📗 YEAR 4 SCIENCE – FULL CURRICULUM

A. Materials

1. Identify properties of an object

2. Compare properties of objects

3. Compare properties of materials

4. Identify materials in objects

5. Identify multiple materials in objects

B. States of matter

1. Classify matter as solid, liquid or gas

2. Identify solids, liquids and gases

3. Sort solids, liquids and gases

C. Phase change

1. Change of state diagrams: solid, liquid and gas

2. Heating, cooling and changes of state

D. Physical and chemical change

1. Identify physical and chemical changes

2. Compare physical and chemical changes

E. Mixtures

1. Identify mixtures

F. Force and motion

1. Identify pushes and pulls

2. How do balanced and unbalanced forces affect motion?

3. How do mass and force affect motion?

G. Light

1. How do we see objects?

2. How does light travel and interact with matter?

H. Electricity

1. Introduction to static electricity and charged objects

2. Electric circuits

3. Conductors and insulators

I. Magnets

1. Identify magnets that attract or repel

2. Label magnets that attract or repel

3. Compare strengths of magnetic forces

J. Classification

1. Identify living and non-living things

2. Identify plants and animals

3. Identify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians

4. Identify vertebrates and invertebrates

5. Use evidence to classify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians

6. Use evidence to classify animals

K. Animals

1. Read animal life cycle diagrams

2. Construct animal life cycle diagrams

3. Compare stages of an animal’s life cycle

4. Compare different animals’ life cycles

5. Benefits of group behaviour: North American caribou

6. Benefits of group behaviour: African wild dogs

7. Benefits of group behaviour: leaf-cutter ants

L. Body systems

1. Human organs and their functions

2. Body systems: circulation and respiration

3. Body systems: digestion

4. Body systems: removing waste

5. Body systems: perception and motion

M. Plants

1. Identify plant parts and their functions

2. How do plants make food?

3. Read and construct flowering plant life cycle diagrams

4. How do flowering plants make new plants?

N. Traits

1. Observe and compare traits

2. What affects traits? Use observations to support a hypothesis

O. Adaptations

1. Introduction to adaptations

2. Animal adaptations: beaks, mouths and necks

3. Animal adaptations: feet and limbs

4. Animal adaptations: skins and body coverings

P. Heredity

1. Match offspring to parents using inherited traits

2. Identify inherited and acquired traits

3. Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement

Q. Ecosystems

1. Identify ecosystems

2. Describe ecosystems

3. Identify roles in food chains

4. How does matter move in food chains?

5. Interpret food webs

R. Rocks and minerals

1. Identify minerals using properties

2. Identify rocks using properties

S. Fossils

1. Introduction to fossils

T. Temperature

1. Read a thermometer

2. Compare temperatures on thermometers

U. Water cycle

1. Label parts of water cycle diagrams

2. Select parts of water cycle diagrams

V. Earth events

1. Classify changes to Earth’s surface I

2. Classify changes to Earth’s surface II

3. Find evidence of changes to Earth’s surface

4. Changes to Earth’s surface: earthquakes

5. Changes to Earth’s surface: volcanic eruptions

6. Changes to Earth’s surface: erosion

W. Astronomy

1. Identify the planets in the solar system

X. Engineering practices

1. Solve problems using magnets

2. Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent erosion

3. Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent flooding

Y. Units and measurement

1. Choose units of time

2. Choose units of distance

3. Abbreviate time and length units

4. Abbreviate mass and volume units