4^th Grade Matter Unit Blueprint

12D(6-8)#1: Organize information in simple [student-generated] tables and graphs and identify relationships they reveal. (See essay on page 76 in Benchmarks.)

Student-generated data table for Melting Ice lab (See page 85 in Teacher's Edition and "Teacher Tips" under "Teacher Resources" on the electronic curriculum.)

Click to view sample of student work.

Graphing the Temperature of Melting Ice (See Graphing the Data—Individual Task on page 87 in Teacher's Edition.)

Student-Generated Tables

• Do students understand the data they will collect, and are they able to create some type of organized data table with minimal teacher support?
• Do their tables include straight lines, a title, and column headings?
• Do students enter data in an organized method?
• Are their tables legible?

Student-Generated Graphs

• Are students able to construct graphs of the data with less teacher support and greater quality than in Lesson 4?
• Are students able to use the graph to describe the changes that occurred during the experiment?

12D(3-5)#3: Use numerical data in describing objects and events.

12C(6-8)#3: Use analog and digital meters on instruments used to make direct measurements of length, volume, weight, elapsed time, rates, and temperature, and choose appropriate units for reporting various magnitudes.

Melting Ice lab (See pages 85 & 86 in Teacher's Edition.)

• Are students able to efficiently and fairly accurately take temperature readings? (At this point, most students should be somewhat proficient at reading a thermometer.)
• When writing the sentence describing the graph (see the bottom of page 54 in the Student Guide), do the students use the data to describe what happened?

What happens when warmer things are placed by cooler things?

4E(3-5)#2: When warmer things are put with cooler ones, the warm ones lose heat and the cool ones gain it until they are all at the same temperature. A warmer object can warm a cooler one by contact or at a distance.

Checking Understanding Questions 5 & 7 (See pages 88 & 89 in Teacher's Edition.)

See Assessment Strategies and Checking Understanding on pages 87 & 88 in Teacher's Edition for information on students' answers.