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Science and Technology/Engineering | Grade : 4

Discipline - Physical Science

Core Idea - Energy

[4.PS.3.2] - Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. Clarification Statement: Evidence of energy being transferred can include vibrations felt a small distance from a source, a solar-powered toy that moves when placed in direct light, warming a metal object on one end and observing the other end getting warm, and a wire carrying electric energy from a battery to light a bulb. State Assessment Boundary: Quantitative measurements of energy are not expected in state assessment.

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Predecessor Standards:

  • K.PS.3.1
    Make observations to determine that sunlight warms materials on Earth’s surface.Clarification Statements: Examples of materials on Earth’s surface could include sand, soil, rocks, and water; Measures of temperature should be limited to relative measures such as warmer/cooler.
  • 1.PS.4.1
    Demonstrate that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate. Clarification Statements: Examples of vibrating materials that make sound could include tuning forks, a stretched string or rubber band, and a drum head; Examples of how sound can make materials vibrate could include holding a piece of paper near a speaker making sound and holding an object near a vibrating tuning fork.
  • 1.PS.4.3
    Conduct an investigation to determine the effect of placing materials that allow light to pass through them, allow only some light through them, block all the light, or redirect light when put in the path of a beam of light. Clarification Statements: Effects can include some or all light passing through, creation of a shadow, and redirecting light; Quantitative measures are not expected.

Successor Standards:

  • 5.LS.1.1
    Ask testable questions about the process by which plants use air, water, and energy from sunlight to produce sugars and plant materials needed for growth and reproduction. State Assessment Boundary: The chemical formula or molecular details about the process of photosynthesis are not expected in state assessment.
  • 6.PS.1.6
    Plan and conduct an experiment involving exothermic and endothermic chemical reactions to measure and describe the release or absorption of thermal energy. Clarification Statements: Emphasis is on describing transfer of energy to and from the environment. Examples of chemical reactions could include dissolving ammonium chloride or calcium chloride.
  • 7.ESS.2.4
    Develop a model to explain how the energy of the Sun and Earth’s gravity drive the cycling of water, including changes of state, as it moves through multiple pathways in Earth’s hydrosphere. Clarification Statement: Examples of models can be conceptual or physical. State Assessment Boundary: A quantitative understanding of the latent heats of vaporization and fusion is not expected in state assessment.
  • 7.PS.3.6
    Use a model to explain how thermal energy is transferred out of hotter regions or objects and into colder ones by convection, conduction, and radiation.

Same Level Standards:

  • 4.ESS.3.1
    Obtain information to describe that energy and fuels humans use are derived from natural resources and that some energy and fuel sources are renewable and some are not. Clarification Statements: Examples of renewable energy resources could include wind energy, water behind dams, tides, and sunlight. Non-renewable energy resources are fossil fuels and nuclear materials.
  • 4.PS.3.3
    Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide. Clarification Statement: Changes in energy can include a change in the object’s motion, position, and the generation of heat and/or sound. State Assessment Boundary: Analysis of forces or quantitative measurements of energy are not expected in state assessment.
  • 4.PS.3.4
    Apply scientific principles of energy and motion to test and refine a device that converts kinetic energy to electrical energy or uses stored energy to cause motion or produce light or sound.* Clarification Statement: Sources of stored energy can include water in a bucket or a weight suspended at a height, and a battery.