4th Grade Science Living Things

 

Living Things

Changing Earth

Magnets & Electricity
 

  Living Things

  4th Grade Standards

 

  Harcourt Brace Links  (Jones)

 

  Pacing Chart

Living Things - Plants, animals and people need each other to live.  All living things need energy to live and grow.
3c 1.  How do plants help animals & people?
2a, 2b  2.  What is a food chain, producers and consumers?
2c, 3d 3. What is a decomposer? Microorganisms - what are they?  Are they good or bad?
3a 4. Characteristics of ecosystems - what belongs here?
3a,b 5.  Prairie Ecosystems
3a,b 6.  Forest Ecosystems
3a,b 7.  Desert Ecosystems
3a,b 8.  Test

 

 

Life Sciences

  1. All organisms need energy and matter to live and grow. As a basis for understanding this concept:
    1. Students know plants are the primary source of matter and energy entering most food chains.
    2. Students know producers and consumers (herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and decomposers) are related in food chains and food webs and may compete with each other for resources in an ecosystem.
    3. Students know decomposers, including many fungi, insects, and microorganisms, recycle matter from dead plants and animals.

       
  2. Living organisms depend on one another and on their environment for survival. As a basis for understanding this concept:
    1. Students know ecosystems can be characterized by their living and nonliving components.
    2. Students know that in any particular environment, some kinds of plants and animals survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
    3. Students know many plants depend on animals for pollination and seed dispersal, and animals depend on plants for food and shelter.
    4. Students know that most microorganisms do not cause disease and that many are beneficial.

Pacing

1/29  3c  How plants and animals help each other
2/5 2c 3d  Decomposers
2/12 2a,  Introduction to Environments & Food Chains
2/19 2a,b 3a,b  Desert Environment
2/26 2a,b 3a,b  Prairie Environment
3/5 2a,b 3a,b  Mountain / Forest Environment
3/12 2a,b 3a,b  Polar Environment
3/19 2a,b 3a,b  Fresh Water Environment
3/26  R 1.3    Suffixes, Prefixes, & Root Words

Spring Break
4/9 2a,b 3a,b  Ocean Environment

 

 

 

Life Science

http://www.nckidscience.com/Resources/?grade=5&goal=1

BBC Microorganisms

Meet the Microorganisms

Endangered Species of California

San Joaquin Valley Species

Cal. Dept. of Fish & Game Endangered Species

What's it like where you live?

Biomes 2

 BBC Habitates

Biomes of the World

BrainPop Jr. Desert Habitat

Animal Activities

Biomes

Magic Schoolbus Habitat Match Up

Enchanted Learning Biomes

There are many different ecosystems on Earth.

Tundra - Frozen ground, few trees, and long, dark, cold winters.

Taiga - cold winters and cool summers with more rain and snowfall than tundra

Grasslands - cold winters and hot summers with more rain and snowfall than taiga.  Rich soil.

Prairie http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/prairie/htmls/eco.html National Geographic Prairie Habitat  Build A Prairie

Mild forest lands - mild winters and hot summers with plenty of rain and snow.  Trees lose leaves in winter.  National Geographic forest Habitat

Desert - very hot all year with very little rain.  Plants and animals are adapted to conserving water. What's it like where you live deserts

Tropical rain forest - hot and rainy all year with poor soil and a variety of plants and animals.

Saltwater shores - many organisms live were the water changes from high tide to low tide. National Geographic Ocean Habitat

Freshwater rivers - Many habitats are along the shore and river bottoms.  Freshwater lakes and ponds - many habitats are at the shore, on surface water, and under the water.  National Geographic Freshwater Habitats