4th Grade (SCI) Science Standards [ESS1] Earth's Place in the Universe
SCI-04.ESS1.01 Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers
to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Clarification Statement: Examples of evidence from patterns could include rock layers with marine shell fossils above rock layers
with plant fossils and no shells, indicating a change from land to water over time; and, a canyon with
different rock layers in the walls and a river in the bottom, indicating that over time a river cut through the
rock. Disciplinary Core Ideas Local, regional, and global patterns of rock
formations reveal changes over time due to
earth forces, such as earthquakes. The
presence and location of certain fossil types
indicate the order in which rock layers were
formed.
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