Newfoundland and Labrador

Unit 1 Rocks, Minerals, and Erosion

• Communicating Using Specific Terminology

  • 25.0 demonstrate that specific terminology is used in science and technology contexts

    • Classify rocks and minerals by color, shape, and texture (4-K.1)
    • Changes to Earth's surface: erosion (4-K.2)
    • Classify rocks as igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic (4-K.6)
    • Label parts of rock cycle diagrams (4-K.8)
    • Select parts of rock cycle diagrams (4-K.9)
    • Introduction to fossils (4-L.1)

• How Can We Compare Rocks?

  • 26.0 compare different rocks from their local area with those from other places

    • Identify rocks using properties (4-K.4)

• How Can We Describe Rocks?

  • 27.0 describe rocks according to their physical properties

    • Identify rocks using properties (4-K.4)
    • Classify rocks as igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic (4-K.6)

  • 6.0 identify appropriate tools, instruments, and materials to complete investigations

• What Can We Learn from Rocks?

  • 28.0 identify and describe clues about Earth's history contained in rocks

    • How do sedimentary rocks form? (4-K.5)
    • Classify rocks as igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic (4-K.6)
    • How do rock layers form? (4-K.7)
    • Label parts of rock cycle diagrams (4-K.8)
    • Select parts of rock cycle diagrams (4-K.9)
    • Introduction to fossils (4-L.1)
    • Interpret evidence from fossils in rock layers (4-L.5)

• How Can We Describe Minerals?

  • 29.0 describe minerals according to their physical properties

    • Classify rocks and minerals by color, shape, and texture (4-K.1)
    • Identify minerals using properties (4-K.3)

• How Can We Describe the Hardness of Minerals?

  • 30.0 demonstrate processes for investigating scientific questions and solving technological problems

  • 7.0 carry out procedures to explore a given problem and to ensure a fair test, controlling major variables

  • 12.0 record observations

  • 21.0 identify new questions or problems that arise from what was learned

  • 23.0 communicate procedures and results

  • 31.0 compare the results of their investigations to those of others and recognize that results may vary

• How Do We Use Rocks and Minerals?

  • 32.0 describe examples, in the home and at school, of tools, techniques, and materials that may be used to respond to their needs

  • 33.0 relate the characteristics of rocks and minerals to their uses

• How Has Mining Technology Improved?

  • 34.0 describe examples of modern technologies that did not exist in the past

  • 35.0 identify examples of scientific questions and technological problems that are currently being studied

• What Are Some Effects of Using Rocks and Minerals?

  • 36.0 consider the positive and negative effects of familiar technologies

  • 37.0 contemplate their own and their family's impact on natural resources

  • 38.0 describe how personal actions help conserve natural resources and care for living things and their habitats

• What Shapes Landscapes?

  • 39.0 describe effects of wind, water, and ice on the landscape

    • Changes to Earth's surface: erosion (4-K.2)

• How Can We Model Weathering and Erosion?

  • 40.0 model examples of weathering and erosion

  • 41.0 explore how science and technology have been used to solve problems in the home and at school

    • Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent erosion (4)

• How Does Erosion Affect Landscapes?

  • 1.0 propose questions to investigate and practical problems to solve

  • 3.0 state a prediction and a hypothesis

  • 9.0 follow procedures

  • 11.0 make observations and collect information that is relevant to the question or problem

• How Can We Reduce Soil Erosion?

  • 42.0 describe how soil is formed from rocks

  • 43.0 describe instances where scientific ideas and discoveries have led to new inventions and applications

    • Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent erosion (4)

• What Causes Rapid Changes to Landscapes?

  • 44.0 describe natural phenomena that cause rapid and significant changes to the landscape

    • Changes to Earth's surface: earthquakes (4-N.1)
    • Changes to Earth's surface: volcanic eruptions (4-N.2)

Unit 2 Sound

• Communicating Using Specific Terminology

  • 25.0 demonstrate that specific terminology is used in science and technology contexts

• What Can We Hear?

  • 45.0 identify objects by the sounds they make

• What Makes Sound?

  • 46.0 relate vibrations to sound production

• How Does Sound Travel?

  • 47.0 compare how vibrations travel differently through a variety of solids and liquids and through air

  • 21.0 identify new questions or problems that arise from what was learned

• How Do Our Ears Detect Sound?

  • 48.0 investigate and describe how the human ear is designed to detect vibrations

• How Does Technology Help Us Hear?

  • 49.0 describe examples of tools and techniques that extend our senses and enhance our ability to gather data and information about the world

• How Can We Change Pitch and Loudness of Sound?

  • 50.0 demonstrate and describe how the pitch and loudness of sounds can be modified

  • 2.0 rephrase questions in a testable form

  • 3.0 state a prediction and a hypothesis

• What Can Humans and Other Animals Hear?

  • 51.0 compare the range of sounds heard by humans to that heard by other animals

• How Do We Use Sound?

  • 32.0 describe examples, in the home and at school, of tools, techniques, and materials that can be used to respond to their needs

  • 52.0 describe scientific and technological activities carried out by people from different cultures

  • 13.0 identify and use a variety of sources and technologies to gather relevant information

• How Did Canadians Invent New Ways to Use Sound?

  • 53.0 provide examples of Canadians who have contributed to science and technology

• Constructing a Useful Sound-Related Device

  • 30.0 demonstrate processes for investigating scientific questions and solving technological problems

  • 8.0 select and use tools

  • 19.0 suggest improvements to a design or constructed object

  • 20.0 evaluate personally constructed devices

  • 24.0 work with group members to evaluate processes used in solving a problem

• When is Sound Harmful?

  • 36.0 consider the positive and negative effects of familiar technologies

  • 38.0 describe how personal actions help conserve natural resources and care for living things and their habitats

Unit 3 Light

• Communicating Using Specific Terminology

  • 25.0 demonstrate that specific terminology is used in science and technology contexts

    • How do we see objects? (4-E.1)
    • How does light travel and interact with matter? (4-E.2)

• How Do We Use Light?

  • 32.0 describe examples, in the home and at school, of tools, techniques, and materials that may be used to respond to their needs

  • 41.0 explore how science and technology have been used to solve problems in the home and at school

  • 34.0 describe examples of modern technologies that did not exist in the past

  • 54.0 identify women and men in their community who work in science and technology related areas

• Where Does Light Come From?

  • 55.0 identify natural and artificial sources of light in the environment

• How Does Light Help or Harm?

  • 36.0 consider the positive and negative effects of familiar technologies

    • Science literacy: how can a community protect sea turtles? (4-J.1)

  • 37.0 contemplate their own and their family's impact on natural resources

• How Does Light Travel?

  • 56.0 demonstrate that light travels in all directions from a source

    • How do we see objects? (4-E.1)

  • 18.0 draw a conclusion that answers an initial question

• How Do We See Objects?

  • 57.0 distinguish between objects that emit their own light and those that require an external source of light to be seen

    • How do we see objects? (4-E.1)
    • How does light travel and interact with matter? (4-E.2)

• How Does Light Interact with Different Materials?

  • 58.0 investigate how a beam of light interacts with a variety of objects

    • How does light travel and interact with matter? (4-E.2)

  • 9.0 follow procedures

  • 11.0 make observations and collect information that is relevant to the question or problem

• How Can We Change a Shadow?

  • 59.0 investigate and predict how to change the location, shape, and size of an object's shadow

  • 2.0 rephrase questions in a testable form

  • 5.0 devise procedures to carry out a fair test and to solve a practical problem

  • 10.0 select and use tools for measuring

  • 22.0 communicate questions, ideas, and intentions, and listen to others while conducting investigations

• How Can We Change the Direction of Light?

  • 60.0 explore how a variety of media may change the direction of light

    • How does light travel and interact with matter? (4-E.2)

• How Does White Light Form Rainbow Colours?

  • 61.0 demonstrate that white light may be separated into colours

  • 17.0 identify and suggest explanations for patterns and discrepancies in data

• How Do Optical Devices Interact with Light?

  • 62.0 compare how light interacts with a variety of optical devices

  • 14.0 construct and use devices for a specific purpose

• How Does Technology Help Us See?

  • 49.0 describe examples of tools and techniques that extend our senses and enhance our ability to gather data and information about the world

• How Does Light Technology Help People?

  • 43.0 describe instances where scientific ideas and discoveries have led to new inventions and applications

  • 35.0 identify examples of scientific questions and technological problems that are currently being studied

Unit 4 Habitats and Communities

• Communicating Using Specific Terminology

  • 25.0 demonstrate that specific terminology is used in science and technology contexts

    • Introduction to adaptations (4-G.1)
    • Identify roles in food chains (4)

• What Lives in Local Habitats?

  • 63.0 identify a variety of local and regional habitats and their associated populations of plants and animals

    • Identify ecosystems (4-I.1)
    • Describe ecosystems (4-I.2)

• Investigating Local Habitats

  • 4.0 identify various methods for finding answers to questions and solutions to problems, and select one that is appropriate

  • 11.0 make observations and collect information that is relevant to the question or problem

• Why Do Specific Animals Live in Specific Habitats?

  • 64.0 investigate and describe how a variety of local animals are able to meet their basic needs in their habitat

    • Benefits of group behavior: North American caribou (4)

  • 65.0 identify examples of scientific knowledge that have developed from a variety of sources

• How Can We Build an Artificial Habitat?

  • 30.0 demonstrate processes for investigating scientific questions and solving technological problems

  • 1.0 propose questions to investigate and practical problems to solve

  • 14.0 construct and use devices for a specific purpose

  • 19.0 suggest improvements to a design or constructed object

  • 21.0 identify new questions or problems that arise from what was learned

• How Are Plants Adapted to Their Habitat?

  • 66.0 compare the structural adaptations of plants that enable them to thrive in different kinds of places

• How Are Animals Adapted to Their Habitat?

  • 67.0 compare the structural and behavioural adaptations of animals that help them survive in different kinds of places

    • Benefits of group behavior: North American caribou (4)
    • Benefits of group behavior: African wild dogs (4)
    • Benefits of group behavior: leafcutter ants (4)
    • Introduction to adaptations (4-G.1)
    • Animal adaptations: beaks, mouths and necks (4-G.2)
    • Animal adaptations: feet and limbs (4-G.3)
    • Animal adaptations: skins and body coverings (4-G.4)

• Can We Model Animal Camouflage?

  • 3.0 state a prediction and a hypothesis

  • 7.0 carry out procedures to explore a given problem and to ensure a fair test, controlling major variables

  • 16.0 compile and display data

  • 17.0 identify and suggest explanations for patterns and discrepancies in data

  • 23.0 communicate procedures and results

  • 31.0 compare the results of their investigations to those of others and recognize that results may vary

• How Do Organisms Get Their Food?

  • 68.0 classify organisms according to their role in a food chain

    • Identify roles in food chains (4)
    • How does matter move in food chains? (4-I.4)

  • 15.0 classify according to several attributes and create a chart or diagram that shows the method of classifying

• How Do Changes to a Population Affect Other Populations?

  • 69.0 predict how reduction or removal of a plant or animal population affects the rest of the community

    • Interpret food webs (4-I.5)
    • Use food chains to predict changes in populations (5)

• How Does Habitat Loss Affect Plants and Animals?

  • 70.0 relate habitat loss to the endangerment or extinction of plants and animals

• How Do Our Actions Affect Habitats?

  • 37.0 contemplate their own and their family's impact on natural resources

  • 36.0 consider the positive and negative effects of familiar technologies

  • 43.0 describe instances where scientific ideas and discoveries have led to new inventions and applications

• How Can We Take Action on Climate Change?

  • 35.0 identify examples of scientific questions and technological problems that are currently being studied

  • 38.0 describe how personal actions help conserve natural resources and care for living things and their habitats