CSUN Workshop for 4th Grade Teachers - Science Standards

Unit Plan & Standards

• Rot it Right: The Cylcing of Matter and the Transfer of Energy
  4th Grade Science Immersion Unit
• 3rd Grade Science Standards
• 4th Grade Science Standards
• 5th Grade Science Standards
• Secondary Science standards
• Science at LAUSD
• LAUSD guide

Administrative

• University Credit
• Facilitators schedule
• Survey of Enacted Curriculum
• A+ for Energy - Grants & Scholarships - website

Powerpoints

• Nutrient Cycles
• Food webs
• Energy flow in ecosystems (ppt)

Graphic Organizers

• Inspiration - Concept mapping software
• Concept mapping - Develop a concept map of the food web
• Inspiration files - Important: Right-click to download, then open with Inspiration
  • "Scientific Method" - concept map
  • Energy Flow - concept map
  • Energy - concept map
  • Food webs - concept map - constructed in workshop

Inquiry
• Inquiry Cycle
• Inquiry and the National Science Educaiton Standards
• Bloom's Taxonomy

Photographs

• Workshop photos
• Decomposers
• Pictures from our decomposition columns
• Proscope

Optional equipment

• Digital Microscope - Proscope
• Probeware - Pasco
• Scientific supply companies

Resources

• Links to resources related to resources
• List of Demonstrations during workshop
• Field Trip - 4th grade standards in addressed in the field
• Hands-On Science books
• Biomes

Data interpetation

• DHMO
• convention for gaphing data
• types of graphs