Unit #: 1
Subject(s): Science
Grade(s): 4th
Designer(s): Melissa Cocherell, Rebecca Mathews, Melanie Hill, Kimberly Kop
STAGE 1 – DESIRED RESULTS
Unit Title: Forces and Motion
Transfer Goals:
 Students will be able to independently describe how forces affect an object.
Enduring Understandings:
Essential Questions:
Students will understand that…
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Magnets pull on all things made of iron and either push or pull on other
magnets.
There are unseen forces that affect the motion of objects.
Electrical charges can produce motion.
How do magnets interact with other objects?
If we cannot see a force, how do we know it is there?
How does a charge cause movement?
Students will know:
Students will be able to:
Vocabulary
force, various, motion, produce, push-repel, pull-attract, electrical charge,
electrical discharge, charge (positive and negative), repulsion, force field,
magnetic poll, magnet, affected, result, magnetism
Magnets:
 Classify objects as magnetic or not.
 Defend the reasons why some metals are magnetic and some are not.
 Demonstrate that magnets have a force field.
 Explain the difference between attraction and repulsion.
 Describe the motion resulting from the use of magnets.
Magnets
o A magnet pulls on all things made of iron without touching them.
o A magnetic pull can result in motion.
o Magnets attract some metals, but not all of them.
o Magnets have poles identified as north and south.
o The behavior of some metal objects is affected by the force field that
surrounds a magnet.
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Electrical Charges:
 Create an electrical charge as it relates to static electricity.
 Explain the difference between positive and negative charges as it relates
to electrical discharge and static electricity.
Electrical Charges
o An object that has been electrically charged pulls or pushes on all
other charged objects and this can result in motion.
o Electrical charges can result in attraction, repulsion, or electrical
discharge (static charges).
Adapted from Understanding by Design, Unit Design Planning Template (Wiggins/McTighe 2005)
Latest revision 9/9/16
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Unit #: 1
Subject(s): Science
Grade(s): 4th
Designer(s): Melissa Cocherell, Rebecca Mathews, Melanie Hill, Kimberly Kop
STAGE 1– STANDARDS
Essential Standards
4.P.1
Explain how various forces affect an object.
Clarifying Objectives
4.P.1.1 Explain how magnets interact with all things made of iron and with other magnets
to produce motion without touching the object.
4.P.1.2 Explain how electrically charged objects push or pull on other electrically charged
objects and produce motion
Adapted from Understanding by Design, Unit Design Planning Template (Wiggins/McTighe 2005)
Latest revision 9/9/16
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