Grade 4 Science will cover the following topics:

  • Science as Inquiry
  • Physical Science
  • Life Science
  • Earth and Space Science
  • Science and Technology
  • Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
  • History and Nature of Science

Reference Material

Reference Material

Section 1

Week 1 Module 1 – Introduction
Week 1 Module 2 – The Scientific Method
Week 1 Module 3 – The Scientific Method in More Detail
Week 1 Module 4 – Scientific Detectives
Week 2 Module 5 – Archaeology
Week 2 Module 6 – Archaeology Project
Week 2 Module 7 – A Group Effort
Week 2 Module 8 – The Galileo Clock
Week 3 Module 9 – Under a Log (Project)
Week 3 Module 10 – More About Bar Graphs
Week 3 Module 11 – Full of Air
Week 3 Module 12 – Baking Soda Experiment Madness
Week 4 Module 13 – A Sticky Situation

Section 2

Week 4 Module 14 – How Rubber Bands are Made
Week 4 Module 15 – A Weighty Matter
Week 4 Module 16 – Mass, Volume, and Density
Week 5 Module 17 – On the Move
Week 5 Module 18 – The Three Laws of Motion
Week 5 Module 19 – The Conservation of Matter
Week 5 Module 20 – The Changing States of Matter
Week 6 Module 21 – Molecules in Motion
Week 6 Module 22 – Molecules in Motion (See It In Action)
Week 6 Module 23 – Rising Up
Week 6 Module 23.5 – Buoyancy Bonus!
Week 6 Module 24 – Rising Up (Experiment)
Week 7 Module 25 – A Burning Question
Week 7 Module 26 – Types of Fuel for Forest Fires

Section 3

Week 7 Module 27 – Electricity: Around and Around It Goes
Week 7 Module 28 – Electrical Circuits
Week 8 Module 29 – The Nature of Light
Week 8 Module 30 – How We See Colors
Week 8 Module 31 – A Name for Every Living Thing
Week 8 Module 32 – Classifying Organisms (How Are Living Things Named)
Week 9 Module 33 – Ready to Eat!!
Week 9 Module 34 – All the -vores!!!
Week 9 Module 35 – Microscopic Marvels
Week 9 Module 36 – Plankton Parade
Week 10 Module 37 – A Mysterious Mammal
Week 10 Module 38 – The Platypus Is…Weird
Week 10 Module 39 – Creatures of the Night
Week 10 Module 40 – Night Vision in Nocturnal Animals

Section 4

Week 11 Module 41 – Swamp Life
Week 11 Module 42 – Mangrove Madness
Week 11 Module 43 – Underground Farmers (Project)
Week 11 Module 44 – All About Worms
Week 12 Module 45 – Nature’s Ice Cubes
Week 12 Module 46 – More About Icebergs
Week 12 Module 47 – Strange But Beautiful (Project)
Week 12 Module 48 – Stala-what?
Week 13 Module 49 – A Metal of Many Uses
Week 13 Module 50 – How are aluminum cans made?
Week 13 Module 51 – Bottled Raindrops
Week 13 Module 52 – How Clouds Form
Week 14 Module 53 – The Ever-Changing Moon
Week 14 Module 54 – Moon Phases Illustrated

Section 5

Week 14 Module 55 – Planetary Weather
Week 14 Module 56 – Tornado in a Bottle
Week 15 Module 57 – The Hubble Space Telescope
Week 15 Module 58 – The James Webb Space Telescope
Week 15 Module 59 – Under Control
Week 15 Module 60 – How Hydropower Dams Work
Week 16 Module 61 – Suiting Up
Week 16 Module 62 – What do astronauts do?
Week 16 Module 63 – You Won’t Feel a Thing
Week 16 Module 64 – Don’t Be Afraid of Surgery
Week 17 Module 65 – A Moving Solution
Week 17 Module 66 – Electric Cars
Week 17 Module 67 – Lighting the Future