Saskatchewan

Life Science

• Habitats and Communities

  • HC4.1 Investigate the interdependence of plants and animals, including humans, within habitats and communities.

    • Identify ecosystems (4-I.1)
    • Describe ecosystems (4-I.2)
    • Identify roles in food chains (4-I.3)
    • How does matter move in food chains? (4-I.4)
    • Interpret food webs (4-I.5)
    • Use food chains to predict changes in populations (5)

  • HC4.2 Analyze the structures and behaviours of plants and animals that enable them to exist in various habitats.

    • Benefits of group behavior: North American caribou (4)
    • Benefits of group behavior: African wild dogs (4)
    • Benefits of group behavior: leafcutter ants (4)
    • Classify fruits and vegetables as plant parts (4-F.1)
    • Identify plant parts and their functions (4-F.2)
    • Identify flower parts and their functions (4-F.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)

  • HC4.3 Assess the effects of natural and human activities on habitats and communities, and propose actions to maintain or restore habitats

    • Science literacy: how can a community protect sea turtles? (4-J.1)
    • Evaluate natural energy sources (4-J.2)

Physical Science

• Light

  • LI4.1 Investigate the characteristics and physical properties of natural and artificial sources of light in the environment.

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

  • LI4.2 Analyze how light interacts with different objects and materials to create phenomena such as shadows, reflection, refraction, and dispersion.

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

  • LI4.3 Assess personal, societal, and environmental impacts of light-related technological innovations including optical devices.

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

• Sound

  • 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.

  • SO4.3 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.

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

  • 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.

    • Changes to Earth's surface: erosion (3-N.6)
    • Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent erosion (3-O.2)
    • How do sedimentary rocks form? (4-K.5)
    • Classify rocks as igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic (4-K.6)
    • Introduction to fossils (4-L.1)
    • Interpret evidence from fossils in rock layers (4-L.5)
    • Changes to Earth's surface: earthquakes (4-N.1)
    • Changes to Earth's surface: volcanic eruptions (4-N.2)