Science+Curriculum

Please add any experiments, tasks, activities in the box with the CPI for the ENERGY UNIT **5.2 Physical Science** All students will understand that physical science principles, including fundamental ideas about matter, energy, and motion, are powerful conceptual tools for making sense of phenomena in physical, living, and Earth systems science. || **A. Properties of Matter:** All objects and substances in the natural world are composed of matter. Matter has two fundamental properties: matter takes up space, and matter has inertia. **C. Forms of Energy:** Knowing the characteristics of familiar forms of energy, including potential and kinetic energy, is useful in coming to the understanding that, for the most part, the natural world can be explained and is predictable. **D. Energy Transfer and Conservation:** The conservation of energy can be demonstrated by keeping track of familiar forms of energy as they are transferred from one object to another. || Review of Geometric Shapes and Terms (use as needed) activity 1.  2. Weight Watching (Investigation 2 - Foss Measurement) 3. Take Me to Your Liter (Investigation 3 - Foss Measurement || 1. (Formative Assessment) 2. Finding Conductors and Insulators ((Invest. #2 Electricity & Magnetism Kit Foss) PART 3 0nly BrainPop Videos: Electric Circuits and Batteries 3. Investigation 4 Part 2 Reflecting - Seeing Around Corners (Ideas and Inventions) 4. Test reflection of light using white sheet and black felt. Compare how light reacts when shined on both.. || 1. TransOptions Program see contact details below. 2. Different Kinds of Energy (Electricity, Fossil Fuels, Solar, Wind, Hydro) - Complete Home Energy Survey BrainPop Videos: Wind Energy, Fossil Fuels, Heat, Current Electricity, Sun 4. Energy Experiment [] Student worksheet 6. Electricity AT Home || 1. The Third Degree (Investigation 4 - Measurement) 2. (Formative Assessment) 3. || 1.  2. (Formative Assessment) 3. The Mitten Problem (Formative Assessment)
 * ** Unit Overview Template ** ||
 * ** Content Area: Science ** ||
 * ** Unit Title: ** Energy ||
 * ** Target Course/Grade Level: 4 ** ||
 * ** Unit Summary The students will explore properties of materials and determine their use and properties. ** ||
 * ** Primary interdisciplinary connections: ** Measurement in Math ||
 * ** 21st century themes: ** Energy in the home and workplace ||
 * **Learning Targets** ||
 * **Standards**
 * **Standards**
 * **Content Statements**
 * ** CPI # ** ||||  ||
 * 5.2.4.A.3 || Determine the weight and volume of common objects using appropriate tools.
 * 5.2.4.A.4 || Categorize objects based on the ability to absorb or reflect light and conduct heat or electricity.
 * 5.2.4.C.1 || Compare various forms of energy as observed in everyday life and describe their applications.
 * 5.2.4.C.2 || Compare the flow of heat through metals and nonmetals by taking and analyzing measurements.
 * 5.2.4.C.3 || Draw and label diagrams showing several ways that energy can be transferred from one place to another.

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 * 5.2.4.C.4 || Illustrate and explain what happens when light travels from air into water. Teach with 5.2.4.A.4 Light.

1. from Sound and Light by David Glover (in grade 4 closet) 2 .[|www.education.com/science-fair/article/refraction-fast-light-travel-air/] || Teach with 5.2.4.A.4 Electricity.
 * 5.2.4.D.1 |||| Repair an electric circuit by completing a closed loop that includes wires, a battery (or batteries), and at least one other electrical component to produce observable change.

1. (Formative Assessment) 2. Lighting A Bulb - Investigation 2 Part I- Making Connections 3. Making A Motor Run - Investigation 2 Part 2- Foss Making Connections- Magnetism and Electricity Kit 4.Video How Circuits Work 5. || * 5.2.4.A.3 * 5.2.4.A.4 a).Sort pairs predetermined objects into 2 categories: Reflector or Absorber b.) Sort objects into 2 categories: Insulators or Conductors * 5.2.4.C.1 * 5.2.4.C.2 Mitten Lab * 5.2.4.C.3 Response Sheet Temperature * 5.2.4.C.4 Exit Card after Bending Light Experiment - W hat happens when light travels from air into water? Foss Electricity/Magnetism Kit Click the links below to access additional resources used to design this unit: [] [|edison clip]
 * || ** Unit Essential Questions **
 * How do the properties of materials determine their use?
 * Unit Enduring Understandings **
 * · ** The structures of materials determine their properties. ||
 * TransOptions Program Based on **Grade 4** Science Curriculum Standards, the program **“Energy in the Home”** would be applicable, as it relates to the following standards: **5.2.4.C.1**; **5.2.4.C.3**; and **5.3.4.A.3.** Joseph R. Caravella Environmental Programs Manager TransOptions, Inc. Two Ridgedale Avenue Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927 973.267.7600 jcaravella@transoptions.org ||
 * State Summative Assessment:
 * State Summative Assessment:
 * 5.2.4.D.1 Performance Task - Student Builds a Circuit with a light and a motor. ||
 * Equipment needed: ** FOSS Magnetism/electricity Kit ** ||
 * Teacher Resources: ||
 * Formative Assessments: See CPIs above. ||
 * Teacher Notes: ||
 * Curriculum Development Resources **

http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/resources/elementary/4science.htm ||