Title: 4th Grade Science Standards Glossary
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The 4th Grade Science Standards Glossary has been updated to the ND Science Content Standards MAY 2018 1st Draft for Public Release. No major changes except for One standard DROPPED and verbiage changes (noted in comments) to 5 standard listed below:

- SCI-04.PS3.04 VERBIAGE CHANGE
NEW Using the engineering design process build a device that converts energy from one form to another.
OLD Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
- SCI-04.PS4.02 NOT LISTED in the ND 2018 ND Science Standards Release
DROPPED Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
- SCI-04.LS1.02 VERBIAGE CHANGE
NEW Form an explanation to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.
OLD 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 in different ways.
- SCI-04.ESS1.01 VERBIAGE CHANGE
NEW Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
OLD 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.
- SCI-04.ESS2.01 NOT LISTED in the 2018 ND Science Content Standards Release
DROPPED Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
- SCI-04.ESS3.02 NEW STANDARD ADDED
Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans

Other changes is updating the glossaries proficiency scales from a table to a responsive grid to be accessibility compliant. Plus the new format also matches the new Visual Progress Report going from left to right.

The BPS District Science Standards Book will be updated later once all the glossaries are completed.

The state released the ND Science Standards Second Draft , which had some minor changes/corrections.

Below is a list of those edits done in 4th Grade Science Standards Glossary: Below is a list of those edits:

Second Draft Edits
Standard / Edit | 1st Draft | 2nd Draft
SCI-04.PS4.03 | Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information. | Construct a code to convey information by researching past and present methods of transmitting information.
SCI-04.ESS2.01 | Was not listed | Make observations and metric measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering and the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.

Overview of all the changes with the 4th Grade Science Standards.

Bismarck has been using the NGSS for two years in anticipation of the state adopting these as the new science standards. Of the 291 overall standards the state keep 223 the same, while making verbiage changes to 55. Plus the state dropped 7 standards while adding 6 new standards.

For 4th Grade Science those were 14 the same with 4 verbiage changes. Plus dropped 2 while adding 1.

Below is a table showing the all the standards: So if you click on the Identifiers in the first column of the chart below, the Standards Glossary Term will display in a pop-up. The last column will list the type of change to the standard. You will notice a change to the Proficiency Scales to be a colored responsive grid that corresponds with the new Visual Graphics Standards Progress Report that uses dots with a target range. So there may need to be discussions on how those could populated with your new scales.

Science Standard Changes
IDENTIFIER | 17-18 BPS SCI Standards from NGSS | 18-19 BPS SCI Standards from New ND State | STATUS
 | SCI-04 Grade 4 Science Standards | SCI-04 Grade 4 Science Standards | SAME
SCI-04.PS3 | - Energy | Energy | SAME
SCI-04.PS3.01 | Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object. | Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object | SAME
SCI-04.PS3.02 | Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. | Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. | SAME
SCI-04.PS3.03 | Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide. | Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide. | SAME
SCI-04.PS3.04 | Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.* | Using the engineering design process build a device that converts energy from one form to another. | VERBIAGE
SCI-04.PS4 | - Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer | Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer | SAME
SCI-04.PS4.01 | Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move. | Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move. | SAME
SCI-04.PS4.02 | Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen. | State Dropped from NGSS | DROPPED
SCI-04.PS4.03 | Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information.* | Construct a code to convey information by researching past and present methods of transmitting information. | VERBIAGE
SCI-04.LS1 | - From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes | From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes | SAME
SCI-04.LS1.01 | Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that  function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction. | Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction. | SAME
SCI-04.LS1.02 | 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 in different ways. | Form an explanation to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different way | VERBIAGE
SCI-04.ESS1 | - Earth's Place in the Universe | Earth's Place in the Universe | SAME
SCI-04.ESS1.01 | 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. | Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time. | VERBIAGE
SCI-04.ESS2 | - Earth's Systems | Earth's Systems | SAME
SCI-04.ESS2.01 | Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation. | State Dropped from NGSS | DROPPED
SCI-04.ESS2.02 | Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth's features. | Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features. | SAME
SCI-04.ESS3 | - Earth and Human Activity | Earth and Human Activity | SAME
SCI-04.ESS3.01 | Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment. | Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment. | SAME
SCI-04.ESS3.02 | Not listed in PowerSchool | Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans. | NEW