Grade 04 Science - EC: S4.A.3.1.1
Grade 04 Science - EC: S4.A.3.1.1
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Grade Levels
4th Grade
Course, Subject
Science
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- Define a system.
- Name five man-made systems.
- Name three natural systems.
- Think of a man-made system. Name at least three of its parts and explain how they work together in the system.
- Think of a natural system. Name at least three of its parts and explain how they work together in the system.
- A submarine is a man-made system. Ocean currents are a natural system. How are these systems related? How does one affect the other?
Answer Key/Rubric
- A system is a group of parts that work together.
- Answers include, but are not limited to: lamp, television, camera, ball-point pen, dishwasher, car, airplane, fishing rod
- Answers include, but are not limited to: water cycle, ecosystems, solar system, air currents
- Student correctly identifies any man-made system and is able to explain how at least three or more of its parts work together.
- Student correctly identifies any natural system and is able to explain how four or more of its parts work together.
- Acceptable responses might include, but are not limited to:
- Submarines and Ocean currents are related because they come into contact with each other
- Submarines travel through the ocean where they encounter currents regularly
- Strong ocean currents have the ability to push the submarines in different directions if the submarine is not being steered
- Submarines have the ability to push through and disrupt currents when they are being driven
