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Tularosa Municipal School District: |
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Tularosa Grade 4 |
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Science - Grade 4 Q4 |
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Scientific Thinking/ Practice Strand 1
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Use Instruments to Perform Investigation
The learner will be able to
use instruments to perform investigations (e.g., timers, balances) and communicate
findings.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Thinking |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 4.1.1 |
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Collect Data/Multiple Techniques
The learner will be able to
collect data in an investigation using multiple techniques, including control groups, and analyze those data to determine what other investigations could be conducted to validate findings.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Thinking |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 4.1.4 |
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Communicate Ideas
The learner will be able to
communicate ideas and present findings about scientific investigations that are open to critique from others.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Thinking |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II 4.2.1 |
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Use Mathematical Skills
The learner will be able to
use mathematical skills and vocabulary to analyze data, understand
patterns, and relationships, and communicate findings.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Thinking |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) III |
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Multiple Trials
The learner will be able to
conduct multiple trials using simple mathematical techniques to make and test predictions.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Thinking |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) III 4.3.1 |
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Mathematical Equations/Formulate Justify
The learner will be able to
use mathematical equations to formulate and justify predictions based on cause-and effect relationships.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Thinking |
Develop |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) III 4.3.2 |
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Mathematical Relationships
The learner will be able to
identify simple mathematical relationships in a scientific investigation (e.g., the
relationship of the density of materials that will or will not float in water to the density of water).
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Thinking |
Develop |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) III 4.3.3 |
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Content of Science Strand II
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Characteristics of Energy
The learner will be able to
identify the characteristics of several different forms of energy and describe how energy can be converted from one form to another (e.g., light to heat, motion to heat, electricity to heat, light, or motion).
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II 4.2.1 |
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Energy can be Stored
The learner will be able to
recognize that energy can be stored in many ways (e.g., potential energy in gravity or
springs, chemical energy in batteries).
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II 4.2.2 |
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Waves Move Through Materials
The learner will be able to
describe how some waves move through materials (e.g., water, sound) and how others can move through a vacuum (e.g., x-ray, television, radio).
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Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Reinforce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II 4.2.3 |
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Forces Describe Motion
The learner will be able to
identify forces and describe the motion of objects.
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Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) III |
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Energy Carried By Waves
The learner will be able to
know that energy can be carried from one place to another by waves (e.g., water waves, sound waves), by electric currents, and by moving objects.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Reinforce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) III 4.3.1 |
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Describe Motion/Object
The learner will be able to
describe the motion of an object by measuring its change of position over a period of time.
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Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Develop |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) III 4.3.2 |
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Forces act on Contact
The learner will be able to
describe how some forces act on contact and other forces act at a distance (e.g., a person pushing a rock versus gravity acting on a rock).
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Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) III 4.3.4 |
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Properties/Structure Living Things
The learner will be able to
understand the properties, structures, and processes of living things and the interdependence of living things and their environments.
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Scope |
Source |
| Life Science |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard II |
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Living Things Diverse Forms
The learner will be able to
know that living things have diverse forms, structures, functions, and habitats.
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Scope |
Source |
| Life Science |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) I |
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Living Things Distinctive Structures
The learner will be able to
explain that different living organisms have distinctive structures and body systems that serve specific functions (e.g., walking, flying, swimming).
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Scope |
Source |
| Life Science |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) I 4.1.1 |
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Living Things Have Senses
The learner will be able to
know that humans and other living things have senses to help them detect stimuli, and that sensations (e.g., hunger) and stimuli (e.g., changes in the environment) influence the behavior of organisms.
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Scope |
Source |
| Life Science |
Reinforce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) I 4.1.2 |
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Root/Water and Soild Nutrients
The learner will be able to
describe how roots are associated with the intake of water and soil nutrients and green leaves are associated with making food from sunlight (photosynthesis).
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Scope |
Source |
| Life Science |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) I 4.1.3 |
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Food Chain/Components Relationships
The learner will be able to
describe the components of and relationships among organisms in a food chain (e.g.,
plants are the primary source of energy for living systems).
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Life Science |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) I 4.1.4 |
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Living Things/Similarities Differences
The learner will be able to
know that living things have similarities and differences and that living
things change over time.
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Scope |
Source |
| Life Science |
Reinforce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) II |
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Environments Animals Survive Well
The learner will be able to
know that in any particular environment some kinds of plants and animals survive well,some survive less well, and others cannot survive at all.
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Scope |
Source |
| Life Science |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) II 4.2.1 |
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Change Improve chance of Survival
The learner will be able to
know that a change in physical structure or behavior can improve an organism's chance of survival (e.g., a chameleon changes color, a turtle pulls its head into its shell, a plant grows toward the light).
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Scope |
Source |
| Life Science |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) II 4.2.2 |
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Characteristics Improve survival
The learner will be able to
describe how some living organisms have developed characteristics from generation to generation to improve chances of survival (e.g., spines on cacti, long beaks on hummingbirds, good eyesight on hawks).
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Scope |
Source |
| Life Science |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) II 4.2.3 |
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Body is Organized from Cells
The learner will be able to
recognize that the human body is organized from cells, to tissues, to organs, to systems, to the organism.
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Scope |
Source |
| Life Science |
Reinforce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) III 4.3.2 |
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Properties of Rocks
The learner will be able to
know that the properties of rocks and minerals reflect the processes that shaped them (i.e., igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks).
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Earth and Space Science |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) II 4.2.1 |
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Weather Patterns
The learner will be able to
describe how weather patterns generally move from west to east in the United States.
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Scope |
Source |
| Earth and Space Science |
Reinforce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) II 4.2.2 |
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Weather Change Over Time
The learner will be able to
know that local weather information describes patterns of change over a period of time (e.g., temperature, precipitation symbols, cloud conditions, wind speed/direction).
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Scope |
Source |
| Earth and Space Science |
Reinforce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) II 4.2.3 |
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Strand III Science and Society
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Scientific Discoveries/Influence
The learner will be able to
understand how scientific discoveries, inventions, practices, and knowledge
influence, and are influenced by, individuals and societies.
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Scope |
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| Science Discoveries |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Content Strand III Science and Society |
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Science influence Decisions
The learner will be able to
describe how science influences decisions made by individuals and societies.
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| Science and Individuals |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I |
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Men and Women/Careers in Science
The learner will be able to
know that both men and women of all races and social backgrounds choose science as a career.
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Scope |
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| Science and Individuals |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) I 4.1.4 |
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