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Hello Raymond-
I have identified a progression in the NGSS that may be helpful:
3-LS4-1
Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago
4-ESS1-1.
Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers for changes in a landscape over time to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
MS-ESS2-3.
Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
For 4th grade, specifically, we are supposed to look for patterns (evidence) in rock formations and fossils that can be used to explain how landscapes have changed over time. For all of us in Michigan and the states surrounding the Michigan Basin this is fairly straightforward. Evidence of change from a shallow sea to what we see today can easily be found in our state stone - the Petoskey stone (a fossil coral) and the salt that is mined beneath Detroit. Evidence of change from glaciation during the last ice age can be seen in our Great Lakes and the glacial features (drumlins, kettle lakes, etc) found throughout the state. A great video that shows the changes over time in a (to some) humorous way is "The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes".
Other materials already shared (like Paleomap) that show positions of the continents over time shows that landscapes (and environments) change over time due to plate motions
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