Standards

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

This lesson is building toward:

PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION (PE)

4-PS3-2

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electrical currents. [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include quantitative measurements of energy.]

NGSS Lead States. 2013. Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PRACTICES (SEP)

Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

Make observations and/or measurements to produce data to serve as the basis for evidence for an explanation of a phenomenon or test a design solution.

Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

Construct an explanation of observed relationships (e.g., the distribution of plants in the backyard).
Use evidence (e.g., measurements, observations, patterns) to construct or support an explanation or design a solution to a problem.

Engaging in Argument from Evidence

Compare and refine arguments based on an evaluation of the evidence presented.
Construct and/or support an argument with evidence, data, and/or a model.

Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

Communicate scientific and/or technical information orally and/or in written formats, including various forms of media as well as tables, diagrams, and charts.

Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Analyze and interpret data to make sense of phenomena, using logical reasoning, mathematics, and or/computation.
Compare and contrast data collected by different groups to discuss similarities and differences in their findings.

DISCIPLINARY CORE IDEAS (DCI)

PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer

Energy is present whenever there are moving objects, sound, light, or heat. When objects collide, energy can be transferred from one object to another, thereby changing their motion. In such collisions, some energy is typically also transferred to the surrounding air; as a result, the air gets heated and sound is produced.
Energy can also be transferred from place to place by electrical currents which can then be used to locally produce motion, sound, heat, or light.

CROSSCUTTING CONCEPTS (CCC)

Energy and Matter

Energy can be transferred in various ways and between objects.

Systems and System Models

A system can be described in terms of its components and their interactions.

Cause and Effect

Cause and effect relationships are routinely identified, tested, and used to explain change.

“Disciplinary Core Ideas, Science and Engineering Practices, and Crosscutting Concepts” are reproduced verbatim from A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/13165. National Research Council; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; Board on Science Education; Committee on a Conceptual Framework for New K-12 Science Education Standards. National Academies Press, Washington, DC. This material may be reproduced for noncommercial purposes and used by other parties with this attribution. If the original material is altered in any way, the attribution must state that the material is adapted from the original. All other rights reserved.

Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

CCSS ELA WRITING

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.7
Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.

California English Language Development (ELD) Standards

CA ELD

Part 1.4.5 Listening actively to spoken English in a range of social and academic contexts

EMERGING

EXPANDING

BRIDGING

Demonstrate active listening of read-alouds and oral presentations by asking and answering basic questions with prompting and substantial support.

Demonstrate active listening of read-alouds and oral presentations by asking and answering detailed questions with occasional prompting and moderate support.

Demonstrate active listening of read-alouds and oral presentations by asking and answering detailed questions with minimal prompting and light support.

In addition to the standard above, you may find that you touch on the following standards in this lesson as well:

P1.4.1 Exchanging information and ideas with others through oral collaborative conversations on a range of social and academic topics