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Subject Area - 3:
Science and Technology and Engineering Education
  • Standard Area - 3.3: Earth and Space Sciences
  • Organizing Category - 3.3.A: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
  • Grade Level - 3.3.4.A: GRADE 4
Standard - 3.3.4.A5

Describe basic weather elements.

Identify weather patterns over time.

  • Assessment Anchor - S4.C.1

    Structure, Properties, and Interaction of Matter and Energy

    • Anchor Descriptor - S4.C.1.1 Describe observable physical properties of matter.
      • Eligible Content - S4.C.1.1.1 Use physical properties [e.g., mass, shape, size, volume, color, texture, magnetism, state (i.e., solid, liquid, and gas), conductivity (i.e., electrical and heat)] to describe matter.
      • Eligible Content - S4.C.1.1.2 Categorize/group objects using physical characteristics.
  • Assessment Anchor - S4.D.1

    Earth Features and Processes that Change Earth and Its Resources

    • Anchor Descriptor - S4.D.1.1 Describe basic landforms in Pennsylvania.
      • Eligible Content - S4.D.1.1.1 Describe how prominent Earth features in Pennsylvania (e.g., mountains, valleys, caves, sinkholes, lakes, rivers) were formed.
    • Anchor Descriptor - S4.D.1.2 Identify the types and uses of Earth’s resources.
      • Eligible Content - S4.D.1.2.1 Identify products and by-products of plants and animals for human use (e.g., food, clothing, building materials, paper products).
      • Eligible Content - S4.D.1.2.2 Identify the types and uses of Earth materials for renewable, nonrenewable, and reusable products (e.g., human-made products: concrete, paper, plastics, fabrics).
  • Assessment Anchor - S4.D.2

    Weather, Climate, and Atmospheric Processes

    • Anchor Descriptor - S4.D.2.1 Identify basic weather conditions and how they are measured.
      • Eligible Content - S4.D.2.1.1 Identify basic cloud types (i.e., cirrus, cumulus, stratus, and cumulonimbus) and make connections to basic elements of weather (e.g., changes in temperature, precipitation).
      • Eligible Content - S4.D.2.1.2 Identify weather patterns from data charts or graphs of the data (e.g., temperature, wind direction, wind speed, cloud types, precipitation).
      • Eligible Content - S4.D.2.1.3 Identify appropriate instruments (i.e., thermometer, rain gauge, weather vane, anemometer, and barometer) to study weather and what they measure.
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