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Grade 4

Instructor-Led Program

Our engaging instructor-led programs provide focused learning opportunities where students can ask questions, collaborate and problem solve with the guidance of our Georgia Aquarium Educators.

Please see below for information and details on our Grade 4 Instructor-Led Programs:

  • 4.1 Sights and Sounds of the Sea
  • 4.2 Kelp-ing the Balance
  • 4.3 20,000 Lights Under the Sea

4.1 Sights and Sounds of the Sea

Description: There are many hidden factors on Earth that can affect animals and their environments. Noise pollution, Earth’s orbit and the phases of the moon are some factors that can affect the animals of the ocean in big ways. What other hidden factors have an effect on the animals we know and love? Students will investigate which elements can play a part in animal behaviors and how they have adapted to the ever-changing sights and sounds of their environment. 

Georgia Standards of Excellence 

  • S4E2. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to model the effects of the position and motion of the Earth and the moon in relation to the sun as observed from the Earth. 
    • c. Construct an explanation of how the Earth’s orbit, with its consistent tilt, affects seasonal changes
  • S4P2. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how sound is produced and changed and how sound and/or light can be used to communicate
    • a. Plan and carry out an investigation utilizing everyday objects to produce sound and predict the effects of changing the strength or speed of vibrations.

Next Generation Science Standards

  • 3-ESS2-1 Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.

 

4.2 Kelp-ing the Balance

Description:

Ecosystems throughout our world have a unique food chain that is essential for life. But how can living and nonliving factors have an effect on these food chains? Do food chains adapt and change to accommodate the needs of animals in a particular ecosystem? Students will focus on a kelp forest ecosystem and investigate the relationship between sharks, sea urchins, sea otters and kelp. While hypothesizing how the kelp forest ecosystem could be impacted if any of these elements become more prominent or absent. 

Georgia Standards of Excellence 

  • S4L1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the roles of organisms and the flow of energy within an ecosystem.
    • b. Develop simple models to illustrate the flow of energy through a food web/food chain beginning with sunlight and including producers, consumers, and decomposers.
    • c. Design a scenario to demonstrate the effect of a change on an ecosystem. (Clarification statement: Include living and nonliving factors in the scenario.)

Next Generation Science Standards

  • 5-LS2-1 Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
  • MS-LS2-1. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.

4.3 20,000 Lights Under the Sea

Description:

Gravity and pressure play a huge role for animals that live on land. But do you think animals under the sea feel the effects from these forces? Students will discover the role that gravity and pressure play on different animals in the deep oceans and along the coasts while viewing animals in our collection. We will also identify how ocean animals and objects interact with other forces, such as light!

Georgia Standards of Excellence

  • S4P1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the nature of light and how light interacts with objects.
    • a. Plan and carry out investigations to observe and record how light interacts with various materials to classify them as opaque, transparent, or translucent.
  • S4P3. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the relationship between balanced and unbalanced forces.
    • b. Construct an argument to support the claim that gravitational force affects the motion of an object.

Next Generation Science Standards

  • 4-PS4-2. Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen. 
  • MS-PS2-4. Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.

 

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