Grade 4 Science
6 units matched to the Newfoundland and Labrador Curriculum.
Learning focus
- Science, technology, society and the environment. Students will develop an understanding of the nature of science and technology, of the relationships between science and technology, and of the social and environmental contexts of science and technology.
- Skills of inquiry. Students will develop the skills required for scientific and technological inquiry, for solving problems, for communicating scientific ideas and results, for working collaboratively, and for making informed decisions.
- Knowledge. Students will construct knowledge and understandings of concepts in life science, physical science, and Earth and space science, and apply these understandings to interpret, integrate, and extend their knowledge.
- Attitudes. Students will be encouraged to develop attitudes that support the responsible acquisition and application of scientific and technological knowledge to the mutual benefit of self, society, and the environment.
Units
Unit 1
Habitats & Communities
Habitats as places that meet the needs of living things, communities of interacting species, why habitats have limits, how species depend on each other, and how human actions can help or harm.
Curriculum outcome: Knowledge (by Grade 6) · local habitats and the living things in them
Unit 2
Food Chains & Webs
Producers, consumers and decomposers, herbivores, carnivores and omnivores, how energy moves along a food chain, and why a food web is a more complete picture.
Curriculum outcome: Knowledge (by Grade 6) · food chains and webs in a habitat
Unit 3
Light
Natural and artificial light, things that make light and things that reflect it, shadows, transparent, translucent and opaque materials, mirrors, refraction, and how light technology affects people and wildlife.
Curriculum outcome: Knowledge (by Grade 6) · properties of light and how light is used
Unit 4
Sound
Vibrations and sound waves, pitch and volume, how sound travels through different materials but not through empty space, echoes and absorbing sound, how we hear, and how noise and sound devices affect people and animals.
Curriculum outcome: Knowledge (by Grade 6) · how sound is made, travels and changes
Unit 5
Rocks & Minerals
Grade 4 science sorts rocks into igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic, and tests minerals for hardness, lustre and streak. Ask your child to sort a few rocks from outside by colour and texture, and to name one way people use minerals.
Curriculum outcome: Knowledge (by Grade 6) · describing and comparing rocks and minerals by their properties, how rocks form, and how people use them
Unit 6
Weathering & Erosion
Grade 4 science looks at how weathering breaks rock, how water, wind, ice and gravity move it, and how people slow erosion. On a walk, ask your child to spot places where water or waves are wearing the land away.
Curriculum outcome: Knowledge (by Grade 6) · how weathering, erosion and deposition by water, wind, ice and gravity change the land, and how people can slow erosion
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