CurriculumOntarioGrade 4Science

Ontario Curriculum

Grade 4 Science

44 lessons across 5 units. Every lesson taught 1:1 by an AI tutor — explanations, practice, and instant feedback.

What your child will learn

Grade 4 Science covers these 14+ core concepts:

Science, Technology, and SocietyScientific InvestigationHabitats and CommunitiesProperties of LightRocks, Minerals, and Geological ProcessesEcosystemsSimple Machines and MechanismsProperties of SoundEnergy Forms and TransformationsEngineering DesignBiodiversity and ClassificationSustainability and StewardshipCoding in ScienceEnergy Resources and Conservation

The 5 units of Grade 4 Science

44 lessons total, sequenced in the order students learn them.

STEM Skills and Connections

10 lessons

1.What Is a STEM Investigation?

Scientific InvestigationEngineering Design

2.What Is a Scientific Investigation?

Scientific Investigation

3.What Is the Engineering Design Process?

Engineering DesignScientific Investigation

4.Staying Safe During Science Investigations

Scientific Investigation

5.What Does "Communicating Findings" Mean?

Scientific Investigation

6.Understanding Code: Instructions and Execution

Coding in ScienceScientific Investigation

7.Understanding How Coding Powers Everyday Technology

Coding in ScienceScience, Technology, and Society

8.Science and Technology in Real Life — What's the Connection?

Science, Technology, and SocietyEngineering Design

9.Science and Technology Work Together!

Science, Technology, and SocietyEngineering Design

10.Science Comes From Everywhere!

Science, Technology, and SocietyScientific Investigation

Life Systems: Habitats and Communities

9 lessons

11.Humans and Habitats: Who's Helping and Who's Hurting?

Habitats and CommunitiesSustainability and StewardshipEcosystems

12.Every Creature Matters!

Habitats and CommunitiesEcosystemsBiodiversity and Classification

13.What Is a Habitat?

Habitats and CommunitiesEcosystems

14.What Is a Community?

Habitats and CommunitiesEcosystems

15.Everything Is Connected: Food Chains!

Habitats and CommunitiesEcosystems

16.What Is a Food Web?

Habitats and CommunitiesEcosystems

17.What Do Animals Eat? Carnivores, Herbivores, and Omnivores!

Habitats and CommunitiesBiodiversity and Classification

18.What Are Structural Adaptations?

AdaptationsHabitats and Communities

19.Every Habitat Has a Limit!

Habitats and CommunitiesEcosystems

Matter and Energy: Light and Sound

10 lessons

20.Light and Sound Devices All Around Us

Properties of LightProperties of SoundScience, Technology, and Society

21.Light and Sound Technologies Around Us

Science, Technology, and SocietyProperties of LightProperties of Sound

22.What Is Light, and Where Does It Come From?

Properties of LightEnergy Forms and Transformations

23.Light: Where Does It Come From?

Properties of Light

24.Light Is Amazing — Let's Explore It!

Properties of Light

25.What Is Sound?

Properties of SoundEnergy Forms and Transformations

26.Sound Starts with a Wiggle!

Properties of SoundEnergy Forms and Transformations

27.Light and Sound Are All Around You!

Properties of LightProperties of Sound

28.Light Sources: Hot or Not?

Properties of LightEnergy Forms and TransformationsEnergy Resources and Conservation

29.Your Amazing Senses and the Cool Devices We've Invented!

Properties of LightProperties of SoundHuman Body Systems

Structures and Mechanisms: Pulleys and Gears

7 lessons

30.Machines Are Everywhere!

Simple Machines and MechanismsScience, Technology, and Society

31.Machines Are Everywhere — But Are They Friendly to the Earth?

Simple Machines and MechanismsEnergy Resources and ConservationSustainability and Stewardship

32.Machines Are Everywhere Around You!

Simple Machines and MechanismsScience, Technology, and Society

33.What Are Mechanisms and Why Do They Matter?

Simple Machines and Mechanisms

34.How Machines Pass Motion Around

Simple Machines and MechanismsSystems and Efficiency

35.What Are Mechanisms and How Do They Change Motion?

Simple Machines and MechanismsForces on Structures

36.What Is a Force, and How Can Machines Change It?

Simple Machines and MechanismsForces on Structures

Earth and Space Systems: Rocks and Minerals

8 lessons

37.What Are Geological Processes?

Rocks, Minerals, and Geological Processes

38.Rocks, Minerals, and Our World — Why It All Matters!

Rocks, Minerals, and Geological ProcessesSustainability and StewardshipScience, Technology, and Society

39.Rocks Are Always Changing — Welcome to the Rock Cycle!

Rocks, Minerals, and Geological Processes

40.Rocks Are Everywhere — And They're All Different!

Rocks, Minerals, and Geological ProcessesScientific Investigation

41.Rocks and Minerals: Sorting and Classifying Like a Scientist!

Rocks, Minerals, and Geological ProcessesBiodiversity and ClassificationScientific Investigation

42.Rocks and Minerals Are Everywhere!

Rocks, Minerals, and Geological ProcessesScience, Technology, and Society

43.What Are Fossils and How Do They Form?

Rocks, Minerals, and Geological ProcessesScientific Investigation

44.Rocks, Minerals, and Indigenous Knowledge

Rocks, Minerals, and Geological ProcessesScience, Technology, and Society

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