Saskatchewan Curriculum Outcomes: Grade 4
Skills available for Saskatchewan Grade 4 science standards
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Life Science
Habitats and Communities
HC4.1 Investigate the interdependence of plants and animals, including humans, within habitats and communities.
HC4.1 Investigate the interdependence of plants and animals, including humans, within habitats and communities.
HC4.2 Analyze the structures and behaviours of plants and animals that enable them to exist in various habitats.
Adaptations
Group behaviour
HC4.2 Analyze the structures and behaviours of plants and animals that enable them to exist in various habitats.
Adaptations
Group behaviour
HC4.3 Assess the effects of natural and human activities on habitats and communities, and propose actions to maintain or restore habitats
HC4.3 Assess the effects of natural and human activities on habitats and communities, and propose actions to maintain or restore habitats
Physical Science
Light
LI4.1 Investigate the characteristics and physical properties of natural and artificial sources of light in the environment.
LI4.1 Investigate the characteristics and physical properties of natural and artificial sources of light in the environment.
LI4.2 Analyze how light interacts with different objects and materials to create phenomena such as shadows, reflection, refraction, and dispersion.
LI4.2 Analyze how light interacts with different objects and materials to create phenomena such as shadows, reflection, refraction, and dispersion.
LI4.3 Assess personal, societal, and environmental impacts of light-related technological innovations including optical devices.
LI4.3 Assess personal, societal, and environmental impacts of light-related technological innovations including optical devices.
Sound
SO4.1 Explore natural and artificial sources of sound in the environment and how those sounds are detected by humans and animals.
SO4.1 Explore natural and artificial sources of sound in the environment and how those sounds are detected by humans and animals.
SO4.2 Draw conclusions about the characteristics and physical properties of sound, including pitch and loudness, based on observation.
SO4.2 Draw conclusions about the characteristics and physical properties of sound, including pitch and loudness, based on observation.
SO4.3 Assess personal, societal, and environmental impacts of sound-related technologies.
SO4.3 Assess personal, societal, and environmental impacts of sound-related technologies.
Earth and Space Science
Rocks, Minerals, and Erosion
RM4.1 Investigate physical properties of rocks and minerals, including those found in the local environment.
RM4.1 Investigate physical properties of rocks and minerals, including those found in the local environment.
RM4.2 Assess how human uses of rocks and minerals impact self, society, and the environment.
RM4.2 Assess how human uses of rocks and minerals impact self, society, and the environment.
RM4.3 Analyze how weathering, erosion, and fossils provide evidence to support human understanding of the formation of landforms on Earth.
Rocks
Weathering
Erosion
Fossils
RM4.3 Analyze how weathering, erosion, and fossils provide evidence to support human understanding of the formation of landforms on Earth.
Rocks
Weathering
Erosion
Fossils