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