Smart Goal Update #1 Revised

Smart Goal: I will be able to build a website that includes resources to help teach the 4th grade
Science SOL standards.

Grade Four Science SOL Topics:

• Scientific Investigation, Reasoning, and Logic
o Observations, conclusions, inferences, and predictions,
o Objects arranged based of characteristics
o Appropriate instruments used to measure length, mass, volume, and temp
o Independent and dependent variables
o Data collected and communicated with simple graphs, pictures, written statements
• Force, Motion, Energy
o Moving objects
o Electricity
• Life Processes
o Plan anatomy and life processes
• Living Systems
o Plant adaptations
o Energy through food webs
o Habitats
• Interrelationships in Earth/Space Systems
o Weather
o Weather measurements and tools
• Earth Patterns, Cycles, and Change
o Planets
o Earth, moon, and Sun relationships
• Earth Resources
o Investigate important VA natural resources
SOL Topic Resources Lesson Plan Ideas/Activities
Scientific • https://educators.brainpo • https://www.flocabulary.co
Investigation, p.com/lesson- m/lesson-scientific-
Reasoning, and plan/scientific-method- method/ (scientific method
Logic, 4.1 background-information- wrap, every day scientific
demonstrate an for-teachers-and-parents/ method exercises)
understanding of (scientific method) • https://study.com/academy/
scientific reasoning, • https://www.sciencebudd popular/scientific-method-
logic, and the nature ies.org/science-fair- lesson-plan.html (cookie
of science by projects/science- experiment)
planning and
conducting fair/steps-of-the- • https://educators.brainpop.
investigations scientific- com/lesson-plan/scientific-
method?gclid=Cj0KCQi method-activities-for-kids/
A3b3gBRDAARIsAL6D (science handbook, magnet
-N- demo, step by step activity)
BWYXzYmQ7JLeCr3yc https://www.sciencebuddies.org/te
fxfzK207jVTfvhFqtY4q acher-resources/lesson-
Q3oJI1uTy4gkpS4aAhS plans/teach-scientific-
DEALw_wcB (scientific method#summary (paper rockets)
method)
https://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/help
/user_guide/graph/variables.asp
(independent and dependent
variables)
Forces, Motion, and • https://www.explainthatst • https://educators.brainpop.
Energy, 4.2 uff.com/motion.html com/lesson-plan/motion-
investigate and (forces and motion) mass-lesson-plan-
understand http://idahoptv.org/sciencetrek/to spaceforce-game/?bp-jr-
characteristics and pics/force_and_motion/facts.cfm topic=scientific-method
interactions of (types of forces, inertia, friction, (game on motion and
moving objects velocity, newtons laws of mass)
motion) • https://betterlesson.com/les
son/635348/which-one-is-
the-fastest-a-continuing-
investigation-of-
speed?from=cc_lesson (toy
car investigation on speed)
• https://betterlesson.com/les
son/638993/force-push-or-
pull?from=cc_lesson
(learning about force
through playground play)
http://smile.cosi.org/fm3-5tg.pdf
(teachers guide to force and
motion)
Forces, Motion, and
Energy 4.3
investigate and
understand the
characteristics of
electricity
Life Processes 4.4,
will investigate and
understand basic
plant anatomy and
life processes
Living Systems 4.5,
will investigate and
understand how
plants and animals,
including humans, in
an ecosystem interact
with one another and
with the nonliving
components in the
ecosystem
Interrelationships in
Earth/Space
Systems 4.6,
investigate and
understand how
weather conditions
and phenomena occur
and can be predicted
Earth Patterns, • asked for & received the • http://www.inspiredelemen
Cycles, and Change SOL Study Book for tary.com/2016/03/planet-
4.7, investigate and fourth grade Earth flip-book.html
understand the Patterns, Cycles, and • http://www.stillplayingsch
organization of the Change: Our Solar ool.com/2016/03/planet-
solar system System notes packet hop-gross-motor-
• https://www.space.com/1 game.html
7028-terrestrial- • https://www.msnucleus.org
planets.html (this article /membership/html/k-
provides info on each 6/uc/solar_system/2/ucss2_
planet and explains 3a.html
terrestrial vs. gas planets)

Earth Patterns,
Cycles, and Change
4.8, investigate and
understand the
relationships among
Earth, the moon, and
the sun
Earth Resources 4.9,
investigate and
understand important
Virginia natural
resources
Reflection:
After update number one, I officially revised my smart goal to be a website so that I (as well as
other teachers) can access the resources more easily. I also completed two more SOL’s
resources.