Saskatchewan Grade 4 science curriculum

HC4.1 Investigate the interdependence of plants and animals, including humans, within habitats and communities. (a Grade 4 outcome revisited).

Lessons: Our Living Planet (Can a jar keep itself alive?, Where does rain come from?) · Food Webs: Who Eats Whom?

Practice: Our Living Planet workbook · Food Webs: Who Eats Whom? workbook

HC4.2 Analyze the structures and behaviours of plants and animals that enable them to exist in various habitats. (partial: animal senses and structures such as whiskers and owl ears).

Lessons: Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm

Practice: Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? workbook · 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 · Groundhog Day Shadow Science

LI4.2 Analyze how light interacts with different objects and materials to create phenomena such as shadows, reflection, refraction, and dispersion. (shadows and materials that let light through; an early start on Grade 4).

Lessons: Earth and Sky at Home (Where do rainbows come from?, How do crystals grow?, How does a cloud form?) · Light and Shadows (Why does my shadow follow me?, Why is my shadow long in the morning?, What can light go through?)

Practice: Earth and Sky at Home workbook · Light and Shadows workbook · Bouncing Light: Mirrors, Water and Colour workbook · Grade 4 Light and Colour

RM4.1 Investigate physical properties of rocks and minerals, including those found in the local environment.

Lessons: Rocks and Erosion: How Land Changes Shape

Practice: Kitchen Chemistry for Families workbook · Clean Water Challenge: Mixtures, Dissolving and Separating workbook · Solids, Liquids and Gases workbook · Grade 4 Rocks and Minerals · Stone, Bamboo and Storms: Building in Vietnam workbook

RM4.3 Analyze how weathering, erosion, and fossils provide evidence to support human understanding of the formation of landforms on Earth. (weathering and erosion).

Lessons: Rocks and Erosion: How Land Changes Shape

Practice: Rocks and Erosion: How Land Changes Shape workbook · Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong workbook

SO4.1 Explore natural and artificial sources of sound in the environment and how those sounds are detected by humans and animals. (an early start on Grade 4).

Lessons: Sound: Can You See a Sound? (Can you see a sound?, Can a string carry your voice?, How do you make a high note or a low note?)

Practice: Sound: Can You See a Sound? workbook · Grade 4 Sound: Vibrations, Pitch and Echoes

SO4.2 Draw conclusions about the characteristics and physical properties of sound, including pitch and loudness, based on observation. (pitch and vibration; an early start on Grade 4).

Lessons: Sound: Can You See a Sound? (Can you see a sound?, Can a string carry your voice?, How do you make a high note or a low note?)

Practice: Sound: Can You See a Sound? workbook · Grade 4 Sound: Vibrations, Pitch and Echoes