Grade 4 Science GSE Standards

Life Science

Physical Science

Earth and Space Science

Digital Awareness

Reflective Researcher

Global Collaborator

Creative Communicator

Computational Thinker

Innovative Designer and Creator

Digital Citizen

Knowledge Constructor

Empowered Learner

Select and use the most appropriate platform, tool, style, format and digital media to clearly and creatively express thoughts, messages, goals, or positions.

Create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.

Communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects.

Publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.

Develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that use the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions.

Compare and refine multiple algorithms for the same task and determine which is the most appropriate.

Decompose (break down) problems into smaller, manageable subproblems to facilitate the program development process.

Test and debug (identify and fix errors) a program or algorithm to ensure it runs as intended.

Create programs that include sequences, events, loops, conditionals, and variables.

Understand the relationship between technology, lifelong learning, and the appropriate use of information.

Discuss computing technologies that have changed the world, and express how those technologies influence, and are influenced by, cultural practices.

Identify and propose ways to improve usability of technology for diverse users.

Identify the rights, responsibilities, and opportunities of living, learning, and working in an interconnected digital world, and then act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.

Discuss real-world cybersecurity problems (e.g. viruses, phishing attacks, click bait, etc) and how personal information can be protected.

Understand, demonstrate, and encourage respect for intellectual property of print and digital media.

Create and manage digital identity through positive, safe, and ethical online interactions.

Identify the features of current technologies and use that knowledge to understand emerging technologies.

Describe how internal and external parts of computing devices function to form a system.

Model how computer hardware and software work together as a system to accomplish tasks.

Determine potential solutions to solve simple hardware and software problems using common troubleshooting strategies.

Develop and apply keyboarding skills, utilizing current technology.

Compare and contrast prior knowledge on current technologies with that of new or emerging technologies.

Develop, reflect on, and revise personal learning goals in collaboration with their peers.

Use digital tools to expand personal viewpoints and enrich learning by collaborating effectively both locally and globally.

Explore local and global issues using digital tools to connect with learners from a variety of backgrounds and cultures

Take on varying roles, with teacher guidance, when collaborating with peers during the design, implementation, and review stages of program development.

Use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful, or imaginative solutions.

Explore and practice a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts, or solving authentic problems.

Select, evaluate, and use appropriate digital tools to plan and manage a design process.

Modify, remix, or incorporate portions of an existing program into one's own work, to develop something new or add more advanced features.

Curate (analyze and evaluate) a variety of resources and digital tools to construct knowledge and produce creative artifacts.

Curate (analyze and evaluate) information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.

Build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues.

Explain why a real-world issue exists or was created and develop a possible solution.

Gather, evaluate, and organize quality information from multiple sources.

Evaluate the accuracy, perspective, credibility and relevance of information, media, data, or other resources.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to compare and contrast the physical attributes of stars and planets.

Ask questions to compare and contrast technological advances that have changed the amount and type of information on distant objects in the sky.

Construct an argument on why some stars (including the Earth's sun) appear to be larger or brighter than others.

Construct an explanation of the differences between stars and planets.

Evaluate strengths and limitations of models of our solar system in describing relative size, order, appearance and composition of planets and the sun.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to model the effects of the position and motion of the Earth and the moon in relation to the sun as observed from the Earth.

Develop a model to support an explanation of why the length of day and night change throughout the year.

Develop a model based on observations to describe the repeating pattern of the phases of the moon (new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, and full).

Construct an explanation of how the Earth's orbit, with its consistent tilt, affects seasonal changes.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to demonstrate the water cycle.

Plan and carry out investigations to observe the flow of energy in water as it changes states from solid (ice) to liquid (water) to gas (water vapor) and changes from gas to liquid to solid.

Develop models to illustrate multiple pathways water may take during the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, and precipitation).

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to predict weather events and infer weather patterns using weather charts/maps and collected weather data.

Construct an explanation of how weather instruments (thermometer, rain gauge, barometer, wind vane, and anemometer) are used in gathering weather data and making forecasts.

Interpret data from weather maps, including fronts (warm, cold, and stationary), temperature, pressure, and precipitation to make an informed prediction about tomorrow's weather.

Ask questions and use observations of cloud types (cirrus, stratus, and cumulus) and data of weather conditions to predict weather events.

Construct an explanation based on research to communicate the difference between weather and climate.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the roles of organisms and the flow of energy within an ecosystem.

Develop a model to describe the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in a community.

Develop simple models to illustrate the flow of energy through a food web/food chain beginning with sunlight and including producers, consumers, and decomposers.

Design a scenario to demonstrate the effect of a change on an ecosystem.

Use printed and digital data to develop a model illustrating and describing changes to the flow of energy in an ecosystem when plants or animals become scarce, extinct or over-abundant.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the nature of light and how light interacts with objects.

Plan and carry out investigations to observe and record how light interacts with various materials to classify them as opaque, transparent, or translucent.

Plan and carry out investigations to describe the path light travels from a light source to a mirror and how it is reflected by the mirror using different angles.

Plan and carry out an investigation utilizing everyday materials to explore examples of when light is refracted.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how sound is produced and changed and how sound and/or light can be used to communicate.

Plan and carry out an investigation utilizing everyday objects to produce sound and predict the effects of changing the strength or speed of vibrations.

Design and construct a device to communicate across a distance using light and/or sound.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the relationship between balanced and unbalanced forces.

Plan and carry out an investigation on the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on an object and communicate the results.

Construct an argument to support the claim that gravitational force affects the motion of an object.

Ask questions to identify and explain the uses of simple machines (lever, pulley, wedge, inclined plane, wheel and axle, and screw) and how forces are changed when simple machines are used to complete tasks.