Fourth Grade Learning Outcomes

The following learning outcomes for science are recommended by the Ohio Department of Education.

SCIENCE

1. Create and/or use categories to organize a set of objects, organisms or phenomena.

2. Select instruments, make observations, and/or organize observations of an event, object, or organism.

3. Identify and/or compare the mass, dimensions, and volume of familiar objects in standard and/or nonstandard units.

4. Use a simple key to distinguish between objects.

5. Analyze a series of events and/or simple daily or seasonal cycles and predict the next likely occurrence in the sequence.

6. Evaluate a simple procedure to carry out an exploration.

7. Identify and/or discuss the selection of resources and tools used for exploring scientific phenomena.

8. Evaluate observations and measurements made by other persons.

9. Demonstrate an understanding of safe use of materials and/or devices in science activities.

10. Explain the operation of a simple mechanical device.

11. Identify characteristics of a simple physical change.

12. Explain and/or predict the motion of objects and/or describe the effects of some objects on other objects.

13. Make predictions about the weather from observed conditions and weather maps.

14. Identify and/or describe the relationship between human activity and the environment.

15. Identify evidence and show examples of changes in the earth's surface.

16. Demonstrate an understanding of the basic needs of living things.

17. Identify ways in which organisms react to changing environments.

18. Distinguish between living and nonliving things and provide justification for these distinctions.

19. Analyze and/or evaluate various nutritional plans for humans.

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