Grade 4 Science Oklahoma Standards

Engineering Design

Engineering Design

Engineering Design

Engineering Design

Grade 3 - Grade 5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

High School

Analyze a major global challenge to specify qualitative and quantitative criteria and constraints for solutions that account for societal needs and wants.

Design a solution to a complex real-world problem by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable problems that can be solved through engineering.

valuate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics, as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts.

Use a computer simulation to model the impact of proposed solutions to a complex real-world problem with numerous criteria and constraints on interactions within and between systems relevant to the problem.

KINDERGARTEN - GRADE 2

Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.

Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.

Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.

Middle School

Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.

Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.

Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.

Plan and conduct investigations on the effects of water, ice, wind, and vegetation on the relative rate of weathering and erosion.

Plan and conduct an investigation to gather evidence on the effects of water, ice, wind, and vegetation on the rate of weathering and erosion.

Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth's features.

Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.

Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from renewable and non-renewable resources and how their uses affect the environment.

Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from renewable and non-renewable resources and how their uses affect the environment.

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.*

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.

Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide.

Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide.

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.*

Develop and use a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength, and to show that waves can cause objects to move.

Develop and use a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and to show that waves can cause objects to move.

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.

Develop a model to describe the light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.

Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information.

Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information.*

Earth’s Place in the Universe

Earth’s Systems

Earth and Human Activity

From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Energy

Earth's Systems

Earth and Human Activity

Earth's Place in the Universe

Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

Energy

Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer