedbearing
plants.Orange Slices video, ClosedCaptions Creating a Sprout Guide text page, photography, free Review Life Cycle-1 practice Review Life Cycle-2 practice Review Plants-4 practice Review Life Cycle-3 practice Review Life Cycle-4 practice
Big Idea 17: Interdependence
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SC.4.L.17.1 Compare the seasonal changes in Florida plants and animals to those in other regions of the country.Weather and Climate video -
SC.4.L.17.2 Explain that animals, including humans, cannot make their own food and that when animals eat plants or other animals, the energy stored in the food source is passed to them.Finding Fat in Foods video, ClosedCaptions, checked Producers video, free, Updated, checked Primary Consumers video, ClosedCaptions, Updated, checked Calories: Measuring the Energy text page, free -
SC.4.L.17.3 Trace the flow of energy from the Sun as it is transferred along the food chain through the producers to the consumers.Primary Consumers video, ClosedCaptions, Updated, checked Scavengers and Decomposers video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated Secondary Consumers video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated, checked Producers video, free, Updated, checked What is a Food Web? text page, free, checked Food Web Tag text page Review Food Web-2 practice Review Food Web-1 practice Review Food Web-3 practice Review Food Web-4 practice Review Food Web-5 practice Review Food Web-6 practice Review Food Web-7 practice Review Food Web-8 practice Review Food Web-9 practice Review Food Web-10 practice -
SC.4.L.17.4 Recognize ways plants and animals, including humans, can impact the environment.Recycle video Seed Search video, ClosedCaptions, checked