CUSD #95
Learner Objectives
Science for Fourth Grade
Compare and contrast food webs from diverse ecosystems
Predict how changes within a food web impact the entire ecosystem
Describe how adaptations (structures) help organism function in a given
ecosystem
Identify predator/prey and parasite/host relationships within an ecosystem
Illustrate a food web correctly using energy arrow
Illustrate an ecosystem including producers, consumers and decomposers
Conduct investigations to identify conductors and insulators
Build simple circuits and trace the flow of electricity
Construct parallel and series circuits
Describe how sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks are formed
Describe processes to explain how the earth materials change over time (i.e.
rock cycle, erosion)
List parts of a body system and identify their functions
Identify characteristics as inherited or learned
Predict how a change in one part of a system would change the functioning of
the entire system
Always follow appropriate safety procedures
Apply logical sequence of steps to investigate a question (i.e. carry out an
investigation to determine how environmental factors impact plant growth)
Conduct fair tests on stimulus/response behavior and communicate results
After observing properties of rocks and minerals, identify which ones would be
best suited for a given task.
Explain the difference between rocks and minerals
Conduct test to identify properties of earth materials
List safety procedures for conducting electricity experiments
Recognize variables that would cause a circuit to malfunction
Use a schematic to represent a circuit
Design and build an electrical project (i.e. alarm system for lunch box) applying
knowledge of circuitry
Communicate the design process used to build an electrical project
Describe ways that technological advances have impacted the environment
Report on a recent breakthrough in science that has impacted our understanding
of the human body.
Identify inventors associated with electricity and describe their contributions
Describe the work of a geologist
Investigate man’s use of renewable and non-renewable resources