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Date: March 21, 2014 ET
Susquenita Curriculum
Course: Science Grade 4
Teacher / Team Name: Mrs. Knauss/Elementary
Curriculum:
Topic:
Electricity
Days: 25
Subject(s):
Know:
3.2.4.B2. -- Essential
ENERGY STORAGE
AND
TRANSFORMATIONS:
CONSERVATION
LAWS - Identify types
of energy and their
ability to be stored and
changed from one form
to another.
3.2.4.B4.a -- Essential
ELECTRICAL AND
MAGNETIC ENERGY
- Apply knowledge of
basic electrical circuits
to the design and
construction of simple
direct current circuits.
Grade(s):
Understand:
Electricity is a form of
energy that humans use
to improve our quality of
life.
Do:
3.2.4.B1. -- Essential
FORCE & MOTION OF PARTICLES AND RIGID
BODIES - Explain how an object’s change in motion
can be observed and measured.
3.2.4.B4.a -- Essential
ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC ENERGY - Apply
knowledge of basic electrical circuits to the design and
construction of simple direct current circuits.
3.2.4.B4.b -- Essential
ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC ENERGY Compare and contrast series and parallel circuits.
3.2.4.B4.c -- Essential
ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC ENERGY Demonstrate that magnets have poles that repel and
attract each other.
3.2.4.B4.b -- Essential
ELECTRICAL AND
MAGNETIC ENERGY
- Compare and contrast
series and parallel
circuits.
3.2.4.B4.c -- Essential
ELECTRICAL AND
MAGNETIC ENERGY
- Demonstrate that
magnets have poles that
repel and attract each
other.
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Susquenita Curriculum
Course: Science Grade 4
Teacher / Team Name: Mrs. Knauss/Elementary
Curriculum:
Topic:
PENNSYLVANIA
Date: March 21, 2014 ET
Electricity
Subject(s):
Which standards are students learning in this unit?
Days: 25
Grade(s):
3.2.4.B1. -- Essential
FORCE & MOTION OF PARTICLES AND RIGID BODIES - Explain how an object’s change in motion can be
observed and measured.
3.2.4.B2. -- Essential
ENERGY STORAGE AND TRANSFORMATIONS: CONSERVATION LAWS - Identify types of energy and their
ability to be stored and changed from one form to another.
3.2.4.B4.a -- Essential
ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC ENERGY - Apply knowledge of basic electrical circuits to the design and
construction of simple direct current circuits.
3.2.4.B4.b -- Essential
ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC ENERGY - Compare and contrast series and parallel circuits.
3.2.4.B4.c -- Essential
ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC ENERGY - Demonstrate that magnets have poles that repel and attract each other.
S11.A.3.2.1 -- Unranked
Compare the accuracy of predictions represented in a model to actual observations and behavior.
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PENNSYLVANIA
Date: March 21, 2014 ET
Susquenita Curriculum
Course: Science Grade 4
Teacher / Team Name: Mrs. Knauss/Elementary
Curriculum:
Topic:
Electricity
Days: 25
Subject(s):
Grade(s):
Key Learning: Electricity is a form of energy that humans use to improve our quality of life.
Unit Essential Question(s):
How can magnets and electric current be used for
many purposes?
Concept:
Electricity
Concept:
Concept:
How electricity and magnetism are
related
Sources of electricity and energy
resources
3.2.4.B2.
Lesson Essential Question(s):
What are some sources of electricity and how
do people use energy resources? (A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):
How are electricity and magnetism related? (A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):
What is electricity? (A)
3.2.4.B2.
Vocabulary:
static electricity, current electricity, series
circuit, parallel circuit, conductor, insulator
Vocabulary:
magnet, magnetic pole, magnetic field,
electromagnet, generator, electric motor
Vocabulary:
potential energy, kinetic energy, solar energy,
chemical energy, mechanical energy
Additional Information:
http://www.physics4kids.com/files/elec_intro.html
www.sciencenetlinks.com
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/pages/teacherzone/websites.asp#general
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/science2009/grade4_nl.html
http://www.sciencea-z.com/
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/sci-units/resources.htm
http://www.neok12.com/Electricity.htm
Attached Document(s):
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Susquenita Curriculum
Course: Science Grade 4
Teacher / Team Name: Mrs. Knauss/Elementary
Curriculum:
Vocab Report for Topic:
Electricity
Subject(s):
PENNSYLVANIA
Date: March 21, 2014 ET
Days: 25
Grade(s):
Concept: Electricity
static electricity current electricity series circuit parallel circuit conductor insulator -
Concept: How electricity and magnetism are related
magnet magnetic pole magnetic field electromagnet generator electric motor -
Concept: Sources of electricity and energy resources
potential energy kinetic energy solar energy chemical energy mechanical energy -
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