Description for Earth Materials

Earth Materials

Grade 4

Full Option Science System (FOSS)

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Narrative Summary:

The Earth Materials Module consists of four sequential activities dealing with observable characteristics of solid materials from the earth – rocks and minerals.  The focus is on taking materials apart to find what they are made of and putting materials together to understand their properties.

Earth Materials Module Matrix:

Check out the 2006 "Unit Designs" -
a correlation to RI GSE's using the Understanding by Design format

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