Grade Four Unit 2: Earth Processes First Marking Period Unit Focus Essential Questions Next Generation Standards Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCI) 1. Is it possible to engineer 4-ESS2-2: Analyze and interpret data ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and In this unit of study, students apply ways to protect humans from from maps to describe patterns of System Interactions their knowledge of natural Earth natural Earth? Earth’s features. *The locations of mountain ranges, deep processes to generate and compare ocean trenches, ocean floor structures, multiple solutions to reduce the 2. What are tectonic plates? 4-ESS3-2: Generate and compare earthquakes, and volcanoes occur in impacts of natural Earth processes on multiple solutions to reduce the impacts patterns. Most earthquakes and volcanoes humans. In order to describe patterns 3. What causes many of Earth’s of natural processes on humans. occur in bands that are often along the of Earth’s features, students analyze surface features and where do boundaries between continents and oceans. and interpret data from maps. The these features tend to exist? Major mountain chains form inside crosscutting concepts of patterns, continents or near their edges. Maps can and the influence of cause and effect, 4. How do earthquakes, help locate the different land and water engineering, technology, and science volcanoes and tsunamis form? features areas of Earth. on society and the natural world are called out as organizing concepts for 5. How are the earthquakes, ESS3.B: Natural Hazards these disciplinary core ideas. Students volcanoes and tsunamis A variety of hazards result from natural are expected to demonstrate monitored? processes (e.g. earthquakes, tsunamis, proficiency in planning volcanic eruptions). Humans cannot and carrying out investigations, 6. How does earthquake eliminate the hazards but can take steps to analyzing and interpreting data, and engineering create earthquake reduce their impacts. constructing explanations and resistant buildings? designing solutions. Students are also ETS1.B: Designing Solutions to expected to use these practices to Engineering Problems. demonstrate understanding of the core *Testing a solution involves investigating ideas. how well it performs under a range of likely conditions.
Grade Four Unit 2: Earth Processes First Marking Period Unit Focus Essential Questions Next Generation Standards Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCI) In this unit of study, students apply their knowledge of natural Earth processes to generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans. In order to describe patterns of Earth’s features, students analyze and interpret data from maps. The crosscutting concepts of patterns, cause and effect, and the influence of engineering, technology, and science on society and the natural world are called out as organizing concepts for these disciplinary core ideas. Students are expected to demonstrate proficiency in planning and carrying out investigations, analyzing and interpreting data, and constructing explanations and designing solutions. Students are also expected to use these practices to demonstrate understanding of the core ideas. 1. Is it possible to engineer ways to protect humans from natural Earth? 2. What are tectonic plates? 3. What causes many of Earth’s surface features and where do these features tend to exist? 4. How do earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis form? 5. How are the earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis monitored? 6. How does earthquake engineering create earthquake resistant buildings? 4-ESS2-2: Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features. 4-ESS3-2: Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural processes on humans. ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and System Interactions *The locations of mountain ranges, deep ocean trenches, ocean floor structures, earthquakes, and volcanoes occur in patterns. Most earthquakes and volcanoes occur in bands that are often along the boundaries between continents and oceans. Major mountain chains form inside continents or near their edges. Maps can help locate the different land and water features areas of Earth. ESS3.B: Natural Hazards A variety of hazards result from natural processes (e.g. earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions). Humans cannot eliminate the hazards but can take steps to reduce their impacts. ETS1.B: Designing Solutions to Engineering Problems. *Testing a solution involves investigating how well it performs under a range of likely conditions.
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