Evergreen School - Fourth Grade Science Curriculum

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1 Evergreen Elementary School Evergreen School - Fourth Grade Science Curriculum September Animal Growth and Adaptations Bird Beak Investigation Basic Needs of Animals Animal Body Part Adaptations Animal Behavioral Adaptations Recognize the five basic needs of all animals Conclude that animals meet their needs in different ways Identify bird adaptations Describe animal body part adaptations Identify ways animals behave to meet needs Distinguish between instinct and learned behavior Lesson review questions Vocabulary practice activities Chapter Test Marzano Vocabulary Cards United Streaming Vocabulary Flashcards Chapter Review 1 of 18

2 October Plant Growth and Adaptations Seedling Growth Activity What Plants Need to Live How Leaves, Stems, and Roots Help Plants Live How Plants Reproduce Identify the four basic needs of plants Explain how plants make food Explain plant adaptations and how they survive Lesson review questions Vocabulary practice activities Chapter Test Marzano Vocabulary Cards United Streaming Vocabulary Flashcards Chapter Review 2 of 18

3 Identify ways that Parts of Plant Flip Book leaves, stems, and roots help plants live Describe the ways plants reproduce Explain how seeds are spread November Human Body (November/December) How the Skeletal and Muscular Systems Work How the Respiratory and Circulatory Systems Identify the basic parts that make up the body Explain how the Lesson Review Questions Vocabulary Practice Marzano Vocabulary Cards United Streaming 3 of 18

4 Work skeletal and muscular Activities How the Nervous and systems work Chapter Test Vocabulary Flashcards Digestive Systems Work Describe what Chapter Review breathing does for the body Identify why blood is Body System Models important to the body's cells Describe how the nervous system controls all the body's systems Analyze what the digestive system does the for the body 4 of 18

5 December Human Body How the Skeletal and Muscular Systems Work How the Respiratory and Circulatory Systems Work How the Nervous and Digestive Systems Work Identify the basic parts that make up the body Explain how the skeletal and muscular systems work Describe what breathing does for the body Identify why blood is important to the body's cells Describe how the nervous system controls all the body's systems Analyze what the digestive system does for the body Lesson review questions Vocabulary practice activities Chapter Test Marzano Vocabulary Cards United Streaming Vocabulary Flashcards Chapter Review Body System Models 5 of 18

6 January Electricity and Magnetism Static Electricity Balloon Activity Make a Circuit Compass Demonstration Magnet Exploration with Iron Filings 6 of 18

7 Static Electricity Electric Currents Magnets Electromagnets Define static electricity Recognize that electrically charged objects attract or repel each other as can be seen from the effects of static electricity Explain what causes an electric field Design and build a simple series circuit using components such as wires, batteries, and bulbs Compare data about physical properties of matter including conduction Recognize that electrical energy can be converted to other forms of energy such as heat, light, and motion Construct a simple compass and use it to detect magnetic Lesson Review Vocabulary Practice Activities Chapter Test Marzano Vocabulary Cards United Streaming Vocabulary Flashcards Chapter Review 7 of 18

8 effects Recognize that magnets have two poles, labeled north and south, and that like poles repel each other while unlike poles attract each other Recognize that all electric currents produce magnetic effects Identify how electromagnets are useful to people February Electricity and Magnetism/Earthquakes and Volcanoes Science, Technology, Society Science, Technology, Society Science, Technology, Society 8 of 18

9 Static Electricity Balloon Activity Make a Circuit Compass Demonstration Magnet Exploration with Iron Filings Static Electricity Electric Currents Magnets Electromagnets Define static electricity Recognize that electrically charged objects attract or repel each other as can be seen from the effects of static electricity Explain what causes an electric field Design and build a simple series circuit using components such as wires, batteries, and bulbs Compare data about physical Lesson Review Vocabulary Practice Activities Chapter Test Marzano Vocabulary Cards United Streaming Vocabulary Flashcards Chapter Review 9 of 18

10 properties of matter including conduction Recognize that electrical energy can be converted to other forms of energy such as heat, light, and motion Construct a simple compass and use it to detect magnetic effects Recognize that magnets have two poles, labeled north and south, and that like poles repel each other while unlike poles attract each other Recognize that all electric currents produce magnetic effects Identify how electromagnets are useful to people 10 of 18

11 Layers of the Earth The Causes of Earthquakes Volcano Formation Recognize and describe the layers of Earth Describe how slabs of Earth's crust and upper mantle move. Explain what causes an earthquake Describe where eathquakes occur Explain various ways to measure earthquakes describe how volcanoes form identify three types of volcanoes give examples of how volcano eruptions can be harmful and how they have good effects on the land around them Lesson Review Vocabulary Practice Activities Chapter Test Marzano Vocabulary Cards United Streaming Vocabulary Flashcards Chapter Review Volcano model construction Layers of Earth flip book Apple Investigation Make an earthquake model 11 of 18

12 March Earthquakes and Volcanoes/Fossils Science, Technology, Society Science, Technology, Society Science, Technology, Society Layers of the Earth The Causes of Earthquakes Volcano Formation Fossil Formation What we can learn from fossils Fossil fuel formation Recognize and describe the layers of Earth Describe how slabs of Earth's crust and upper mantle move. Explain what causes an earthquake Describe where eathquakes occur Explain various ways to measure Lesson Review Vocabulary Practice Activities Chapter Test Marzano Vocabulary Cards United Streaming Vocabulary Flashcards Chapter Review Volcano model construction Layers of Earth flip 12 of 18

13 earthquakes book describe how Apple Investigation volcanoes form Make an identify three types earthquake model of volcanoes Making a fossil give examples of investigation how volcano eruptions can be harmful and how they have good effects on the land around them What kinds of rocks store petroleum investigation Analyze the scientific explanation of how fossils form, by using scientific evidence Describe the steps involved in fossil formation Compare and contrast various methods of fossil preservation Analyze and interpret sets of footprints in order to communicate valid conclusions based on direct evidence Explain methods 13 of 18

14 used to date rocks and fossils Identify some of the species that lived on Earth long ago, and compare them to existing species Conclude why fossils are important to both the present and the past Compare the three types of fossil fuels Describe the formation of coal Explain where petroleum and natural gas are found April Fossils/Oceans 14 of 18

15 Fossil Formation What we can learn from fossils Fossil fuel formation Analyze the scientific explanation of how fossils form, by using scientific evidence Describe the steps involved in fossil formation Compare and contrast various methods of fossil preservation Analyze and interpret sets of footprints in order to communicate valid conclusions based on direct evidence Explain methods used to date rocks and fossils Identify some of the species that lived on Lesson Review Vocabulary Practice Activities Chapter Test Marzano Vocabulary Cards United Streaming Vocabulary Flashcards Chapter Review Making a fossil investigation What kinds of rocks store petroleum investigation 15 of 18

16 Earth long ago, and compare them to existing species Conclude why fossils are important to both the present and the past Compare the three types of fossil fuels Describe the formation of coal Explain where petroleum and natural gas are found 16 of 18

17 May Fossils/Oceans The Role Oceans Play in the Water Cycle The Motions of Oceans What the Ocean Floor is Like Demonstrate how fresh water can be extracted from salt water. Define and describe the process involved in the water cycle. Describe the composition of ocean water. Demonstrate how some ocean currents form Lesson Review Questions Vocabulary Practice Activities Chapter Test Marzano Vocabulary Cards United Streaming Vocabulary Flashcards Chapter Review Fresh Water from Salt Water Investigation Water Currents Investigation 17 of 18

18 Compare and contrast waves, tides, and currents. Explain, in detail, what causes tides to rise and fall. Describe features of the ocean floor. Explain how new ocean floor forms. 18 of 18