Houston Arboretum & Nature Center

TEKS Covered in Fourth Grade Guided Field Experience

TEKS – Science, Grade 4

(b)  Knowledge and skills.

(1)  Scientific processes. The student conducts field and laboratory investigations following home and school safety procedures and environmentally appropriate and ethical practices. The student is expected to:

(A)  demonstrate safe practices during field and laboratory investigations; and

(2)  Scientific processes. The student uses scientific inquiry methods during field and laboratory investigations. The student is expected to:

(B)  collect information by observing and measuring;
(C)  analyze and interpret information to construct reasonable explanations from direct and indirect evidence;

(4)  Scientific processes. The student knows how to use a variety of tools and methods to conduct science inquiry. The student is expected to:

(A)  collect and analyze information using tools including calculators, safety goggles, microscopes, cameras, sound recorders, computers, hand lenses, rulers, thermometers, meter sticks, timing devices, balances, and compasses; and

(5)  Science concepts. The student knows that complex systems may not work if some parts are removed. The student is expected to:

(A)  identify and describe the roles of some organisms in living systems such as plants in a schoolyard, and parts in nonliving systems such as a light bulb in a circuit; and

(8)  Science concepts. The student knows that adaptations may increase the survival of members of a species. The student is expected to:

(A)  identify characteristics that allow members within a species to survive and reproduce;
(B)  compare adaptive characteristics of various species; and

(9)  Science concepts. The student knows that many likenesses between offspring and parents are inherited or learned. The student is expected to:

(A)  distinguish between inherited traits and learned characteristics; and
(B)  identify and provide examples of inherited traits and learned characteristics.

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