Grade 4 Science Program
The Grade 4 science program consists of the following topics:
– Habitats and Communities
– Changes to Habitats & Animal Adaptations
– Our Interaction with Habitats
– Food Chains
– What Animals Eat
– Scientists At Work: Jacques Cousteau & Cool Science Facts
– Review
– Design a Habitat (Project)
– Minerals
– Rocks
– The Rock Cycle
– How We Use Rocks (Products, Fossils)
– More About How We Use Rocks (Mining)
– Scientists At Work: The Geologist-Astronaut & Cool Science Facts
– Review
– Simple Machines
– Gears
– Gears Around Us
– Pulleys Everywhere
– Pulley Power
– Scientists At Work: The Biomedical Engineer & Cool Science Facts
– Review
– Light: Reflection and Refraction
– Light: Transparency
– What Is Sound?
– What Happens to Sound?
– How We Use Light and Sound
– Scientists At Work: The Ophthalmologist & Cool Science Facts
– Review
- Habitats and Communities (Life Systems) - exploring that impacts on habitats change the interrelationships among plants and animals
– Habitats and Communities
– Changes to Habitats & Animal Adaptations
– Our Interaction with Habitats
– Food Chains
– What Animals Eat
– Scientists At Work: Jacques Cousteau & Cool Science Facts
– Review
– Design a Habitat (Project)
- Rocks and Minerals (Earth and Space Systems) - examining characteristics and properties of rocks and minerals
– Minerals
– Rocks
– The Rock Cycle
– How We Use Rocks (Products, Fossils)
– More About How We Use Rocks (Mining)
– Scientists At Work: The Geologist-Astronaut & Cool Science Facts
– Review
- Pulleys and Gears (Structures and Mechanisms) - understanding of the simple machines of pulleys and gears, two special kinds of wheels
– Simple Machines
– Gears
– Gears Around Us
– Pulleys Everywhere
– Pulley Power
– Scientists At Work: The Biomedical Engineer & Cool Science Facts
– Review
- Light and Sound (Matter and Energy) - investigating properties of light and sound
– Light: Reflection and Refraction
– Light: Transparency
– What Is Sound?
– What Happens to Sound?
– How We Use Light and Sound
– Scientists At Work: The Ophthalmologist & Cool Science Facts
– Review