Alberta Grade 4 science curriculum

SCI4-OI1-GQ1-LO1-KO1-U Responsible methods of waste management can reduce negative environmental impacts (classroom garbage sort).

Lessons: Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better

Practice: Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better workbook · Our Changing Planet: Resources and Human Impact workbook

SCI4-OI2-GQ1-LO1-KO1-U Non-contact forces are invisible forces that can affect objects, materials and substances (magnet pulling through a table).

Lessons: Pushes, Pulls and Magnets (Why does a ball stop rolling?, Can a magnet work through a table?, How far will a paper clip jump?)

Practice: Pushes, Pulls and Magnets workbook

SCI4-OI2-GQ1-LO1-KO2-U Magnets interact with each other and magnetic material (an early start on a Grade 4 outcome).

Lessons: Pushes, Pulls and Magnets (Why does a ball stop rolling?, Can a magnet work through a table?, How far will a paper clip jump?)

Practice: Pushes, Pulls and Magnets workbook

SCI4-OI3-GQ1-LO1-KO1-U Earth's systems interact with one another, resulting in environments that sustain life (sealed jar and water cycle bag).

Lessons: Our Living Planet (Can a jar keep itself alive?, Where does rain come from?)

Practice: Our Living Planet workbook · The Water Cycle, Start to Finish workbook · Weather Detectives workbook

SCI4-OI3-GQ1-LO1-KO2-U Earth's surface is warmed by the Sun, allowing for life (sun versus shade temperatures).

Lessons: Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better

Practice: Light and Shadows workbook · Groundhog Day Shadow Science

SCI4-OI3-GQ1-LO1-KO3-U Caring for water and water sources is a shared responsibility (dripping tap).

Lessons: Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better

Practice: Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better workbook · Our Changing Planet: Resources and Human Impact workbook

SCI4-OI3-GQ1-LO1-KO4-U Earth's systems are interconnected and can be impacted by small changes (sealed versus open jar).

Lessons: Our Living Planet (Can a jar keep itself alive?, Where does rain come from?)

Practice: Our Living Planet workbook · The Water Cycle, Start to Finish workbook · Weather Detectives workbook

SCI4-OI4-GQ1-LO1 Students analyze organisms and relate external structures to functions (skin, eyes, nose and animal senses).

Lessons: Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know?

Practice: Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? workbook · Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: How Plants Make More Plants workbook · How Your Body Works workbook · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Groundhog Day Shadow Science

SCI4-OI4-GQ1-LO1-KO1-U Organisms have external structures that support various functions (blubber, fur and huddling for winter survival; partial).

Lessons: Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm

Practice: Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: How Plants Make More Plants workbook · How Your Body Works workbook · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? workbook · Groundhog Day Shadow Science

SCI4-OI4-GQ1-LO1-KO2-U Organisms sense and respond to their environments to support growth and survival.

Lessons: Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know?

Practice: Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? workbook

SCI4-OI6-GQ1-LO1-KO1-SP Plan and create an artifact to meet a need, test it to confirm it meets the need, and consider the availability and cost of materials (egg protector on a materials budget).

Lessons: Build It, Launch It (Can you drop an egg without breaking it?, What makes a paper plane fly farthest?, How does a rocket push itself into space?) · Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up

Practice: Build It, Launch It workbook · Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up workbook · Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? workbook · Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better workbook · Monsoon Science: Rain, Sun and the Nón Lá workbook · Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong workbook

SCI4-OI6-GQ1-LO1-KO1-U Design involves processes that can transform ideas into artifacts that meet needs (owl-ear cone and animal-inspired sensor; partial).

Lessons: Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know?

Practice: Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? workbook · Build It, Launch It workbook · Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up workbook · Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better workbook · Monsoon Science: Rain, Sun and the Nón Lá workbook

SCI4-OI7-GQ1-LO1-KO2-U Conclusions drawn during investigations must be based on reliable and valid evidence (repeated helicopter drops; pooled arm-span data).

Lessons: Evidence Lab (How do you know a fact is true?, Why do scientists repeat their tests?)

Practice: Evidence Lab workbook · Build It, Launch It workbook · How Your Body Works workbook · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Think Like a Scientist: The Scientific Method workbook · Test the Claim: Science Facts, Myths and AI Answers workbook · Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe workbook · Monsoon Science: Rain, Sun and the Nón Lá workbook

Outcome Scientific Methods: students investigate evidence and reflect on its role in science.

Lessons: Evidence Lab (How do you know a fact is true?, Why do scientists repeat their tests?)

Outcome Earth Systems: students investigate the systems of Earth and reflect on how their interconnections sustain life.

Lessons: Our Living Planet (Can a jar keep itself alive?, Where does rain come from?)