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Fonde Fourth Grade Science

1st Quarter Objectives    2nd Quarter Objectives
 * * Describe effects of friction on moving objects. ||
 * * Identifying momentum and inertia as properties of moving objects
 * Identifying ways to increase or decrease friction ||
 * * Identify technological advances and other benefits of space exploration. ||
 * * Listing highlights of space exploration, including satellites, manned moon missions, the unmanned Mars mission, and an inhabited space station
 * Identifying Alabama’s contribution to the space industry ||
 * * Describe components of our solar system. ||
 * * Defining comets, asteroids, and meteors ||
 * * Describe the interdependence of plants and animals. ||
 * * Describing behaviors and body structures that help animals survive in particular habitats
 * Describing life cycles of various animals to include incomplete and complete metamorphosis
 * Tracing the flow of energy through a food chain
 * Identifying characteristics of organisms, including growth and development, reproduction, acquisition and use of energy, and response to the environment ||
 * * Classify animals as vertebrates or invertebrates and as endotherms or ectotherms. ||
 * * Describing the organization of cells into tissues, organs, and organ systems
 * Describing the grouping of organisms into populations, communities, and ecosystems
 * Classifying common organisms into kingdoms, including Animalia, Plantae, Protista, Fungi, Archaebacteria, and Eubacteria ||
 * * Describe geological features of Earth, including bodies of water, beaches, ocean ridges, continental shelves, plateaus, faults, canyons, sand dunes, and ice caps. ||

3rd Quarter Objectives


 * * Describe how electrical circuits can be used to produce light, heat, sound, and magnetic fields. ||
 * * Identifying ways to use and conserve electrical energy
 * Identifying characteristics of parallel and series circuits
 * Classifying materials as conductors, nonconductors, and insulators of electricity and heat
 * Identifying relationships among charge, current, and potential energy
 * Identifying components of a circuit ||



4th Quarter Objectives


 * * Compare different pitches of sound produced by changing the size, tension, amount, or type of vibrating material. ||
 * * Describing the relationship between the structure of the ear and hearing ||
 * * Recognize how light interacts with transparent, translucent, and opaque materials. ||
 * * Predicting the reflection or absorption of light by various objects ||
 * * Describe the appearance and movement of Earth and its moon. ||
 * * Identifying the waxing and waning of the moon in the night sky
 * Identifying lunar and solar eclipses ||