GRADE 4 SCIENCE
Unit 1: Weathering and Erosion
(4 weeks - Trimester 1)
Performance Expectations
4-ESS2-1 Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
4-ESS1-1. Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Standards
4-ESS2-1
4-ESS1-1
Essential Questions
How can water, ice, wind, and vegetation change the land?
How can evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation be observed or measured?
What evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers supports an explanation for changes in a landscape over time?
STEMscopes
Changing Land
Plants' Effect on Regions
Rock Patterns