Warwick School District

Science 04 - STEELS

Course Description


This curriculum aligns with the STEELS Standards and guides the study of the natural and human-made world through inquiry, problem solving, critical thinking, and authentic exploration. The standards are presented within strands as they progress across a K-6 sequence. The integration of these disciplines in the standards highlights the interconnectedness of scientific, technological, and engineering focused study; the integral relationship between humans and the environment; and the importance of integrating the teaching and learning of science, technology, and engineering.
This curriculum aligns with the STEELS Standards and guides the study of the natural and human-made world through inquiry, problem solving, critical thinking, and authentic exploration. The standards are presented within strands as they progress across a K-6 sequence. The integration of these disciplines in the standards highlights the interconnectedness of scientific, technological, and engineering focused study; the integral relationship between humans and the environment; and the importance of integrating the teaching and learning of science, technology, and engineering.This curriculum aligns with the STEELS Standards and guides the study of the natural and human-made world through inquiry, problem solving, critical thinking, and authentic exploration. The standards are presented within strands as they progress across a K-6 sequence. The integration of these disciplines in the standards highlights the interconnectedness of scientific, technological, and engineering focused study; the integral relationship between humans and the environment; and the importance of integrating the teaching and learning of science, technology, and engineering.This curriculum aligns with the STEELS Standards and guides the study of the natural and human-made world through inquiry, problem solving, critical thinking, and authentic exploration. The standards are presented within strands as they progress across a K-6 sequence. The integration of these disciplines in the standards highlights the interconnectedness of scientific, technological, and engineering focused study; the integral relationship between humans and the environment; and the importance of integrating the teaching and learning of science, technology, and engineering.This curriculum aligns with the STEELS Standards and guides the study of the natural and human-made world through inquiry, problem solving, critical thinking, and authentic exploration. The standards are presented within strands as they progress across a K-6 sequence. The integration of these disciplines in the standards highlights the interconnectedness of scientific, technological, and engineering focused study; the integral relationship between humans and the environment; and the importance of integrating the teaching and learning of science, technology, and engineering.This curriculum aligns with the STEELS Standards and guides the study of the natural and human-made world through inquiry, problem solving, critical thinking, and authentic exploration. The standards are presented within strands as they progress across a K-6 sequence. The integration of these disciplines in the standards highlights the interconnectedness of scientific, technological, and engineering focused study; the integral relationship between humans and the environment; and the importance of integrating the teaching and learning of science, technology, and engineering.This curriculum aligns with the STEELS Standards and guides the study of the natural and human-made world through inquiry, problem solving, critical thinking, and authentic exploration. The standards are presented within strands as they progress across a K-6 sequence. The integration of these disciplines in the standards highlights the interconnectedness of scientific, technological, and engineering focused study; the integral relationship between humans and the environment; and the importance of integrating the teaching and learning of science, technology, and engineering.This curriculum aligns with the STEELS Standards and guides the study of the natural and human-made world through inquiry, problem solving, critical thinking, and authentic exploration. The standards are presented within strands as they progress across a K-6 sequence. The integration of these disciplines in the standards highlights the interconnectedness of scientific, technological, and engineering focused study; the integral relationship between humans and the environment; and the importance of integrating the teaching and learning of science, technology, and engineering.This curriculum aligns with the STEELS Standards and guides the study of the natural and human-made world through inquiry, problem solving, critical thinking, and authentic exploration. The standards are presented within strands as they progress across a K-6 sequence. The integration of these disciplines in the standards highlights the interconnectedness of scientific, technological, and engineering focused study; the integral relationship between humans and the environment; and the importance of integrating the teaching and learning of science, technology, and engineering. 
 
 

Core Curriculum Content Standards


Science, Technology & Engineering, and Environmental Literacy & Sustainability (2023)

  • Life Science

    • Grade 4

      • Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.(3.1.4.A)
      • Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.(3.1.4.B)
  • Physical Science

    • Grade 4

      • Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.(3.2.4.A)
      • Make and communicate observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.(3.2.4.B)
      • Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide.(3.2.4.C)
      • Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.(3.2.4.D)
      • Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.(3.2.4.E)
      • Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.(3.2.4.F)
      • Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information.(3.2.4.G)
  • Earth and Space Science

    • Grade 4

      • Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.(3.3.4.A)
      • Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.(3.3.4.B)
      • Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.(3.3.4.C)
      • Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.(3.3.4.D)
      • Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.(3.3.4.E)

Units


Unit #1 - Life Science: Organisms

Unit #2 - Physical Science: Energy

Unit #3 - Physical Science: Waves

Unit #4 - Earth Science: Systems and Materials

Course Resources


BrainPop
EPIC Books
Mystery Science (free resources only)
Canva
Discovery Education
YouTube
Teacher-created Student Notebooks