4th Grade Science Curriculum

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4th Grade Science Curriculum Date

Lesson

Concept

Core Content

August 4, 2011

Observation skills/Scientific Method

SC­04­4.7.1

August 8­ 12, 2011 August 15­ 19, 2011

Living/Non­ living/Once living Classification/Plants

To use observation skills to collect data and use evidence to explain, organize and communicate data, classify, ask ?’s and predict. To identify living non­ living and once living. Function of roots, stems, and leaves/photosynthesis Identify plant parts and life cycle. To assess plants and identify animal life cycles. To identify metamorphosis. To identify animal adaptations Fall Break

Aug. 12­½ day

Aug. 22­26, 2011

Plants

Aug. 29 ­Sept. 2, 2011 Sept. 6­9, 2011 Sept. 12­16, 2011 Sept. 19­23, 2011 Sept. 26­30, 2011 Oct. 10­14, 2011

Plant Assessment/ Animal Life Cycle Metamorphosis Animal Adaptations Fall Break Animal Adaptations Food Chains

Oct. 17­21, 2011

Biomes

Oct. 24­28, 2011

Biomes

Oct. 26­1/2 day

Flashbacks

SC­04­3.4.2

1,2,3,4

SC­04­3.4.1

5,6,7,8

SC­04­3.4.1

9,10,11,12

SC­04­3.4.3

13,14,15

SC­04­3.4.3

16,17,18,19

SC­04­3.4.1

20,21,22,23

Fall Break

24,25,26,27

To identify animal adaptations. To identify producers, consumers, food webs, food chains, and ecosystems. To identify biosphere, ecosystems, Tundra, Taiga, Deciduous Forest Grasslands, desert, tropical rainforest, freshwater estuaries, marine habitat. To show what they know.

SC­04­3.4.1

Fall Break

SC­04­4.6.1

28,29,30,31

SC­04­4.7.1

32,33,34,35

SC­04­4.7.1

36,37,38,39

SC­04­4.7.1

40,41,42

Oct. 31­ Nov. 4, 2011 Nov. 7­11, 2011

Biome project and assessment. States of Matter

To identify states of matter.

SC­04­1.1.3

43,44,45,46

Nov. 14­18, 2011 Nov. 21­25,

Particles in Motion

To identify particles in motion. To identify expansion

SC­04­1.1.1

47,48,49,50

*Nov. 8th No School

Heat and

SC­04­1.2.3


2011

Temperature

and contraction

Nov. 28­ Dec. 2, 2011 Dec. 5­9, 2011 Dec. 12­16, 2011

Sound

To identify how sound travels and pitch.

SC­04­1.2.3

51,52,53,54

Sound

SC­04­1.2.3

55,56,57,58

SC­04­4.6.4

59,60,61,62

Dec. 17­Jan. 1, 2012

Christmas Break

To identify how sound travels and pitch. To identify reflect and refract and identify how light travels. Christmas Break

Christmas Break

Jan. 2­6, 2012 Jan. 9­13, 2012 Jan. 16­20, 2012

Electricity

Christmas Break SC­04­4.6.3 SC­04­4.6.3

67,68,69,70

Magnets

To define repel and attract.

SC­04­1.2.1

71,72,73,74

Jan. 23­27, 2012 Jan. 30 ­Feb. 3, 2011 Feb. 6­10, 2012

Newton’s Laws of Motion Inertia

To measure motion.

SC­04­1.2.1

75,76,77,78

To identify force and motion.

SC­04­1.2.2

79,80,81,82

To identify the different kinds of simple machines. To identify the layers of the earth. To identify changes to the earth’s surface.

SC­04­1.2.1

83,84,85,86

SC­04­2.3.1

87,88,89,90

SC­04­2.3.2

91,92,93,94

To identify properties of SC­04­2.3.1 rocks and minerals.

95,96,97,98

*Nov. 23­25, No School

Light

Electricity

*Jan. 16th No School

Changes in Position

Feb. 13­17, 2012 Feb. 20­24, 2012

Layers of the Earth

Feb. 27 ­March 2, 2012 March 5­9, 2012

Rocks and Minerals

Earth’s Surface

Feb. 20th No School

Fossils

To identify conductors and insulators. To identify circuits.

To identify rapid and slow changes.

63,64,65,66

SC­04­2.3.2

99,100,101,102

To identify how weather SC­04­2.3.3 changes over seasons. To identify the phases SC­04­ of the moon. 2.3.4, SC­ 04­2.3.5 To identify the water SC­04­2.3.3 cycle and changes in the weather. Spring Break Spring Break To identify the SC­04­2.3.1 properties of soil.

102,103,104,105

7th ½ day

March 12­ 16, 2012 March 19­ 23, 2012

Seasons Moon Phases

March 26­ 30, 2012

Weather/Water Cycle

April 2­6, 2012 April 9­13, 2012

Spring Break Soil

106,107,108,109

110,111,112,113

Spring Break 114,115,116,117


April 16­20 2012 April 23­27, 2012 April 30 ­May 4, 2012 May 7­11, 2012 May 14­18, 2012

Review

Review

Review

Review

Review

Review

Testing

Testing

Testing

Testing

Testing

Testing

Statistics

To identify the likelihood of an event.

118,119,120,121


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