Grade 04 Science - EC: S4.A.3.1.2

Continuum of Activities

The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.

This continuum of activities offers:

Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
Questions/activities that grow in complexity
Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance

Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content

S4.A.3.1.2 S4.A.3.1.2

Explain a relationship between the living and nonliving components in a system (e.g., food web, terrarium).

Activities

From the list below, identify these things as living or nonliving.
1. Ladybug
2. Football
3. Apple tree
4. Grass
5. Car
6. Water
7. Elephant

Explain the relationship between water and a tree within the water cycle.

Explain the relationship between air and a lion with their ecosystem.

An ecosystem contains both living and nonliving things. Name one living and one nonliving thing in the same ecosystem and explain how they are related.

Answer Key/Rubric

1. Living
2. Nonliving
3. Living
4. Living
5. Nonliving
6. Nonliving
7. Living

Student is able to describe a relationship between water and a tree within the water cycle.

Answers may include, but are not limited to:

Trees rely on water to survive
When precipitation occurs, the tree absorbs water
When more water than it needs is absorbed, the tree loses the extra water through evaporation
The evaporation then condensates and precipitates again in an ongoing cycle

Student is able to describe a relationship between air and a lion within their ecosystem while explaining some effects this relationship has on other components within the system.

Answers may include, but are not limited to:

Lions rely on the air to breathe
Oxygen is needed to sustain life for many animals, including lions
Lions produce carbon dioxide
Plants and trees need oxygen to survive
Plants and trees absorb and transform the air back into oxygen for the lion, or other animals to breathe

Student can identify a relationship between a living and nonliving thing and explain how they are related to each other.