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Grade 4

Core Unit: Cells and Systems

Journeys in Science 4
  • chapter 15: "Cells, Tissues, Organs, and Systems"
    • Silver Burdett and Ginn Science 4
  • chapter 13: "Using Food"

    • Core Unit: Forms of Energy

    Journeys in Science 4
  • chapter 11: "Energy of Motion"
  • chapter 12: "Forms of Energy"
    • Keepers of the Earth
  • story: "Loo-Wit, the Fire Keeper"
  • activities:
    "The Energy Experience"
    "Energy: Lose It as You Use It"
    "Sun Circle"
    • SEEDS 3
  • activities 1 to 15 (These are listed in Grade 4 Science Core Unit: Fossils and Rocks as well.)
    • SEEDS 4
  • activities 1 to 4, and 7 to 11
    • SEEDS 5
  • activities 1 to 5
    • Silver Burdett and Ginn Science 4
  • chapter 6: "Energy and Machines"
  • chapter 7: "Heat Energy"

    • Core Unit: Fossils and Rocks

    Journeys in Science 4
  • chapter 5: "Building Up the Crust"
  • chapter 6: "Learning About the Earth's Past"
    • Keepers of the Earth
  • story: "Old Man Coyote and the Rock"
  • activities:
    "Rock to Rock"
    "Rock Charades"
    • SEEDS 3
  • activities 1 to 15 (These are listed in Grade 4 Science Core Unit: Forms of Energy as well.)
    • SEEDS 4
  • activities 12 to 20
    • SEEDS 5
  • activities 11 to 14
    • Silver Burdett and Ginn Science 4
  • chapter 9: "Rocks and Minerals"

    • A Vanished World: The Dinosaurs of Western Canada is an excellent resource book for this subject. It is available through the provincial network of libraries.

    A kit containing a representative sampling of the rocks of Saskatchewan may be obtained from Saskatchewan Energy and Mines. For availability and price contact:

    Publications Branch
    Saskatchewan Energy and Mines
    1914 Hamilton Street
    Regina, SK
    S4P 4V4

    Some science computer software enables the user to answer a series of questions about a mineral, including such things as hardness. The questions help to identify the mineral. Investigate the possibility of including Computer Assisted Learning software such as this.

    Core Unit: Predicting Weather

    Journeys in Science 4
  • chapter 1: "Moving Air"
  • chapter 2: "Cloudy Weather"
  • chapter 3: "Measuring and Predicting the Weather"
    • Keepers of the Earth
  • story: "Gluscabi and the Wind Eagle"
  • activities:
    "From Whence the Wind?"
    "Things that Blow in on the Wind"
    • Silver Burdett and Ginn Science 3
  • chapter 11: "The Weather Around You"
    • Silver Burdett and Ginn Science 4
  • chapter 11: "Measuring Weather"

    • For more information about weather, you can order Learning Weather from:

    Dept. of Supply and Services
    Canadian Government Publication Center
    Ottawa, ON
    K1A 0S9.

    There is a minimal charge for the kit. It is designed for the Middle Level, although it can provide some useful ideas for Elementary Level teachers. The booklet entitled "Mapping Weather" is particularly useful in grade 4. It consists of a number of maps and exercises related to those maps.

    Other information on weather can be obtained by contacting:

    Environment Canada
    Atmospheric Environment Service
    P.O. Box 4800
    Regina, SK
    S4P 3Y4.

    The Guide to Farm Practice in Saskatchewan, available free of charge from extension agrologists, is an excellent resource. The first section, "The Agricultural Climate of Saskatchewan", identifies the mean annual growing degree-days, mean monthly precipitation, the frost-free season, and other useful information. At the end of the section is a sub-section titled "Weather Processes and Forecasting" and a list of references and additional readings, which are of particular interest.

    Optional Unit: Electricity and Magnetism

    Journeys in Science 4
  • chapter 7: "Electric Charges and Magnetism"
  • chapter 8: "Current Electricity"
    • Silver Burdett and Ginn Science 4
  • chapter 8: "Electricity and Magnetism"
    • Silver Burdett and Ginn Science 5
  • chapter 7: "Understanding Electricity"
    • Silver Burdett and Ginn Science 6
  • chapter 9: "Using Electricity"

    • Optional Unit: Light

    Journeys in Science 4
  • chapter 9: "Light in Our World"
  • chapter 10: "How Light Behaves"
    • Silver Burdett and Ginn Science 6
  • chapter 6: "Light Energy"

    • Optional Unit: Nutrition and Digestion

    Journeys in Science 4
  • chapter 16: "Nutrients for Your Body"
    • Journeys in Science 5
  • chapter 14: "The Digestive System"
    • Silver Burdett and Ginn Science 3
  • chapter 14: "Nutrition"
    • Silver Burdett and Ginn Science 4
  • chapter 13: "Using Food"

    • Optional Unit: Plant Diversity

    Journeys in Science 3
  • chapter 12: "Plant and Plant Responses"
  • chapter 13: "Plant Adaptations"
    • Silver Burdett and Ginn Science 4
  • chapter 2: "The World of Plants"
  • chapter 4: "How Living Things Survive"

    • Optional Unit: Senses

    Silver Burdett and Ginn Science 4
  • chapter 14: "The Sense Organs"

    • Optional Unit: Vertebrates and Invertebrates

    Journeys in Science 4
  • chapter 13: "Animals With Backbones"
  • chapter 14: "Animals Without Backbones"
    • Keepers of the Earth
  • story: "Kokopilau, the Hump-Backed Flute Player"
  • activities:
    "Creating Kokopilau"
    "Busy as a Bee"
    • Project Wild activities
  • "Bearly Born"
  • "Ants on a Twig"
  • "Interviewing a Spider"
  • "Grasshopper Gravity"
  • "Microtrek Scavenger Hunt"
  • "Eco-enrichers"
  • "Urban Nature Search"
    • Silver Burdett and Ginn Science 5
  • chapter 2: "Animals Without a Backbone"
  • chapter 3: "Animals With a Backbone"

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