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Science (2015) Grade(s): 4

Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Patterns

Students know:

Locations of mountain ranges, deep ocean trenches, ocean floor structures, earthquakes, and volcanoes occur in patterns.
Volcanoes and earthquakes occur in bands that are often along the boundaries between continents and oceans.
Major mountain chains form inside continents or near their edges.

Students are able to:

Organize data using graphical displays from maps of Earth's features.
Articulate patterns that can be used as evidence to describe Earth's features on land and in the ocean using maps.
Use logical reasoning based on the organized data to make sense of and describe the patterns in Earth's features.

Students understand that:

One Ocean