Fourth Grade Matter Unit: Lesson 4

4^th Grade Matter Unit Blueprint

Lesson 4: The Mystery Mixture

Pacing Suggestions:
Day 1- Steps 1-3 on pages 46 & 47 in Student Guide
Day 2- Steps 4 & 5 on page 48 in Student Guide
Day 3- Steps 4-6 under Assessment Strategies on pages 72-73 in Teacher's Guide

Teacher Resources:
Tips	Student-Designed Experiment Rubric (Microsoft^® Word^®) Student-Designed Experiment Rubric (Adobe^® Reader^® PDF)

Essential & Unit Questions ¹

Benchmarks ²

Formative and Summative Assessments ³

Using Assessments to Monitor Student Learning

BSCS Science T.R.A.C.S. Investigating Properties

In general, how does mixing two or more materials affect their properties? Why is this important?

Illinois Performance Descriptor: Students will design and conduct experiments (See page 76 in Benchmarks about the importance of student-designed experiments.)

4D(3-5)#4: When a new material is made by combining two or more materials, it has properties that are different from the original materials. For that reason, a lot of different materials can be made from a small number of basic kinds of materials.

Students design and conduct experiment in Identifying the Mystery Mixture (See Team Task on pages 70 & 71 in Teacher's Edition.)

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Question 5, second bullet on Directions for Identifying the Mystery Mixture (see page 48 in Student Guide and/or page 71 in Teacher's Edition) and class discussion of The Mystery Mixture

See Assessment Strategies on page 72 in Teacher's Edition.

1. For conceptual benchmarks.
2. Bolded sections indicate portion of benchmark addressed
3. Unless noted as a Summative Assessment, the assessments are formative and should be used to guide teaching and learning.

4th Grade Matter Unit Blueprint

4^th Grade Matter Unit Blueprint