Grade 4 Academic Content Standards
Science
Science and Technology
Understanding Technology
1. Explain how technology from different areas (e.g., transportation, communication, nutrition, healthcare,
agriculture, entertainment and manufacturing) has improved human lives.
2. Investigate how technology and inventions change to meet peoples' needs and wants.
Social Studies
Social Studies Skills and Methods
Thinking and Organizing
5. Identify main ideas and supporting details from factual information.
6. Distinguish between fact and opinion.
7. Read and interpret pictographs, bar graphs, line graphs and tables.
8. Formulate a question to focus research.
Communicating Information
9. Communicate relevant information in a written report including the acknowledgement of sources.
Problem Solving
10. Use a problem-solving/decision-making process which includes:
a. Identifying a problem;
b. Gathering information;
c. Listing and considering options;
d. Considering advantages and disadvantages of options;
e. Choosing and implementing a solution;
f. Developing criteria for judging its effectiveness
Science and Technology
Understanding Technology
1. Explain how technology from different areas (e.g., transportation, communication, nutrition, healthcare,
agriculture, entertainment and manufacturing) has improved human lives.
2. Investigate how technology and inventions change to meet peoples' needs and wants.
Social Studies
Social Studies Skills and Methods
Thinking and Organizing
5. Identify main ideas and supporting details from factual information.
6. Distinguish between fact and opinion.
7. Read and interpret pictographs, bar graphs, line graphs and tables.
8. Formulate a question to focus research.
Communicating Information
9. Communicate relevant information in a written report including the acknowledgement of sources.
Problem Solving
10. Use a problem-solving/decision-making process which includes:
a. Identifying a problem;
b. Gathering information;
c. Listing and considering options;
d. Considering advantages and disadvantages of options;
e. Choosing and implementing a solution;
f. Developing criteria for judging its effectiveness