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Tularosa Municipal School District: |
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Tularosa Grade 4 |
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Science - Grade 4 Q1 |
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Scientific Thinking/ Practice Strand 1
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Process Scientific Investigations
The learner will be able to
understand the processes of scientific investigations and use inquiry and
scientific ways of observing, experimenting, predicting, and validating to think critically.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Thinking |
Develop |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I |
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Use Scientific Methods
The learner will be able to
use scientific methods to observe, collect, record, analyze, predict, interpret, and determine reasonableness of data.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Thinking |
Develop |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I |
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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 |
Introduce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 4.1.1 |
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Observation VS. Interpretation
The learner will be able to
differentiate observation from interpretation and understand that a scientific explanation comes in part from what is observed and in part from how the observation is interpreted.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Thinking |
Reinforce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 4.1.2 |
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Conduct Multiple Trials
The learner will be able to
conduct multiple trials to test a prediction, draw logical conclusions, and construct and interpret graphs from measurements.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Thinking |
Develop |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 4.1.3 |
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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 |
Develop |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 4.1.4 |
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Use Scientific Thinking
The learner will be able to
use scientific thinking and knowledge and communicate findings.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Thinking |
Develop |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II |
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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 |
Introduce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II 4.2.1 |
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Investigations Differ
The learner will be able to
describe how scientific investigations may differ from one another (e.g., observations of nature, measurements of things changing over time).
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Thinking |
Reinforce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II 4.2.2 |
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Data Used to Explain
The learner will be able to
understand how data are used to explain how a simple system functions (e.g., a
thermometer to measure heat loss as water cools).
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Thinking |
Reinforce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II 4.2.3 |
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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 |
Develop |
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 |
Introduce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) III 4.3.1 |
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Content of Science Strand II
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Structure/Properties Matter
The learner will be able to
understand the structure and properties of matter, the characteristics of energy, and the interactions between matter and energy.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Develop |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I |
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Matter different t Forms/Properties
The learner will be able to
recognize that matter has different forms and properties.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Develop |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I |
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Changes to Matter
The learner will be able to
know that changes to matter may be chemical or physical and when two or more
substances are combined, a new substance may be formed with properties that are different from those of the original substances (e.g., white glue and borax, cornstarch and water, vinegar and baking soda).
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Develop |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 4.1.1 |
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Materials/Small Particles
The learner will be able to
know that materials are made up of small particles (atoms and molecules) that are too
small to see with the naked eye.
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Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Reinforce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 4.1.2 |
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Mass Amount of Material Constant
The learner will be able to
know that the mass of the same amount of material remains constant whether it is
together, in parts, or in a different state.
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Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Develop |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 4.1.3 |
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Energy Needed
The learner will be able to
know that energy is needed to get things done and that energy has different forms.
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Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Reinforce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II |
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Electricity Flows Circuits
The learner will be able to
demonstrate how electricity flows through a simple circuit (e.g., by constructing one).
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Reinforce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II 4.2.4 |
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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 |
Introduce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) III |
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Gravity Exerts Force
The learner will be able to
describe that gravity exerts more force on objects with greater mass (e.g., it takes more force to hold up a heavy object than a lighter one).
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Develop |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) III 4.3.3 |
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Body Parts and Functions
The learner will be able to
know the parts of the human body and their functions.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Life Science |
Reinforce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) III |
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Human Body Parts Function as Systems
The learner will be able to
know that the human body has many parts that interact to function as systems (e.g., skeletal, muscular) and describe the parts and their specific functions in selected systems (e.g., the nose, lungs, and diaphragm in the respiratory system).
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Scope |
Source |
| Life Science |
Reinforce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) III 4.3.1 |
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Number of Stars/Greater Telescope
The learner will be able to
understand that the number of stars visible through a telescope is much greater than the number visible to the naked eye.
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Scope |
Source |
| Earth and Space Science |
Master |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) I 4.1.1 |
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Various Telescopes
The learner will be able to
know that there are various types of telescopes that use different forms of light to observe distant objects in the sky.
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Scope |
Source |
| Earth and Space Science |
Reinforce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) I 4.1.2 |
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Stars Move Across the Night Sky
The learner will be able to
know that the pattern of stars (e.g., constellations) stays the same although they appear to move across the sky nightly due to Earth's rotation.
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Scope |
Source |
| Earth and Space Science |
Reinforce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) I 4.1.3 |
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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).
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Earth and Space Science |
Master |
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.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Science Discoveries |
Introduce |
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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Scope |
Source |
| Science and Individuals |
Introduce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I |
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Identified Pollutants
The learner will be able to
know that science has identified substances called pollutants that get into the environment and can be harmful to living things.
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Scope |
Source |
| Science and Society |
Reinforce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) I 4.1.1 |
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New Ways to Store Information
The learner will be able to
know that science has created ways to store and retrieve information (e.g., paper and ink, printing press, computers, CD ROMs) but that these are not perfect (e.g., faulty programming, defective hardware).
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Scope |
Source |
| Science and Technology |
Reinforce |
New Mexico Content Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) I 4.1.3 |
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