Science Curriculum Timeline
Fourth Grade
First Marking
Topic:
Physical Science
Second Marking
Topic:
Kent County Units:
Gist:
-Estimation and
Measurement
- States of Matter
Scope Units:
Measuring Properties of
Matter
Kent County Units:
Gist:
- Forms of Energy
- Magnets
- Electrical Circuits
Scope Units:
-Energy Transfer and
Change
-Magnetism
Months:
November/
December
Kent County Units:
Gist:
- Fossils
- Sun Moon and Earth
GLCE’s:
Heat, electricity, and
magnetism
Third Marking
Topic:
Sun, Moon, and Earth
Fourth Marking
Topic:
Relationship and
Requirements of Living
Things
Kent County Units:
Gist:
- Adaptations and Food
Webs
Scope Units:
Motion in the Solar
System
Scope Units:
Order and Organization
Months:
February/ March
Months:
April/June
GLCE’s:
GLCE’s:
GLCE’s:
P.PM.04.16
Measure the weight
(spring scale) and mass
(balances) in grams or
kilograms of objects.
P.EN.04.12
Identify heat and
electricity as forms of
energy.
E.ST.04.11
Identify the sun and
moon as common
objects in the sky.
P.PM.04.17
Measure the volume of
liquids in milliliters and
liters.
P.EN.04.41
Demonstrate how
temperature can be
increased in a
substance by adding
energy.
E.ST.04.12
Compare and contrast
the characteristics of
the sun, moon, and
Earth, including relative
distances and abilities
to support life.
L.OL.04.15
Determine that plants
require air, water, light,
and a source of energy
and building material
for growth and repair.
Months:
September/October
P.PM.04.23
Compare and contrast
the states (solid, liquid,
and gas) of matter.
P.CM.04.11
Explain how matter can
change from one state
(solid, liquid, and gas)
to another by heating
and cooling.
P.EN.04.42
Describe heat as the
energy produced when
substances burn,
certain kinds of
materials rub against
each other, and when
electricity flows through
wire.
P.EN.04.43
Describe how heat is
produced through
electricity, rubbing and
burning.
P.EN.04.51
Demonstrate how
E.ST.04.21
Describe the orbit of
the Earth around the
sun as it defines a
year.
E.ST.04.22
Explain that the spin of
the Earth creates day
and night.
E.ST.04.23
Describe the motion of
the moon around the
Earth.
E.ST.04.24
L.OL.04.16
Determine that animals
require air, water and a
source of energy and
building material for
growth and repair.
L.EV.04.21
Identify individual
differences (color, leg
length, size, wing size,
leaf shape) in
organisms of the same
kind.
L.EV.04.22
Identify how variations
in physical
characteristics of
individual organisms
give them an
advantage for survival
and reproduction.
electrical energy is
transferred and
changed through the
use of a simple circuit.
P.EN.04.52
Demonstrate magnetic
effects in a simple
electric circuit.
Explain how the visible
shape of the moon
follows a predictable
cycle, which takes
approximately a month.
E.ST.04.25
P.PM.04.53
Identify objects that
are good conductors or
poor conductors of heat
and electricity.
P.PM.04.33
Demonstrate magnetic
field by observing the
patterns formed with
iron filings using a
variety of magnets.
L.EC.04.11
Identify organisms as
part of a food chain or
food web.
L.EC.04.21
Explain how
environmental changes
can produce a change
in the food web.
E.ST.04.31
Explain how fossils
provide evidence of
Earth’s past.
E.ST.04.32
Compare and contrast
life forms found in
fossils and organisms
that exist today.
P.PM.04.34
Demonstrate that
magnetic objects are
affected by the
strength of the magnet
and the distance from
the magnet.
Kent County
Vocabulary:
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Vocabulary:
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Vocabulary:
Kent County
Vocabulary:
Prerequisite
Vocabulary:
Prerequisite
Vocabulary:
Prerequisite
Vocabulary:
Prerequisite
Vocabulary:
Estimation and
Measurement:
above
data
meter (m)
second
balance
hour
meter stick
temperature
below
kilometer (km)
minute
thermometer
cause and effect
length
observation
volume
centimeter (cm)
Forms of Energy:
energy
light
substance
thermometer
forms of energy
sound
temperature
Fossils:
clay
feather
ore
skin
coal
lens
rock
soil
Earth
minerals
sand
texture
erosion
oil
Adaptations and
Food Webs:
animal
contrast
harmful effects
shape
basic needs
environment
helpful effects
size
characteristic
food
organism
source
claw
function
physical
characteristic
survival
Magnets:
attract
magnet
push
repel
force
pull
Electrical Circuits:
energy
Sun Moon and Earth:
compare
gravity
mass
ruler
weight
States of Matter:
compare
cool
mass
volume
contrast
liquid
solid
New:
Estimation and
Measurement:
gram (g)
liter (L)
milliliter (mL)
spring scale
kilogram (kg)
States of Matter:
definite (as related to
shape)
gas
matter
states of matter
Enrichment
Vocabulary:
Estimation and
Measurement:
: (colon sign)
day
metric ton
precision
º (degree sign)
decade
metric unit of
measure
procedure
a.m.
degree
midnight
quart (qt)
appropriate
duration
mile (m)
reasonable
balance
forms of energy
light
safety
force
New:
Forms of Energy:
battery
decrease
Fahrenheit
heat
Celsius
electricity
friction
increase
conductor
evident
good conductor
poor conductor
Magnets:
compass
lines of force
magnetic force
magnetic poles
iron filings
magnetic field
Electrical Circuits:
appliance
device
generator
poor conductor
battery
electric current
good conductor
power source
bulb
electrical energy
lines of force
simple circuit
closed circuit
electricity
magnetic field
wire
conductor
energy transfer
open circuit
Enrichment
Vocabulary:
light
seasons
contrast
heat
reflection
Sun
Earth
compare
habitat
plant
survive
New:
Sun Moon and Earth:
ability to support life
distance
orbit
revolution
apparent movement
Earth's axis
phases of the Moon
rotation
breathable
atmosphere
Moon
predictable cycle
star
capable
natural satellite
produce light
visible shape
cycle
night
relative distance
year
day
Adaptations and
Food Webs:
advantage
decomposer
observable features
reproduce
affect
enable
obtain
reproduction
building material
food chain
populations
requirements for life
camouflage
food web
predator
similarities and
differences in
organisms
coloring
individual differences
prey
source of energy
community
inherit
producer
variations
consumer
location
repair
Enrichment
Vocabulary:
Enrichment
Vocabulary:
Fossils:
ancient life form
index fossils
modern life form
relative age
cast
life form
mold
river bed
dinosaur
Adaptations and
Food Webs:
acquired
communication of
danger
instinct
parasitic relationship
adaptation
countershading
learned behavior
New:
Fossils:
evidence
fossil
life forms
Fahrenheit scale (F)
milligram (mg)
scale
boiling point*
foot (ft)
millimeter (mm)
scientific
investigation
calendar
freezing point*
month
space (related to
volume)
capacity
gallon (gal)
night
theory
Celsius scale (C)
generalization
observation
time
century
graphs
ounce (oz)
ton (t)
clock
height
p.m.
week
colon
hypothesis*
pint (pt)
width
conclusion
inch (in.)
platform
yard (yd)
convert
interval
pound (lb)
yard stick
cup (c)
metric measurement
system*
precise
year
States of Matter
absorb
freeze
molecule
space (related to
volume)
Forms of Energy:
conduct
insulator (nonconductor)
resistance
shock
conduction
radiometer
mammoth
molten rock
rock layer
extinct
mastodon
prehistoric animals
tracks
imprint
Magnets:
like poles
magnetic compass
north pole
south pole
lodestone
magnetic repulsion
opposite poles
three-dimensional
magnetic attraction
magnetite
pole
Sun Moon and Earth:
approximately
diameter
month
solar system
clockwise
Earth's orbit
planet
spin
counter-clockwise
gas
relative position
Sun's position
crater
gaseous surface
seasonal change
vegetation
Electrical Circuits:
conduct
electromagnet
insulator
shock
conduction
frayed electric cord
power lines
spark
electrocution
hazard
resistance
switch
plant adaptations
animal adaptations
detrimental
mimicry
produce food
behavior
endangered
mutually beneficial
relationship
protective
adaptations
beneficial
extinct
nutrients
threatened
carnivore
herbivore
omnivore
condensation
invisible
phase change
three dimensional
evaporate
metric unit of
measurement
physical change
Vocabulary:
weight
spring scale
grams
kilograms
balance
volume
liter (L)
milliliter (mL)
matter
states of matter
solid
liquid
gas
definite
compare
contrast
mass
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
heat
electricity
energy
evident
temperature
thermometer
Celsius
Fahrenheit
increase
decrease
substance
electric current
friction
simple circuit
open circuit
closed circuit
battery
wire
bulb
power source
energy transfer
conductor
compass
magnet
magnetic field
magnetic poles
lines of force
iron filings
attract
repel
generator
device
appliance
Earth
sun
moon
star observe
reflect
ability to support life
produce light
breathable atmosphere
revolution
orbit
rotation
Earth’s axis
phases of the moon
day
night
cycle
seasons
year
natural satellite
relative distance
capable
visible shape
predictable cycle
apparent movement
plants
animals
source of energy
building material
requirements for life
repair
individual differences
organisms
observable features
enable
obtain
coloring
similarities and
differences in
organisms
camouflage
predator
prey
litter
food chain
food web
producers
consumers
decomposers
populations
environment
affect
survival
reproduce
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Technology:
Technology:
Technology:
Technology:
Lab Kits:
Lab Kits:
fossil
evidence
variations
physical characteristics
survival
Lab Kits:
Lab Kits: