Fourth Grade Science Curriculum Guide
Date
Introduced
First Nine Weeks
Standards
Scott Foresman
SAT 10
5. Describe the
interdependence of
plants and animals.
Ch. 4: pp. 110-117
Recognize the relationship
between the number of
organisms and the available
resources.
Describing behaviors
and body structures that
help animals survive in
particular habitats.
Ex.: behaviorsmigration, hibernation,
mimicry; body
structure- quills, fangs,
stingers, webbed feet.
Describing life cycles of
various animals to
include incomplete and
complete
metamorphosis.
Ex: Damsel fly,
mealworms.
Tracing the flow of
energy through a food
chain. Ex: producer,
first-level consumer,
second-level consumer,
and third-level
consumer.
Ch. 1: pp. 26-33
Recognize characteristics of
organisms useful for a given
habitat
Animals Studies
lesson 2-9,
11,14,16
Ch. 1: pp. 20-25
Recognize commonalities in the
life cycles of organisms. Identify
changes in organisms’ life
cycles.
Animals Studies
lessons 4-9, 11,
14, 16
Ch. 3: pp. 86-93.
Predict changes in populations
using a food web.
Animal Studies
Lesson 15.
Ch. 1: pp. 14-33
Identify organisms by given
characteristics.
Animal Studies
Lessons 3-11, 16
Identifying
characteristics of
organisms, including
growth and
development,
reproduction,
acquisition and use of
energy, and response to
the environment
6.
Classify animals as
vertebrates or
invertebrates and as
endotherms or
ectotherms.
Describing the
organization of cells
into tissues, organs, and
organ systems.
Describing the grouping
of organisms into
populations,
communities, and
ecosystems.
Classifying common
organisms into
kingdoms, including
Animalia, Plantae,
Protista, Fungi,
Archaebacteria, and
Eubacteria.
AMSTI Year 1
Ch. 3: pp. 82-95
Ch. 1:
pp. 18-23
Ch. 1: pp. 6-9
Animal Studies
Lesson 3-9, 11,
14, 16
Ch. 3 pp. 79-83
Animals Studies
Lesson 12, 15, 16
Ch. 1: pp. 10-13
Identifying characteristics
common to major groups of
organisms.
AMSTI
Year 2
Fourth Grade Science Curriculum Guide