STANDARDS ADDRESSED BY THIS WEBQUEST
Fourth Grade English Language Arts Standards
| Reading / Language Arts | |
| A.4.4 | Read to acquire information. |
| Writing | |
| B.4.1 | Create or produce writing to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes. |
| B.4.2 | Plan, revise, edit, and publish clear and effective writing. |
| B.4.3 | Understand the function of various forms, structures, and punctuation marks of standard American English and use them appropriately in communications. |
| Oral Language | |
| C.4.1 | Orally communicate information, opinions, and ideas effectively to different audiences for a variety of purposes. |
| C.4.2 | Listen to and comprehend oral communications. |
| C.4.3 | Participate effectively in discussion. |
| Media & Technology | |
| E.4.1 | Use computers to acquire, organize, analyze, and communicate information. |
| E.4.3 | Create products appropriate to audience and purpose. |
Fourth Grade Visual Arts & Music Standards
| Visual Arts | |
| A.4.6 | Know that art is a basic way of thinking and communicating about the world |
| Music | |
| A.4.3 | Sing from memory a varied repertoire of songs representing genres and styles from diverse cultures |
| A.4.5 | Sing in groups, blending vocal timbres, matching dynamic levels, and responding to the cues of the conductor |
| A.4.6 | Sing on pitch using neutral syllables, note names, or solfege** |
| A.4.7 | Sing with rhythmic accuracy |
Fourth Grade Science Standards
| Science Connections | |
| A.4.2 | When faced with a science-related problem, decide what evidence, models, or explanations previously studied can be used to better understand what is happening now |
| A.4.3 | When investigating a science-related problem, decide what data can be collected to determine the most useful explanations |
| A.4.5 | When studying a science-related problem, decide what changes over time are occurring or have occurred |
| Science Inquiry | |
| C.4.1 | Use the vocabulary of the unifying themes to ask questions about objects, organisms, and events being studied |
| C.4.2 | Use the science content being learned to ask questions, plan investigations, make observations, make predictions, and offer explanations |
| C.4.3 | Select multiple sources of information to help answer questions selected for classroom investigations |
| C.4.4 | Use simple science equipment safely and effectively, including rulers, balances, graduated cylinders, hand lenses, thermometers, and computers, to collect data relevant to questions and investigations |
| C.4.5 | Use data they have collected to develop explanations and answer questions generated by investigations |
| C.4.6 | Communicate the results of their investigations in ways their audiences will understand by using charts, graphs, drawings, written descriptions, and various other means, to display their answers |
| Science in Social and Personal Perspectives | |
| H.4.3 | Show how science has contributed to meeting personal needs, including hygiene, nutrition, exercise, safety, and health care |
Fourth Grade Health Standards
| Health Promotion and Disease Prevention | |
| A.4.1 | Identify positive mental, emotional, social, and physical factors that influence health |
| A.4.2 | Describe how family, school, and community environments influence personal health |
| A.4.3 | Identify ways to be healthy during childhood |
Fourth Grade Media and Technology
| Media and Technology | |
| A.4.2 | Identify and use common media formats |
| A.4.4 | Use a computer and communications software to access and transmit information |
| Information and Inquiry | |
| B.4.2 | Develop information seeking strategies |
| B.4.3 | Locate and access information sources |
| B.4.4 | Evaluate and select information from a variety of print, nonprint, and electronic formats |
| B.4.5 | Record and organize information |
| B.4.6 | Interpret and use information to solve the problem or answer the question |
| B.4.7 | Communicate the results of research and inquiry in an appropriate format |
| B.4.8 | Evaluate the information product and process |
| Independent Learning | |
| C.4.1 | Pursue information related to various dimensions of personal well-being and academic success |
| C.4.4 | Demonstrate self-motivation and increasing responsibility for their learning |
| The Learning Community | |
| D.4.1 | Participate productively in workgroups or other collaborative learning environments |
| D.4.2 | Use information, media, and technology in a responsible manner |
| D.4.4 | Recognize the importance of intellectual freedom and access to information in a democratic society |