Texas TEKS 4.4

Science4th GradeScientific and engineering practices

TEKS Knowledge Statement (Expectation Cluster)

Scientific and engineering practices. The student knows the contributions of scientists and recognizes the importance of scientific research and innovation for society. The student is expected to:

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science

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Student Expectations in This Statement

4.4 is a TEKS knowledge and skills statement. These are the student expectations under it.

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What This Cluster Means

What Students Need to Do

Students explain how a discovery or designed solution changed scientific knowledge and people’s lives. They use reliable sources to investigate STEM careers, including job duties, tools, training, and workplaces.

What Mastery Looks Like

Given an example, students describe clear cause-and-effect links between an advance and its effects on science and society. They find and summarize career information from two named resources.

Common Misconceptions

Students may treat discoveries and inventions as the same thing. They may name a benefit without explaining what changed or assume every innovation has only positive effects. They may copy career facts from one website without checking the source.

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Choose one discovery or solution and write one impact on science and one impact on society. Name a related STEM career and one reliable research source.

Lesson moves

Ways to Teach It

  1. Build and test a gravel, sand, and cotton water filter, then chart links between filtration, water quality research, and public health.

  2. Write how the microscope changed scientific knowledge and people’s lives, using one cause-and-effect sentence for each impact.

  3. Play a card sort matching discoveries, innovations, societal impacts, STEM careers, and reliable places to research each career.

  4. Interview a local engineer, meteorologist, programmer, or lab technician about a problem they solve, their tools, and their training.

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