Grade 04 Science - EC: S4.B.3.1.1
Grade 04 Science - EC: S4.B.3.1.1
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
Activities
- List five components that can be found in a forest ecosystem.
- List three living components that can be found in a cornfield ecosystem.
- List three nonliving components that can be found in a wetlands ecosystem.
- Compare and contrast the living components of a farm ecosystem with the living components of a city park ecosystem.
- Go outside to your school’s playground. Make a list of 10 observations about the living and nonliving things in the ecosystem you see.
- You and your friend, Greg, find a log in his backyard. Greg says that the log is a living part of the ecosystem. Do you agree with him? Explain why or why not.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Examples include, but are not limited to: trees, deer, bears, flowers, soil, air, water, rocks
- Examples include, but are not limited to: cactus, snake, coyote, lizard
- Examples include, but are not limited to: water, soil, air, rocks, sunlight
- Similarities include, but are not limited to:
- Plants
- Animals
- Soil
Differences include, but are not limited to:
- Pesticides can be found in farm ecosystems
- Farm ecosystems may receive more water from irrigation systems
- Many more humans disrupt city park ecosystems
- Student answers will vary. Accurate observations may include, but are not limited to:
- The grass is living.
- The pavement is non-living.
- The birds (living) rely on trees (living) to provide a home.
- Some animals, like rabbits (living) burrow into the soil (nonliving) to create a home.
- Acceptable responses might include, but are not limited to:
- The log is now a nonliving part of this ecosystem
- When the log was part of a living tree, it had a different role in the ecosystem
- The log is no longer alive.