Fourth Grade Science Curriculum Guide

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