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Mastery Learning Standards
The required skills a student should display by the end of Grade 4.
Energy
  • Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the…

    4-PS3-1

    Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.

  • Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place…

    4-PS3-2

    Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

  • Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when…

    4-PS3-3

    Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide.

  • Apply scientific ideas to design, test

    4-PS3-4

    Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

  • Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived…

    4-ESS3-1

    Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.

Waves: Waves and Information
  • Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and…

    4-PS4-1

    Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.

  • Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer…

    4-PS4-3

    Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information.

Structure, Function, and Information Processing
  • Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the…

    4-PS4-2

    Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.

  • Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external…

    4-LS1-1

    Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

  • Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information…

    4-LS1-2

    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.

Earth's Systems: Processes that Shape the Earth
  • Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers…

    4-ESS1-1

    Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.

  • Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers…

    4-ESS1-1MI

    Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support possible explanations of Michigan's geological changes over time.

  • Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of…

    4-ESS2-1

    Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation

  • Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth's features

    4-ESS2-2

    Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth's features.

  • Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth…

    4-ESS3-2

    Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.

  • Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth…

    4-ESS3-2MI

    Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on Michigan's people and places.