Smart Goal Final Update

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 off 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- rap, 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
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investigations scientific-
method?gclid=Cj0KCQi
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method)
• https://nces.ed.gov/nceski
ds/help/user_guide/graph
/variables.asp
(independent and
dependent variables)
Forces, Motion, and • https://www.explainthatst
Energy, 4.2 uff.com/motion.html
investigate and (forces and motion)
understand • http://idahoptv.org/scienc
characteristics and etrek/topics/force_and_m
interactions of otion/facts.cfm (types of
moving objects forces, inertia, friction,
velocity, newtons laws of
motion)
Forces, Motion, and • https://learn.sparkfun.co
Energy 4.3 m/tutorials/what-is-
investigate and electricity/all (electricity)
understand the • https://www.physicsclass
characteristics of room.com/class/circuits/
electricity Lesson-2/What-is-an-
Electric-Circuit (electric
circut)
• https://www.explainthatst
uff.com/how-static-
• https://educators.brainpop.
com/lesson-plan/scientific-
method-activities-for-kids/
(science handbook, magnet
demo, step by step activity)
• https://www.sciencebuddie
s.org/teacher-
resources/lesson-
plans/teach-scientific-
method#summary (paper
rockets)
• https://educators.brainpop.
com/lesson-plan/motion-
mass-lesson-plan-
spaceforce-game/?bp-jr-
topic=scientific-method
(game on motion and
mass)
• 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)
• https://www.scholastic.co
m/teachers/lesson-
plans/teaching-
content/magic-school-bus-
gets-charged/ (Magic
School Bus get charged
electrical circuit lesson)
• http://teacher.scholastic.co
m/dirt/circuits/index.htm
(flashlight circuit
 electricity-works.html
(static electricity)
Life Processes 4.4, • https://www.dummies.co
will investigate and m/education/science/biol
understand basic ogy/the-basic-structures-
plant anatomy and of-a-living-plant/ (plant
life processes structure)
• https://educators.brainpo
p.com/lesson-plan/plant-
adaptations-background-
information-for-teachers-
and-parents/?bp-jr-
topic=plant-adaptations
(plant adaptations)
Living Systems 4.5, • https://www.khanacadem
will investigate and y.org/science/biology/eco
understand how logy/intro-to-
plants and animals, ecosystems/a/what-is-an-
including humans, in ecosystem (ecosystem)
an ecosystem interact • http://idahoptv.org/scienc
with one another and etrek/topics/habitat/facts.
with the nonliving cfm (habitat)
components in the
ecosystem
experiment)
• http://www.sciencekids.co.
nz/experiments/staticelectri
city.html (balloon static
electricity experiment)
• https://study.com/academy/
topic/introduction-to-plant-
anatomy.html (videos
explaining all different
parts of the plant)
• https://sciencing.com/grow
-pinto-beans-science-
project-5395290.html
(pinto bean plant growth
project)
• https://owlcation.com/acad
emia/Fun-Classroom-
Activities-to-Interest-
Children-in-Plants
(growing a carrot top,
runner bean, avocado
stone, cutting, or vegetable
plot)
• https://natural-
history.uoregon.edu/sites/d
efault/files/mnch/Animal%
20Adaptations%20Lesson
%20Plan.pdf (adaptations
station activities)
• https://educators.brainpop.
com/lesson-plan/plant-
adaptations-activities-for-
kids/?bp-jr-topic=plant-
adaptations (seed compare
and contrast)
• http://www.scholastic.com/
browse/lessonplan.jsp?id=1
566 (animal “case study”)
• https://natural-
history.uoregon.edu/sites/d
efault/files/mnch/Habitats
%20and%20the%20Ecosys
tem%20Lesson%20Plan.pd
f (habitat and ecosystem
human yarn web)
• http://www.dcr.virginia.go

Interrelationships in • https://www.zmescience.
Earth/Space com/science/types-of-
Systems 4.6, clouds/ (clouds)
investigate and • http://www.weatherwizki
understand how ds.com/?page_id=64
weather conditions (clouds)
and phenomena occur • http://www.weatherwizki
and can be predicted ds.com/?page_id=82
(weather instruments)
Earth Patterns, • https://www.space.com/1
v/state-
parks/document/ybc-habi-
hunt.pdf (habitat hunt)
• https://educators.brainpop.
com/lesson-plan/plants-
animals-lesson-plan-food-
chain-game/?bp-
topic=ecosystems (food
chain web game)
• http://teacher.scholastic.co
m/lessonrepro/lessonplans/
profbooks/cloudsmade.pdf
(make a cloud project,
students learn that clouds
are made of water droplets)
• http://teacher.scholastic.co
m/lessonrepro/reproducible
s/profbooks/cloudkey.pdf
(cloud finder investigation)
• http://www.weatherwizkids
.com/?page_id=1727
(cloud in a bottle
experiment)
• http://www.schoolofdragon
s.com/resources/cloud-in-
a-jar-view (cloud in a jar)
• http://www.weatherwizkids
.com/?page_id=1747
(make fog experiment)
• http://www.weatherwizkids
.com/?page_id=1739 (suck
an egg into a bottle,
pressure experiment)
• http://www.weatherwizkids
.com/?page_id=1743
(make your own
barometer)
• http://www.weatherwizkids
.com/?page_id=1745
(make your own barometer
2)
• http://www.weatherwizkids
.com/?page_id=1725
(creating evaporation
experiment)
• http://www.inspiredelemen
Cycles, and Change 7028-terrestrial-
4.7, investigate and planets.html (this article
understand the provides info on each
organization of the planet and explains
solar system terrestrial vs. gas planets)
Earth Patterns, • https://spaceplace.nasa.g
Cycles, and Change ov/seasons/en/ (causes of
4.8, investigate and the seasons)
understand the • https://moon.nasa.gov/ov
relationships among erlay-phases/ (phases of
Earth, the moon, and the moon)
the sun • http://www.solpass.org/s
cience4-5/space/sun-
moon-
standards.html?section=s
tudy-6
Earth Resources 4.9, • http://www.doe.virginia.
investigate and gov/instruction/environm
understand important ental_literacy/va-
Virginia natural natural/index.shtml
resources (Virginia Dept of Ed
natural resources
education guide)
tary.com/2016/03/planet-
flip-book.html
• http://www.stillplayingsch
ool.com/2016/03/planet-
hop-gross-motor-
game.html
• https://www.msnucleus.org
/membership/html/k-
6/uc/solar_system/2/ucss2_
3a.html
• The Reasons for Seasons
by Gail Gibbons read aloud
• http://www.bioedonline.or
g/lessons-and-
more/lessons-by-
topic/human-
organism/sleep-and-
circadian-rhythms/reason-
for-the-seasons/ (earth and
sun models, tilted earth
demonstration, sun
tracking board)
• https://www.generationgen
ius.com/wp-
content/uploads/2018/03/G
G-The-Moon-and-Its-
Phases-LP_cw.pdf (DIY
Moon Model Activity)
• https://www.legendsoflearn
ing.com/blog/the-sun-
moon-and-stars-lesson-
plan/ (earth, moon, and sun
demonstration)
• Awesome Chesapeake: A
Kid's Guide to the Bay. By
David Bell read aloud
• Chadwick and the
Garplegrungen by Priscilla
Cummings read aloud
(book describes some of
VA’s natural resources)
• http://www.longwood.edu/
cleanva/images/Sec7.mapw
atershed.pdf (mapping a
water shed history)
Reflection:
I finished researching supplemental material and lesson plan/activities for the remaining SOLs.