Nebraska 4th Grade Science Standards Unwrapped (April 2019)
Nebraska 4th Grade Science Standards Unwrapped
Below you will find a list of the current Nebraska 4th Grade Science Standards. Each standard has a link to the Unwrapping Standard Template for that standard and indicator.
| Topic | Standard | Standard/Indicator Code | Indicator | Unwrapping Document Link |
| Waves | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of waves and the information they transfer. | NE.SC.4.2.1.A | Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B7MqWS0HPg9qxFvfCjiKep6It2CDw522AoAA7MG3rnU/edit?usp=sharing |
| Waves | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of waves and the information they transfer. | NE.SC.4.2.1.B | Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BJL0yzjrzkM7suoqh_itEvZ3WeNC-UaTRCfcZh-yiYE/edit?usp=sharing |
| Energy Conservation | Gather, analyze and communicate evidence of energy conservation and transfer. | NE.SC.4.4.2.A | Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zukZ-zAPdsJ2HqeU29mbak0Vmrbj05QfaYa2W_f1yKQ/edit?usp=sharing |
| Energy Conservation | Gather, analyze and communicate evidence of energy conservation and transfer. | NE.SC.4.4.2.B | Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electrical currents | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ds8lnBjRUt93o3Nc0p78wuXvu5jKjE7YqC2OrC6PwhE/edit?usp=sharing |
| Energy Conservation | Gather, analyze and communicate evidence of energy conservation and transfer. | NE.SC.4.4.2.C | Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x45AIehhXQVA6ESNtegIGJJwRZnoM3pVeJAgdlnZmbU/edit?usp=sharing |
| Energy Conservation | Gather, analyze and communicate evidence of energy conservation and transfer. | NE.SC.4.4.2.D | Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another | https://docs.google.com/document/d/12HeiV3LdGiFhroqGRiRH5nlEdMH9Vt70dx8rk_447_c/edit?usp=sharing |
| Energy Conservation | Gather, analyze and communicate evidence of energy conservation and transfer. | NE.SC.4.4.2.E | Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/123CxKVbND_8ePMIhGvltdrdud8OerFao5es5lcrlr5I/edit?usp=sharing |
| Energy Conservation | Gather, analyze and communicate evidence of energy conservation and transfer. | NE.SC.4.4.2.F | Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and that their uses affect the environment | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XFhd9gndJeHnjyb9zgqWNEmEv2-UManlmw7ogOKCbjU/edit?usp=sharing |
| Living Things | Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of structure, function and information processing of living things. | NE.SC.4.6.3.A | Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eyes allows objects to be seen | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WGOUm4UPFVtiQRI-QsRu6e0-_n6NkQcSspRkWC6x0yU/edit?usp=sharing |
| Living Things | Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of structure, function and information processing of living things. | NE.SC.4.6.3.B | Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fi4KLkLzuWOe36hB27JKDRh5cyl-PdsUeQDF-zL7fVQ/edit?usp=sharing |
| Living Things | Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of structure, function and information processing of living things. | NE.SC.4.6.3.C | 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 | https://docs.google.com/document/d/11eZSGfwxrjZNVnLPUAiAS6QTZ1wKZtXtG_Iw9XEtMzM/edit?usp=sharing |
| Earth | Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of Earth's systems and processes that shape the Earth. | NE.SC.4.13.4.A | Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mw9vS0KS-BddDxEuKHIWqsOUuBm7odbl-LLl30UBP08/edit?usp=sharing |
| Earth | Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of Earth's systems and processes that shape the Earth. | NE.SC.4.13.4.B | Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j0xCSzO2kgRz_geF69A6dxq-JuaphzOFJFtTNchPYOQ/edit?usp=sharing |
| Earth | Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of Earth's systems and processes that shape the Earth. | NE.SC.4.13.4.C | Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth's features. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/198UUrHIKfuR5ZeexCKa8mcdotdqonJ2B2zGcE413uws/edit?usp=sharing |
| Earth | Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of Earth's systems and processes that shape the Earth. | NE.SC.4.13.4.D | Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iFb3VnOwUFlcCiTFCwpx9Tu-zwmqXs1KO6uxZbIYJ40/edit?usp=sharing |