Grade 4 - Alberta Science - Lessons/Workbook Mega Bundle

This mega bundle provides everything you need to teach all the units in the Grade 4 Alberta Science Curriculum.

With your purchase, you will receive lesson slides that follow the 3-Part lesson format, engaging your students from start to finish. You will also receive the workbooks, which contain fun activities and worksheets for your students to demonstrate their understanding.

Earth Systems Unit

Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Earth’s Systems: The Four Spheres
• The Lithosphere: Earth’s Outer Layer
• The Rock Cycle
• Chocolate Rock Cycle Lab
• Formation of Different Rocks
• Fact or Fiction: Rock Cycle Edition
• Research - Everyday Uses of Rocks
• Coding Activity - Underground Drones
• The Atmosphere: Earth’s Invisible Shield
• The Layers of the Atmosphere
• Coding Activity – Layers of Atmosphere
• Everything Living Needs Air
• Types of Clouds
• What is the Hydrosphere?
• Cryosphere - Glaciers
• All Living Things Need Water
• Bodies of Water - Plants and Animals
• Aquatic Habitats - Oceans
• Plant Profile - Cactus
• What is the Biosphere?
• Longitudinal Biodiversity Gradient
• Biodiversity – Canada and the Amazon Rainforest
• Experiment: Effects of Solar Energy
• Sun's Energy - Earth's Surface
• Natural resources in Canada and its regions
• Pictionary: Natural Resources
• Resource Town in Alberta
• Interconnections Between Earth’s Spheres
• Change in One Sphere Affect Others
• Ways to Conserve Earth’s Systems
• Water Pollution
• Human Activities Affecting Water Quality
• Experiment – Making A Water Filter
• STEM – Water Testing Technologies
• Writing Code – Calgary’s Water Service
• Personal Water Consumption - Survey
• Water Conservation – Indigenous Storytelling
• Parks Canada and Heritage Sites in Alberta
• Parks Canada Work With Indigenous Groups
• Role Play – Humans Destroying Habitats
• Memory Game – Earth Systems Review Game
• Unit Test
• Answer Pages For All Activities

Living Systems Unit

Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Ecosystems – Organism, Species, Community
• Organism, Species, Community, Ecosystem
• Living Things In Your Area
• Scavenger Hunt – Finding Common Plants
• How We Sort Living Things
• Sorting Common Plants
• Creeper or Climber
• Classifying Animals – Vertebrates and Invertebrates
• Types of Animals – Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish, Birds, Insects, Spiders, Worms
• Reading Code – Drawing a Fish
• Groups of Animals – Vertebrates & Invertebrates Animals
• Meeting Our Needs - Locomotion
• Tracking Animals - Animal Tracks
• Design and Code Your Animal Tracker
• Adapting Species
• Reading Code – Evolving Birds
• Adaptations of Young Animals
• Terrestrial Habitat - Desert
• Desert Plants And Their Parts
• Desert Animals And Their Parts
• Terrestrial Habitat - Grasslands
• Grassland Organisms And Their Parts
• Plants and Animal Adaptations in Wetlands
• Carnivore Animals and Their Parts
• Basic Needs of Plants
• Parts of a Plant – Roots, Stem, Leaves, Flower, Seeds
• Classifying Leaf Shapes
• Investigating Plants
• Seed Plants and Bulb Plants – Life Cycles
• How Seeds Spread
• Differences Between Plants
• Plants Responding to Light, Touch, Water, and Gravity
• How Plants Respond to Temperature
• Animal Senses
• Echolocation
• Infrared Sensing
• Magnetoreception
• Writing Code Activity – Animals Responding
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Energy Unit

Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What are forces?
• Contact versus non-contact forces
• Gravity – a pulling non-contact force
• Experiment – testing the force of gravity
• Experiment – egg drop test
• Research activity – Sir Isaac Newton
• Electrostatic forces
• Static electricity – non-contact force
• Experiment – Magic Spoon (non-contact force in action)
• Experiment – Bending Water (non-contact force in action)
• Experiment – Rolling a Can (non-contact force in action)
• Dangers of static electricity
• Magnetic force
• Activity – will the magnets attract or repel?
• Experiment – making a magnetic car
• Maglev Cars – are magnetic cars the future?
• Coding activity – Maglev Cars
• Is the material magnetic? Yes or no?
• Experiment – testing the magnetic strength at different distances
• Experiment – testing if a magnet works through different materials
• Magnetizing objects – striking or rubbing
• Experiment – magnetizing a nail
• How a compass works – magnetic field
• Harmful effects of magnets
• Devices that use non-contact forces
• Coding activity – bank cards and magnets
• Researching the history of bank cards
• How hard drives work – using magnets
• Coding activity – hard drives and binary code
• Photocopiers using static electricity
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Space Unit

Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• The Universe
• Solar System – Size, Structure, Age
• Diagram of our Solar System
• Exploring Objects In Space
• What are Moons?
• Moons in our Solar System
• Planetary Systems In Space
• Activity: Galaxy in a Bottle
• Space at Night vs During the Day
• Technologies for Viewing Space
• Activity – Making Binoculars
• Hubble Telescope
• Safe Sun Viewing
• Experiment – Pinhole Projector
• Celestial Object in the Night Sky
• What Are Constellations?
• Earth’s Movements and the Changing Sky
• Experiment – Rotating Earth
• Using Stars to Find Our Way
• Constellations
• Experiment – Geoboard Constellations
• Indigenous Constellation Story - Great Bear Hunt
• Coding - Hubble Telescope And Constellations
• STEM Assignment - Designing a Space Telescope
• Measuring Time Using The Moon
• Phases of the Moon
• Experiment – Moon Phases
• Moon Calendar of Alberta's Indigenous Groups
• Story - Little Bear and the Lunar Calendar
• Haida Lunar Cycle
• Haida Teachings - The Sun and the Moon
• Cree Story - Wesakechak
• What is the Gregorian Calendar?
• Comparing Calendars: Lunar vs Gregorian?
• Paper Gregorian Calander Code Wheel
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Matter Unit

Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What is Waste?
• Plant and Animal Waste
• Pop Bottle Composter
• Writing Code – Composting
• STEM Assignment - Product Packing Machine
• Decreasing Waste - The Three R’s
• Activity - Build a Recycled Bird Feeder
• Beyond the Three R’s
• Activity - Repurposing Waste
• Reselling – Online Marketplace Assignment
• Role-Play: The 7 Rs
• How Long Does Garbage Take To Decompose?
• The Journey Of Recycled Glass, Metal, Paper, And Plastic
• STEM Assignment - Recycling Sorting Machine
• Consumerism and Waste
• Waste Management Issues
• Environmental Effects – Incinerating Waste
• Landfills - Benefits and Drawbacks
• Life of a Consumer Product - Flowchart
• Story - Journey of Robo the Robot
• Spelling Bee: Waste Management Vocabulary
• Toxic Waste
• Medicine - Types and Disposal
• Handling Fluids Safely - WHMIS
• Electronic Waste
• Activity – E-Waste Code Relay
• Classifying Types of Waste
• Memory Game – Match Terms and Definitions
• Wasted Materials in the Classroom
• Plan – Less Waste in Our Class
• Activity – My Plan to Reduce Waste
• Unit Test
• Answer Pages For All Activities

Google Lesson Slides

Grade 4 - Google Lesson Slides - Alberta Science Curriculum. This resource is packed with all the lessons you need to teach the Grade 4, Alberta Science Curriculum.

We have structured these lessons to follow the popular 3-Part Lesson format. By using these lessons, you will be provided with learning goals, discussion questions, relevant YouTube videos, interactive slides, exit cards, and more. Check out the variety of activities you'll receive below.

Part 1: Minds On!
- Learning Goals
- Discussion Questions

- Polls/Surveys

- Picture Prompts

- Jokes and Riddles

- Relevant Quotes

Part 2: Action!
- Interactive Activities

- Drag and Drop

- Fill in the Blanks

- Matching

- Sorting

- Polls/Surveys and Graphing

- Embedded YouTube Videos

Part 3: Consolidation

- Exit Cards

- 3-2-1 Reflections

- One Word Reflections

- Act It Out!

- Quick Draw

- One Sentence Summary

After purchasing this resource, you will be able to download copies of the Google Slides for the three different units to your Google Drive. From there, you can complete these lessons with your class, and/or assign these slides in Google Classroom.