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.
Student Learning Targets:
Knowledge Targets
I can
Reasoning Targets
I can find evidence that “patterns of rock formations reveal changes over time due to earth forces, such as earthquakes.”
I can find evidence of “certain fossil types that indicate the order in which rock layers were formed.”
Skills (Performance) Targets
I can
Product Targets
I can
Proficiency Scale
The Student ...
1 Beginning
... with help, demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and some of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
identify patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers, but cannot support an explanation.
2 Developing
... demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
identify patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers, and can create a hypothesis (an educated guess) about how landscape changes over time
3 Proficient
“The Standard.” ... demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers for changes in a landscape over time to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
4 Advanced
... demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
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4th Grade (SCI) Science Standards