Grade 4 Scott Foresman Reading Street Science Alignment
Earth Science
Reading Street Title Level Topic Section 4.6.5 Exploring the Mysteries of Space above Space The Moon on One Giant Step below Welcome to Space Camp ELL 4.5.5 Life on Mars: The Real Story above Stuart’s Moon Suit on To the Moon below Moons of Our Solar System ELL 4.5.4 Danger: The World Is Getting Hot! above Weather Plants and Animals in Antarctica On Let’s Explore Antarctica below 4.3.5 Rainforest Antarctica – The Science Continent ELL 4.3.4. Wild Weather above Weather The Summer of Hurricane Andrew on Stormy Weather below Watch Out for Hurricanes! ELL 4.3.3 Orbiting the Sun above Sun, Moon Day For Night on Darkness into Light below Meet the Moon! ELL 4.6 Weather and Currents above Weather Water Cycle and Weather on Water and Weather on Earth below 4.7 Hurricanes above 4.8 Fossil Detectives above Rocks and Minerals and Rocks on Minerals Rocks and Minerals below 4.9 Ice! above Earth’s Changes to Earth’s Surface on surface The Changing Surface of the Earth below 4.1.5 Geography of the West 3.6 B Weather Weather 3.6 Weather and Storms 3.6 Weather Record Breakers* 3.5 Follow a Raindrop* Water 3.5B Water cycle 3.5 Earth’s Water 3.7 B Rocks and Soil Rocks and 3.7 Rocks and Soil Beneath soil 3.8 B Changes on Earth Earth’s 3.8 Our Changing Earth surface 3.15 The Sky’s Patterns Seasons, The Sun and the Seasons* Sun, Moon 3.16 B The Solar System 3.16 The Sun and Its Planets 4.17 Eclipse above Earth’s Cycle’s on Rotation, Earth in Motion below Revolution 4.18 The Red Planet above Planets Inner and Outer Planets on Planets below 4.3.5 The Price of a Priceline (??) above Ecosystems Tropical Rain Forest and You on Our Disappearing Rain Forest below No Swimming Today ELL 4.3.1 Tracking Our Class Garden above Sensational Seasons on The Maple Tree below Leaves ELL
Life Science
Reading Title Level Topic Street Section 4.1 Reptile or Amphibian above Classification Classifying Plants and Animals on Plant and Animal Classification below 4.2 Weird Plants above Energy From Plants on Plant Life How Plants Grow and Change below Cycle 4.3 Pond Life above Ecosystems Ecosystems on Life in an Ecosystem below 4.4 Parasitic Life above Changes in Ecosystems on Ecosystems Changes below 4.5 Fighting Infections above The Human Systems of the Human Body on Body The Body’s Systems below 4.3.2 Birds in Flight above Migration Gray Whales on Marvelous Migration below Friendly Giants: California Grey Whales ELL 4.1.1 Florida Everglades : It’s Plants and Animals on Ecosystem Bears in Danger ELL Physical Science
Reading Street Title Level Topic Section 4.10 Wind Power above Natural Using Natural Resources on resources Resources below 4.11 Lighter Than Air above Properties Properties of Matter on of Matter Matter’s Properties below 4.12 How Hot? above Heat Heat on Energy Energy from Heat below 4.13 Poles Apart above Magnets Electricity and Magnetism on and Electric and Magnetic Power below electricity 4.15 Newton and Gravity above Force and Objects in Motion on Motion Motion below 4.1 Tricking the Eye above Harry Houdini: The Man and His Magic on Tricks to Doing Magic below The Case of the Disappearing Sugar ELL 3.12 B Forces and Motion Force and 3.12 How things Move motion 3.12 How Bikes Work * 3.11 Everyday Reactions Chemistry 3.11 B Changes in Matter Matter 3.11 Ways Matter Changes 3.10 B Matter and Its Properties 3.10 How Matter Works 3.13 B Energy Energy 3.13 So Much Energy 3.13 Light * 3.14 B Sound 3.14 How Sound Works 3.14 Sonic Boom * * Science Readers
Technology / Engineering
Reading Title Level Topic Street Section 4.14 Movie Science above Sound and Sound and Light on Light Light and Sound Waves below 4.16 On the Building Site above Machines Simple Machines on Using Simple Machines below 4.19 Great Inventions above Technology Effects of Technology on Impact Technology in the World below 4.6.4 The Wheels on the Bike Go Round and Round above Transportation Fly Like a Bird on Up, Up and Away below Thank You, Sir Isaac Newton!! ELL
Grade 4 Science Earth and Space Sciences
Ideas for Developing Topic Suggested Learning Standard Investigations and Learning Resources Assessment Dates Experiences Weather Winter/ Spring 6. Explain how air Use a collection of classical (not Classroom Resources: Matching- students can temperature, moisture digital) weather instruments that Discover the Wonder Module E- match a visual of the tool Various types of wind speed and clearly show the physical Web: with the purpose precipitation- direction, and principle that makes them work. www.edhelper.com – can create own leads to more precipitation make up Collection includes assessments and activities Discover the Wonder hands on the weather in a thermometer, barometer, rain www.weatherwizkids.com P.E 78 Drama opportunities particular place gauge, hygrometer, and www.ucar.edu/educ_outreach/webweather/ anemometer. Note: A Write about various Other: Destiny (IRC program) – to search “homemade” instrument is often instruments and explain for various titles in schools too inaccurate and unreliable to their purposes be a good weather teaching aid Literacy Closets- will vary among schools by itself. However, when used in combination with a working instrument of similar simple design, it can help students grasp both an important physical concept and its relevance to weather. 7. Distinguish among Measure various forms of Scott Foresman SS program- use climate various forms of precipitation. Bring a measured maps and various chapters to read/research precipitation (rain, snow, sample of snow into the climates sleet, and hail), making classroom, allow it to melt, and connections to the compare the amount of water weather in a particular that results with the original place and time measurement. 8. Describe how An activity to illustrate Write weather report for global patterns such as convection (essential in Newspaper in Education (NIE) given map or students the jet stream and transferring both heat and create own using symbols water currents moisture around the world; and given FCA’s Use weather maps to practice reading and influence local weather drives both wind circulation and in measurable terms ocean currents.) Freeze a dark forecasting the weather
such as temperature, solution of food coloring and wind direction and water in an ice cube tray. Float a Use science forms to write speed, and colored ice cube on water in a up steps in the scientific precipitation transparent container. Discuss process when completing what happens, and how it is various experiments or connected to convection in both demonstrations liquid and gas.
6/22/2010 1 Grade 4 Science Ideas for Developing Topic Suggested Learning Standard Investigations and Learning Resources Assessment Dates Experiences 9. Differentiate between Collect daily temperature and Scott Foresman SS program Graph temperatures in given weather and climate precipitation data, preferably by Discover the Wonder areas and look for observation, at your school. At Newspaper/ internet patterns over time the same time use the internet or Keep calendar/ table of hi a newspaper to collect the same and low temps in various data for a nearby city and a city areas on the west coast of the U.S. After three months, take various averages of the daily data for the three locations. Graph the data. Discuss how the long-term daily weather averages begin to describe each climate. Soil None 4. Explain and give • Observe sand with a hand Classroom Resources: PROJECTS examples of the ways lens. Note how particles Web: Make your own earthworm in which soil is resemble minerals. Observe http://www.edhelper.com/ReadingCompreh farm (see above website) formed (the topsoil with a hand lens. ension_27_3.html (read and answer weathering of rock by Look for fragments of questions) water and wind and organisms. Note differences from the in color, texture, odor, and http://www.blm.gov/nstc/soil/Kids/index.ht decomposition of clumping due to organic ml (focuses on the living things in soil and plant and animal components vs. pure sand. has many activities, including Make Your remains). Mix topsoil and sand Own Earthworm Farm) together in various http://www.ecps.k12.nc.us/dfw/ebaker/Soil proportions to represent Webquest.htm (web quest) samples of types of soils. Reading Street: Other: Science Court TV show on soil Soil: What the earth is made of by Robin Nelson (book) The Amazing Earth Model Book by Donald M. Silver, Patricia J. Wynne (teacher resource book)
The Water None 10. Describe how water • Draw a diagram of the water Classroom Resources: PROJECT Cycle on earth cycles in cycle. Label evaporation, Web: Create a model of the water different forms and in condensation, and http://www.kidzone.ws/water/ cycle (a simple one can be different locations, precipitation. Explain what http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/ done with a container of including underground happens during each water, a light source and and in the atmosphere. process. http://www.buildingrainbows.com/CA/lesso 6/22/2010 2 Grade 4 Science Ideas for Developing Topic Suggested Learning Standard Investigations and Learning Resources Assessment Dates Experiences n/lessonid/1013306773 some ice cubes); sketch and Reading Street: describe what is happening Other: at each stage Project Wet (teacher resource) Magic School Bust Wet All Over The Water Cycle: Evaporation, Condensation and Erosion (Earth’s Processes) by Rebecca Harman 11. Give examples of how the cycling of water, both in and out of the atmosphere, has an effect on climate. Earth’s None 12. Give examples of • To demonstrate the Classroom Resources: History how the surface of the influence of vegetation on Web: earth changes due to erosion, put soil in two Reading Street: slow processes such as shallow rectangular baking erosion and weathering, pans. Cover one pan with a Other: and rapid processes such layer of sod. Elevate one The Amazing Earth Model Book by Donald as landslides, volcanic end of each pan. Compare M. Silver, Patricia J. Wynne (teacher eruptions, and and discuss the erosion resource book) earthquakes. caused by equal amounts of Erosion (Reading Essentials in Science) by water running down each Virginia Castleman slope. The Disappearing Mountain And Other Earth Mysteries: Erosion And Weathering by Louise Spilsbury, Richard Spilsbury, Darren Lingard Shaping The Earth: Erosion (Exploring Planet Earth) by Sandra Downs PROJECTS Students can research the different processes and create posters for the class with a description of the process and pictures of examples of the process in action The Earth None 13. Recognize that the • Create a proportional model Classroom Resources: PROJECTS in the earth is part of a system of the solar system starting Web: Create models of the planets called the “solar system” on the school playground Solar Reading Street: and the sun using Styrofoam System that includes the sun (a and extending as far as balls. Each group of Other: star), planets, and many possible. Demonstrate the students will research one
6/22/2010 3 Grade 4 Science Ideas for Developing Topic Suggested Learning Standard Investigations and Learning Resources Assessment Dates Experiences moons. The earth is the size of objects (use a pea as Don’t Know Much About The Solar System planet (or the sun) and third planet from the sun the smallest planet, and by Kenneth C Davis (great book, really create a poster and the in our solar system. different size balls for the funny and with lots of good illustrations) model and present their rest) and the distance The Magic School Bus Gets Lost in The model to the class between them. Solar system (book and movie)
6/22/2010 4 Grade 4 Science Life Science (Biology)
Ideas for Developing Topic Suggested Learning Standard Investigations and Resources Assessment Dates Learning Experiences Characteristics 1. Classify plants and • Sort plant and animal Classroom Resources: PROJECTS of Plants and animals according to the pictures based on physical Web: Divide students into groups and physical characteristics that characteristics. give each group a type of plant Animals Reading Street: they share. • Use a dichotomous key to or animal to research. Each identify plants. Other: group will write their own Magic School Bus Gets Cold book about their plant or Feet (warm and cold blooded animal, with descriptions and animals) pictures and common Books on different types of characteristics. Students can animals and plants present their books or trade books with other groups
6/22/2010 5 Grade 4 Science Physical Sciences (Chemistry and Physics)
Ideas for Developing Topic Suggested Learning Standard Investigations and Resources Assessment Dates Learning Experiences States of Matter 2. Compare and contrast • Design several stations, Classroom Resources: solids, liquids, and gases each of which Web: based on the basic demonstrates a state of Reading Street: properties of each of these matter, e.g., water table, states of matter. balloon and fan table, sand Other: and block table, etc. What Is the World Made Of? All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2) by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, Paul Meisel States of Matter: A Question And Answer Book (Fact Finders, Questions and Answers: Physical Science) by Fiona
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3. Describe how water can Do simple investigations with Classroom Resources: PROJECTS be changed from one state evaporation, condensation, Web: A model of the water cycle can to another by adding or freezing, and melting. Reading Street: be used to show the different taking away heat. Confirm that water expands states of matter upon freezing. Other: Fill plastic bottles halfway with water. Mark the water level and place the bottles in the freezer. Compare the level of the frozen water with the original level
6/22/2010 6 Grade 4 Science
Technology and Engineering
Ideas for Developing Topic Suggested Learning Standard Investigations and Resources Assessment Dates Learning Experiences Engineering 2.4 Compare natural • Challenge students to make Classroom Resources: Design systems with mechanical a list of man-made things Web: systems that are designed to that perform like their Reading Street: serve similar purposes, e.g., human or animal Other: a bird’s wings as compared counterpart
to an airplane’s wings. • Show students pictures of some common tools and ask them what body part works in a similar way (ex. a pair of pliers is like their first finger and thumb working together
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