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Grade 04 Science - EC: S4.C.1.1.2

Grade 04 Science - EC: S4.C.1.1.2

Continuum of Activities

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

Activities

  1. List three materials that are good conductors of heat.

  2. List three materials that are poor conductors of heat.
  1. Categorize the animals in the list below based on size.
    1. Ladybug
    2. Elephant
    3. Tiger
    4. Lion
    5. Hummingbird
    6. Goldfish
    7. Golden retriever
    8. Whale
    9. Dolphin
    10. Caterpillar

  2. Categorize the objects below based on magnetism.
    1. Penny
    2. Paperclip
    3. Drinking glass
    4. Mirror
    5. Screw
    6. Pencil
    7. Nail
    8. Wood

  3. Categorize the objects below based on their state of matter.
    1. Oxygen
    2. Lemonade
    3. Ice
    4. Coffee
    5. Steam
    6. Gasoline
    7. Carbon dioxide
    8. Shoe
    9. Crayon
    10. Rain
  1. Your friend, Megan, tells you that ice cream is a solid.  Do you agree or disagree with her?  Explain your reasoning.

Answer Key/Rubric

  1. Answers include, but are not limited to: iron, gold, silver, copper, nickel, water

  2. Answers include, but are not limited to: rubber, glass, wood, plastic

  3. An acceptable response may be, but is not limited to:

Small: ladybug, hummingbird, goldfish, caterpillar
Medium:  tiger, lion, golden retriever, dolphin
Big:  elephant, whale

  1. Attracted to magnet:  paperclip, screw, nail
    Not attracted to magnet:  penny, drinking glass, mirror, pencil, wood
  1. Solid:  ice, shoe, crayon
    Liquid: lemonade, coffee, gasoline, rain
    Gas:  oxygen, steam, carbon dioxide
  1. Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
    • Frozen ice cream is a solid.  It has a definite volume, and it does not take the shape of its container. 
    • Melted ice cream is a liquid.  The melted ice cream still has a definite volume, but it takes the shape of its container.
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