Science Long Range Plans—Grade 4

2007-2008  

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School Calendar

Days

Topic

Resources/ Assessments

August 2007

 

 

 

 

 

X

2

3

1-2

Unity & Diversity

(12 Days total) Aug 3rd-14th

Classifying living, non-living, once living / Plant/animal cells, seeds, fungi, etc …..

SC-04

3.4.1, 3.4.3, 3.4.2

6

7

8

9

10

3-7

Classifying living, non-living, once living / Plant/animal cells, seeds, fungi, etc …..

SC-04

3.4.1, 3.4.3, 3.4.2

13

14

15

16

17

8-12

Classifying living, non-living, once living / Plant/animal cells, seeds, fungi, etc ….. assessment

SC-04

3.4.1, 3.4.3, 3.4.2

20

21

22

23

24

13-17

Structures & Functions

( 4 weeks) Aug 20th- Sept 14th

Animal Growth adaptations, life cycles, Aug 20th-Aug 31st (10 days) / Basic needs/ growth, adaptations, survival, behaviors, (learned/ inherited), life cycles/ reproduction

SC-04

3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.3. 3.4.4

 

27

28

29

30

31

18-22

Animal Growth adaptations, life cycles, / Basic needs/ growth, adaptations, survival, behaviors, (learned/ inherited), life cycles/ reproduction

SC-04

3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.3. 3.4.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September

 

 

 

X

4

5

6

7

23-26

Plant Growth / Adaptations ( 9 days) Sept 4th-Sept 14th / Basic need/ growth/ photosynthesis, adaptations/ survival, life cycle/ reproductions

SC-04

3.4.1, 3.4.3, 3.4.4, 4.6.2, 4.7.1

 

10

11

12

13

14

27-31

Plant Growth / Adaptations / Basic need/ growth/ photosynthesis, adaptations/ survival, life cycle/ reproductions

SC-04

3.4.1, 3.4.3, 3.4.4, 4.6.2, 4.7.1

 

17

18

19

20

21

32-36

Interdependence

(23 days) Sept 17th-Oct 26th

Habitats/Ecosystems/ Food Chains (13 days)Sept 17th-Oct 3rd / Producers, consumers, decomposers, food chain/ web. Types of Ecosystems

SC-04

3.4.2, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7.1

24

25

26

27

28

37-41

Habitats/Ecosystems/ Food Chains (13 days)Sept 17th-Oct 3rd / Producers, consumers, decomposers, food chain/ web. Types of Ecosystems

SC-04

3.4.2, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7.1

October

 

 

 

1

2

3

X

X

42-44

Habitats/Ecosystems/ Food Chains / Producers, consumers, decomposers, food chain/ web. Types of Ecosystems

SC-04

3.4.2, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7.1

X

X

X

X

X

 

Fall Academy

 

15

16

17

18

19

45-49

Environmental Change/ Beneficial & Harmful (10 days) Oct 15th-Oct 26th / Changes in environment, human/ natural causes, slow/rapid changes, recycling, erosion & weathering

SC-04

4.6.1, 4.7.1, 4.7.2

22

23

24

25

26

50-54

Environmental Change/ Beneficial & Harmful / Changes in environment, human/ natural causes, slow/rapid changes, recycling, erosion & weathering

SC-04

4.6.1, 4.7.1, 4.7.2

29

30

31

 

 

55-57

Earth & Universe

(31 days) Oct 29th- Dec 14th

Earth’s surface (14 days) Oct 29th – Nov 16th / Layers of the earth, rock cycle, tectonic plate movement, earthquake, volcano, tsunami

SC-04

2.3.1, 2.3.2

November

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

58-59

Earth’s surface / Layers of the earth, rock cycle, tectonic plate movement, earthquake, volcano, tsunami

SC-04

2.3.1, 2.3.2

5

X

7

8

9

60-63

Earth’s surface / Layers of the earth, rock cycle, tectonic plate movement, earthquake, volcano, tsunami

SC-04

2.3.1, 2.3.2

12

13

14

15

16

64-68

Earth’s surface / Layers of the earth, rock cycle, tectonic plate movement, earthquake, volcano, tsunami

SC-04

2.3.1, 2.3.2

19

20

X

X

X

69-70

Fossils (Nov 19th- Nov 30th) / Change over time, rock cycle, fossil fuels

SC-04

2.3.1, 2.3.2, 3.5.1, 4.6.2

26

27

28

29

30

71-75

Fossils / Change over time, rock cycle, fossil fuels

SC-04

2.3.1, 2.3.2, 3.5.1, 4.6.2

December

 

 

 

3

4

5

6

7

76-80

Weather (10 days) Dec 3rd - Dec 14th / Atmosphere, clouds, forecasting/predicting, instruments, water cycle

SC-04

2.3.1, 2.3.3, 2.3.4

10

11

12

13

14

81-85

Weather / Atmosphere, clouds, forecasting/predicting, instruments, water cycle

SC-04

2.3.1, 2.3.3, 2.3.4

X

X

X

X

X

 

 

 


 

School Calendar

Days

Topic

Resources/ Assessments

January 2008

 

 

 

 

X

2

3

4

86-88

Solar System/ Seasons/ Earth’s rotation (13 days) Jan 2-Jan 18th / Objects in the sky /planets/ sun/ moon, moon phases, seasons, day and night

SC-04

2.3.4, 2.3.3, 2.3.5, 4.6.2

7

8

9

10

11

89-93

 

 

14

15

16

17

18

94-98

 

 

X

22

23

24

25

99-102

Structure and Transformation of Matter (14 days) Jan 22nd- Feb 8th

 

28

29

30

31

 

103-106

Matter

SC-04-1.1.1, 4.6.5

February

 

 

States of Matter, Measuring Matter, Physical and Chemical changes

 

 

 

 

1

107

 

 

4

5

6

7

8

108-112

 

 

11

12

13

14

15

113-117

Energy Transformation (24 days) Feb 11th- March 14th

 

X

19

20

21

22

118-121

Heat (5 days) Feb 11th-Feb 15th

SC-04-1.1.1, 4.6.5

Friction/burning/ rubbing, conductors/ insulators, transfer of heat

25

26

27

28

29

122-126

Electricity / Magnetism  (9 days) Feb 19th-Feb 29th

SC-04-4.6.3,

Charges, current, circuits, conductors & insulators, interactions with other magnets, poles, magnetic fields

March

 

 

 

3

4

5

6

7

127-131

Light (5 days) March 3rd- March 7th