"I can" statements for Geology: Rocks and Minerals:
I can classify rocks as metamorphic, sedimentary or igneous based on their composition, how they are formed, and the processes that create them.
Science: 4.P.2.3 I can explain the cause of day and night based on the rotation of Earth on its axis.
Science: 4.E.1.1 I can explain the monthly changes in the appearance of the moon, based on the moon’s orbit around the Earth.
Science: 4.E.1.2 I can compare fossils to one another and to living organisms.
Science: 4.E.2.1 |
I can explain how mineral are identified using tests for the properties of hardness, color, luster, cleavage, and streak.
Science: 4.P.2.2 I can explain that causes of day and night and phases of the moon.
Science: 4.E.1 I can infer ideas about Earth’s early environments from fossils of plants and animals that lived long ago.
Science: 4.E.2.2 |
I can give examples of how the surface of the earth changes due to slow processes such as erosion and weathering, and rapid processes such as landslides, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes.
Science: 4.E.2.3 I can explain the monthly changes in the appearance of the moon, based on the moon’s orbit around the Earth.
Science: 4.P.3.2 I can understand the use of fossils and changes in the surface of the earth as evidence of the history of Earth and its changing life forms.
Science: 4.E.2 |