4th Grade NGSS Science Curriculum - Easy to Print Teacher and Student Journals
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This 4th Grade Science Curriculum is everything you need to teach NGSS 4th grade science standards! It includes 6 complete unit: Energy, Light and Sound Waves, Renewable Energy, Rock Layers and Fossils, Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition, and Animal Structure and Function.
With easy-to-download PDFs (Bonus Files) that include the teacher guide and student journal in one place, picking up this curriculum and teaching it will be a breeze!
4th Grade Science Units Included in this Year Long Bundle
- Energy
- Renewable Energy
- Weathering Erosion and Deposition
- Rock Layers and Fossils
- Light and Sound Waves
- Animal Structure and Function
Each Unit Includes
- Bonus File: One Click PDF for each unit
- Teacher Guide
- Student Journal
- Editable Teaching Slides
- Notes Pages for Each Lesson
- Check for Understanding Google Form for Each Lesson
- Youtube Video Lecture for Each Lesson
- Reading Passages with Questions
- Vocabulary Posters
- Vocabulary List and Journal
- Hands-on Activities
- Science Labs
- Interactive Webquests
- Task Cards
- Review Flip Books to Display on Bulletin Boards
- Review Digital Mystery Picture
- Early Finisher Work
- End of Unit Stem Challenge
- End of Unit Assessment
The Teacher Guide Includes
- Unit Overview
- Quick Links for Digital Resources
- Scope and Sequence
- Lesson Plans
- Materials List
- Tips and Directions for Using the Resources
- Answer Keys
- Printables
What are the Lessons in the 4th Grade Science Units?
The units are broken down into 3-5 parts. Each of the parts has 2-3 activities or lessons that need to be completed. The teacher can choose to break up the lessons as suggested in the lesson plans or modify them to fit the needs of their classroom.
Energy
- Part 1: Energy Basics Lessons - Students will get introduced to the topic with the Seatbelt Article, and get hooked with a vehicle demonstration. Then they will complete an interactive Energy WebQuest.
- Part 2: Potential and Kinetic Energy Lessons - Students will learn about energy with a Flip Book activity and reading passages.
- Part 3: Speed and Energy Lessons - Students will learn about energy transfer, complete a hands-on Pendulum Lab, and practice content with task card review activities.
- Part 4: Energy Transfer Lessons - Students will complete a hands-on Friction and Energy science lab, complete review work, and take the assessment.
- Part 5: Egg in Car Stem Design Challenge Lessons - Students will complete a stem challenge that builds on their previously learned information.
Vocabulary Word List: Energy, restraint system, vehicle, engineer, kinetic, potential, energy transfer, law of conservation, speed, weight, impact, criteria, constraint
Renewable Energy
- Part 1: Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Lessons - Students will get introduced to the topic with a jigsaw activity of 2 reading passages, and get hooked with a hands-on Energy Use science lab.
- Part 2: Renewable Energy Benefits and Drawbacks Lessons - Students will continue learning about renewable energy with a hands-on Capturing Solar Energy science lab and an interactive Renewable Energy Webquest.
- Part 3: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, & Upcycle Lessons - Students will learn about energy transfer, complete a review Flip Book activity, and practice content with task card review activities.
- Part 5: Upcycling Stem Design Challenge Lessons - Students will complete a stem challenge that builds on their previously learned information.
Vocabulary Word List: Renewable energy, nonrenewable energy, fossil fuels, solar energy, wind energy, tidal energy, geothermal energy, hydropower energy, pollution, reduce, recycle, upcycle, criteria, constraint
Weathering, Erosions, and Deposition
- Part 1: Introduction to Waves Lessons - Students will get introduced to the topic with a reading passage, and get hooked with an interactive Weathering, Erosions, and Deposition Webquest.
- Part 2: Weathering Lessons - Students will learn about weathering with a hands-on Weathering science lab and review content with a Flip Book activity.
- Part 3: Erosion and Deposition Lessons - Students will learn about erosion and deposition with 2 hands-on science labs: Water Erosion Lab and Wind Erosion Lab. They will practice content with task card review activities.
- Part 5: Sand Castle Stem Design Challenge Lessons - Students will complete a stem challenge that builds on their previously learned information.
Vocabulary Word List: Canyon, glacier, delta, sand dune, weathering, sediment, expand, contract, rock sculptures, erosion, deposition, landscape, criteria, constraint
Rock Layers and Fossils
- Part 1: Introduction to Rock Layers and Fossils Lessons - Students will get introduced to the topic with a reading passage, and get hooked with a hands-on Rock Layers science lab.
- Part 2: Paleontologist Lessons - Students will learn about rock layers and fossils with a hands-on Fossils Layers science lab and review content with Task Cards.
- Part 3: Digging Into Fossils Lessons - Students will learn about fossils with 2 engaging reading passages. They will practice content in the Flip Book activity.
- Part 5: Fossil Tool Stem Design Challenge Lessons - Students will complete a stem challenge that builds on their previously learned information.
Vocabulary Word List: Rock, sediment, fossil, preserved, organism, paleontologist, extinct, skeleton, exoskeleton, trace fossil, amber, pre-historic criteria, constraint
Sound and Light Waves
- Part 1: Introduction to Waves Lessons - Students will get introduced to the topic with a reading passage, and get hooked with properties of Light Task Cards.
- Part 2: Sound Waves Lessons - Students will learn about sound waves with a hands-on Sound Wave science lab and review content with a Flip Book activity.
- Part 3: Light Waves Lessons - Students will learn about light waves with 2 hands-on science labs: Light Reflection Lab and Water Refraction Lab. They will continue working on their Flip Book activity, and practice content with task card review activities.
- Part 5: Musical Instrument Stem Design Challenge Lessons - Students will complete a stem challenge that builds on their previously learned information.
Vocabulary Word List: Renewable energy, nonrenewable energy, fossil fuels, solar energy, wind energy, tidal energy, geothermal energy, hydropower energy, pollution, reduce, recycle, upcycle, criteria, constraint
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this 4th-grade NGSS Curriculum complete?
- Yes, it is a complete unit. No other units will be added to this curriculum. Revisions may be made on a yearly basis.
Does this science curriculum address all 4th grade NGSS standards?
- Yes, this resource covers all of the NGSS 4th Grade standards. Revisions may be made yearly if needed.
What is the best way to access the files and keep them organized?
- You can access the files in two ways. You can download each resource and teach them whenever you want. The second way is to download the Teacher Guide and Student Journal in the BONUS FILE section. This is where you will find the 6 PDFs.
- There will be a separate PDF for each of the units. The PDF will include everything you need to teach the curriculum with all of the resources at your fingertips.
- Print the Teacher Guide and put it in a binder to reference.
- Print the Student Journals (one for each student you have). You can staple it to create a booklet, bind it, or put it in a binder for the students to have science journals for each unit.
Does this curriculum have a Quick Links for Digital Resources?
- Yes. You can find the Quick Links Page in the beginning of each unit. You can easily access the digital files from one page.
Can I share this curriculum with my team after I purchase it?
- One purchase is for one license or one classroom use. It can be used year after year by the teacher that purchased it.
- If you would like to purchase more licenses for a team of teachers, please do so by adding extra licenses at the checkout page.
Does this resource have a digital version?
- This resource includes over a 100 activities. Each of the activities does not have a digital resource, but there are many digital components to this resource. You can find a "Quick Digital Links" page in the beginning of every unit with the digital resources available.
Which activities offer digital versions as well as a printable version?
- End of unit assessments (Google Forms)
- End of lesson check for understandings (Google Forms)
- Task Cards (Google Slides)
- Some reading comprehension sets (Google Slides)
- Mystery Pictures
- Teacher Slides for each unit (Google Slides)
How is this resource differentiated for the students?
- Neurodivergent and English-learning students were kept in mind when creating this resource.
- Clear directions on every page
- Audio directions on Google Slides
- Tutorial videos before students in Google Slides
- Choice boards with low-tech and high-tech options for projects
- Diverse people images and names are displayed in the unit
- Clear, uncluttered pages
- Few questions on each page
- Varied types of learning activities (hands on, digital, writing, webquests, etc.)
- Visuals to represent words on page or in teacher slides/assessments
Who is this entire year 4th Grade Science Bundle for?
- 4th-grade elementary teachers
- Elementary principals looking for grade-level curriculum
- Homeschool curriculum for 4th-grade science
- Curriculum coordinators for NGSS-aligned schools
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NGSS Standards Alignment
This Resource Includes Every NGSS Standard for 4th Grade Science. It is also in a constant state of revision, so if changes are made to the NGSS standards, the resources will be modified.
NGSS Alignment 4th Grade Energy
- 4-PS3-1 Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
- 4-PS3-2 Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
- 4-PS3-3 Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide.
- 4-PS3-4 Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
NGSS Alignment 4th Grade From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
- 4-LS1-1 Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
- 1-LS1-1 Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their need
NGSS Alignment 4th Grade Earth and Human Activity
- 4-ESS3-1 Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.
- 4-ESS3-2 Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.*
NGSS Alignment 4th grade Earth's Systems and Earth's Place in the Universe
- 4-ESS1-1 Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
- 4-ESS2-1. Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
- 4-ESS2-2 Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.
NGSS Alignment 4th Grade Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
- 4-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
- 4-PS4-1 Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
- 4-PS4-2 Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
- 4-PS4-3 Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information.
NGSS Alignment 3-5 Engineering Design
3-5-ETS1-1 Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost
3-5-ETS1-2 Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
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