Museum on the Move Topics
Want to know more about a specific Museum on the Move topic? Scroll down to see details on what 4th grade SEEd standards each topic covers.
All Museum on the Move classes help students practice the following Science and Engineering Practices:
- Asking questions and defining problems
- Constructing explanations and designing solutions
- Engaging in argument from evidence
- Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
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Archaeology: Utah’s People and Cultures
What can we learn about the people who came before us from the things they left behind? Students become archaeologists by exploring artifacts from a wide range of Utah’s history, from First Peoples to the pioneers.
Grade 4 Social Studies:
Standard I, Objectives 1, 2, and 3 - Students will understand the relationship between the physical geography in Utah and human life
Standard II, Objectives 1 and 2 - Students will understand how Utah’s history has been shaped by many diverse people, events, and ideas
Fossils: Evidence of Utah's Past
What can fossils tell us about Utah’s past? Explore ancient habitats and adaptations through fossils both big and small, and across Utah’s incredible range of fossil history.
Strand 4.1 Organisms functioning in their environment
4.1.1 - Structure and function of organisms
4.1.3 - Stability and change from fossil evidence
4.1.4 - Patterns in rock layers and fossils show change over time
Patterns in Rock Layers
What characteristics distinguish rocks from minerals? What can patterns in rock layers tell us about change over time? Students become geologists by exploring specimens from each phase of the rock cycle and a variety of minerals.
4.1.4 Patterns in rock layers and fossils show change over time
Structure and Function: Utah's Plants and Animals
How do plants and animals survive in different habitats? Explore the structures and construct an explanation on the functions of animal skulls, plant seeds, insect wings, and more!
Strand 4.1 Organisms functioning in their environment
4.1.1 - Internal and external structures support an organism's survival in its environment
Systems: Great Salt Lake
What makes Utah’s Great Salt Lake so special? Explore the ecosystems surrounding the Great Salt Lake and all the organisms that depend on it. Get up close and personal with brine shrimp, migratory bird skulls, and halophyte plants.
Strand 4.1 Organisms functioning in their environment
4.1.1 - Structure and function of organisms
Emphasis on Systems