Grade 4 Science
7 units matched to the Nunavut Curriculum.
Learning focus
- Iqqaqqaukkaringniq: ways to describe and improve our world through science and technology.
- Life science, physical science, and earth and space science, as in the Common Framework of Science Learning Outcomes.
- Skills of inquiry and design, and links between science, technology, society and the environment.
Units
Unit 1
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.
Approved guide: NWT Science and Technology K–6 (2004), Physical science · light, how it travels, and how we see objects
Unit 2
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.
Approved guide: NWT Science and Technology K–6 (2004), Physical science · sound as energy made by vibrations
Unit 3
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.
Approved guide: NWT Science and Technology K–6 (2004), Life science · the flow of energy and cycling of matter among living things
Unit 4
Adaptations & Habitats
Practises habitats, body and behaviour adaptations, camouflage, migration and hibernation, and how plants and animals rely on each other (pollination, seed dispersal, soil nutrients).
Approved guide: NWT Science and Technology K–6 (2004), Life science · adaptations to a habitat, and how plants and animals rely on each other and the environment
Unit 5
Energy on the Move
Practises energy sources, how energy moves from a source to an object or living thing to cause action, and how people use their senses to detect heat, light and sound.
Approved guide: NWT Science and Technology K–6 (2004), Life science · energy transfer from sources, and using the senses to detect energy in action
Unit 6
Think Like a Scientist
Practises measuring tools and units, safe use of equipment, fair tests, hypotheses, collecting data and drawing conclusions from evidence.
Approved guide: NWT Science and Technology K–6 (2004), Physical science · measuring, scientific practices, safe use of equipment, and how scientists use evidence and hypotheses
Unit 7
Problems, Inventions & Careers
Practises how engineers solve problems, comparing solutions, the good and bad effects of technology, taking action on local issues, and careers and hobbies that use science.
Approved guide: NWT Science and Technology K–6 (2004), Physical science · taking action on issues, careers that use science, engineering, choosing solutions and the effects of technology
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