GRADE BAND THEME: INTERCONNECTIONS WITHIN SYSTEMS
This theme focuses on helping students explore the components of various systems and then investigate dynamic and sustainable relationships within systems using scientific inquiry.
STRANDS
Strand Connections: Heat and electrical energy are forms of energy that can be transferred from one location to another. Matter has properties that allow the transfer of heat and electrical energy. Heating and cooling affect the weathering of Earth’s surface and Earth’s past environments. The processes that shape Earth’s surface and the fossil evidence found can help decode Earth’s history.
Topic: Earth’s Living History
This topic focuses on using fossil evidence and living organisms to observe that suitable habitats depend upon a combination of biotic and abiotic factors.
CONDENSED CONTENT STATEMENTS
4.LS.1: Changes in an organism’s environment are sometimes beneficial to its survival and sometimes harmful.
4.LS.2: Fossils can be compared to one another and to present-day organisms according to their similarities and differences.