Grade 4 Science
A free Grade 4 course from the PGAMO Free K–12 School, built on Core Knowledge Science. Units: Energy Transfer and Transformation, Investigating Waves, Structures and Functions of Living Things, Processes That Shape Earth, Using Natural Resources for Energy, Human Respiration and Circulation.
Every lesson has the chapter’s pages to read right on screen, the Big Question, words to know, talk-it-over questions with answers for the teacher, and activity pages to print. Each unit ends with a short quiz, and every unit has a printable study pack for learning offline.
This course is based on an original work of the Core Knowledge® Foundation (www.coreknowledge.org) made available through licensing under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This does not in any way imply that the Core Knowledge Foundation endorses this work. PGAMO added the lesson pages, study packs and quizzes layout, and shares them under the same license. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Core Knowledge Science. Free for everyone — this course may never be sold.
Features
- 81 lessons in 6 units
- The books’ pages right in each lesson
- Unit quizzes
- Printable offline study packs
Target audiences
- Grade 4 students
- Homeschool families and co-ops
Requirements
- Nothing to buy — every book is included free
- A parent or teacher to read and talk with younger students
Curriculum
- 10 Sections
- 129 Lessons
- 36 Weeks
- Start here1
- Unit 1: Energy Transfer and Transformation15
- 2.1Lesson 1: Energy Causes Change30 Minutes
- 2.2Lesson 2: Forms of Energy30 Minutes
- 2.3Lesson 3: Moving Objects Have Energy30 Minutes
- 2.4Lesson 4: Investigating Energy and Speed30 Minutes
- 2.5Lesson 5: Energy and Speed Are Related30 Minutes
- 2.6Lesson 6: Sound Transfers Energy30 Minutes
- 2.7Lesson 7: Energy Transfer30 Minutes
- 2.8Lesson 8: Investigating Energy Transfer30 Minutes
- 2.9Lesson 9: Evidence of Energy Transfer30 Minutes
- 2.10Lesson 10: Collisions Transfer Energy30 Minutes
- 2.11Lesson 12: How Can Energy Transformations Solve Problems?30 Minutes
- 2.12Lesson 13: Designing Devices to Transform Energy30 Minutes
- 2.13Lesson 14: Solving Problems and Designing Solutions: Thomas A. Edison30 Minutes
- 2.14Unit 1 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 2.15Unit 1 words quiz: Energy Transfer and Transformation20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 2: Investigating Waves17
- 3.1Lesson 1: Investigating Water Waves30 Minutes
- 3.2Lesson 2: Describing Water Waves30 Minutes
- 3.3Lesson 3: Modeling Water Wave Features30 Minutes
- 3.4Lesson 4: Exploring Sound30 Minutes
- 3.5Lesson 5: Sound and Matter30 Minutes
- 3.6Lesson 6: Sound, Energy, and Change30 Minutes
- 3.7Lesson 7: Investigating Sound30 Minutes
- 3.8Lesson 8: Light30 Minutes
- 3.9Lesson 9: Light Waves30 Minutes
- 3.10Lesson 10: Investigating Light and Change30 Minutes
- 3.11Lesson 11: Invisible Energy30 Minutes
- 3.12Lesson 12: Codes and Signals30 Minutes
- 3.13Lesson 13: Investigating Transfer of Information30 Minutes
- 3.14Lesson 14: Using Signals30 Minutes
- 3.15Lesson 15: Waves and Information Transfer Game30 Minutes
- 3.16Unit 2 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 3.17Unit 2 words quiz: Investigating Waves20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 3: Structures and Functions of Living Things17
- 4.1Lesson 1: Structure and Function of a Plant30 Minutes
- 4.2Lesson 2: Biological Organization30 Minutes
- 4.3Lesson 3: Organs and Organ Systems30 Minutes
- 4.4Lesson 4: Functions for Survival30 Minutes
- 4.5Lesson 5: Functions in Animals30 Minutes
- 4.6Lesson 6: Functions in Plants30 Minutes
- 4.7Lesson 7: Structure and Function Report30 Minutes
- 4.8Lesson 8: Hearing and Vision30 Minutes
- 4.9Lesson 9: Human Vision and Hearing30 Minutes
- 4.10Lesson 10: Modeling the Detection of Sound and Light30 Minutes
- 4.11Lesson 11: Sensing the Environment30 Minutes
- 4.12Lesson 12: Animal Senses30 Minutes
- 4.13Lesson 13: Plant Responses30 Minutes
- 4.14Lesson 14: Stimulus and Response for Survival30 Minutes
- 4.15Lesson 15: Helen Keller and Louis Braille30 Minutes
- 4.16Unit 3 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 4.17Unit 3 words quiz: Structures and Functions of Living Things20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 4: Processes That Shape Earth15
- 5.1Lesson 1: Effects of Earth’s Changing Surface30 Minutes
- 5.2Lesson 2: Earth’s Layers and Moving Crust30 Minutes
- 5.3Lesson 3: Modeling Earth’s Layers30 Minutes
- 5.4Lesson 4: Evidence of Earth-Shaping Processes30 Minutes
- 5.5Lesson 5: Earthquakes30 Minutes
- 5.6Lesson 6: Earthquake Problems and Solutions30 Minutes
- 5.7Lesson 7: Tsunamis30 Minutes
- 5.8Lesson 8: Volcanoes30 Minutes
- 5.9Lesson 9: Reading Maps of Volcanoes30 Minutes
- 5.10Lesson 10: Erosion30 Minutes
- 5.11Lesson 11: Erosion Problems and Solutions30 Minutes
- 5.12Lesson 12: Landslides30 Minutes
- 5.13Lesson 13: Landslide Problems and Solutions30 Minutes
- 5.14Unit 4 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 5.15Unit 4 words quiz: Processes That Shape Earth20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 5: Using Natural Resources for Energy19
- 6.1Lesson 1: Introduction to Cost-Benefit Analysis30 Minutes
- 6.2Lesson 2: Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources30 Minutes
- 6.3Lesson 3: Cost-Benefit Analysis Outline30 Minutes
- 6.4Lesson 4: Types of Fossil Fuels30 Minutes
- 6.5Lesson 5: Using Fossil Fuels30 Minutes
- 6.6Lesson 6: Researching Fossil Fuels30 Minutes
- 6.7Lesson 7: Nuclear Energy30 Minutes
- 6.8Lesson 8: Researching Nuclear Power30 Minutes
- 6.9Lesson 9: Wind Energy30 Minutes
- 6.10Lesson 10: Researching Use of Wind Turbines30 Minutes
- 6.11Lesson 11: Hydroelectric Energy30 Minutes
- 6.12Lesson 12: Researching Use of Hydroelectric Power30 Minutes
- 6.13Lesson 13: Solar Energy30 Minutes
- 6.14Lesson 14: Researching Use of Solar Energy30 Minutes
- 6.15Lesson 15: Geothermal Energy30 Minutes
- 6.16Lesson 16: Researching Use of Geothermal Energy30 Minutes
- 6.17Lesson 17: Energy Resource Innovations30 Minutes
- 6.18Unit 5 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 6.19Unit 5 words quiz: Using Natural Resources for Energy20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 6: Human Respiration and Circulation10
- 7.1Lesson 1: Rest and Run30 Minutes
- 7.2Lesson 2: Respiration30 Minutes
- 7.3Lesson 3: A Closer Look at Lungs and Breathing30 Minutes
- 7.4Lesson 4: Circulation30 Minutes
- 7.5Lesson 5: A Closer Look at the Heart30 Minutes
- 7.6Lesson 6: A Closer Look at Blood30 Minutes
- 7.7Lesson 7: Wellness of the Heart and Lungs30 Minutes
- 7.8Lesson 8: Helpful Technology30 Minutes
- 7.9Unit 6 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 7.10Unit 6 words quiz: Human Respiration and Circulation20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 4: Processes That Shape Earth15
- 8.1Lesson 1: Effects of Earth’s Changing Surface30 Minutes
- 8.2Lesson 2: Earth’s Layers and Moving Crust30 Minutes
- 8.3Lesson 3: Modeling Earth’s Layers30 Minutes
- 8.4Lesson 4: Evidence of Earth-Shaping Processes30 Minutes
- 8.5Lesson 5: Earthquakes30 Minutes
- 8.6Lesson 6: Earthquake Problems and Solutions30 Minutes
- 8.7Lesson 7: Tsunamis30 Minutes
- 8.8Lesson 8: Volcanoes30 Minutes
- 8.9Lesson 9: Reading Maps of Volcanoes30 Minutes
- 8.10Lesson 10: Erosion30 Minutes
- 8.11Lesson 11: Erosion Problems and Solutions30 Minutes
- 8.12Lesson 12: Landslides30 Minutes
- 8.13Lesson 13: Landslide Problems and Solutions30 Minutes
- 8.14Unit 4 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 8.15Unit 4 words quiz: Processes That Shape Earth20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 5: Using Natural Resources for Energy19
- 9.1Lesson 1: Introduction to Cost-Benefit Analysis30 Minutes
- 9.2Lesson 2: Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources30 Minutes
- 9.3Lesson 3: Cost-Benefit Analysis Outline30 Minutes
- 9.4Lesson 4: Types of Fossil Fuels30 Minutes
- 9.5Lesson 5: Using Fossil Fuels30 Minutes
- 9.6Lesson 6: Researching Fossil Fuels30 Minutes
- 9.7Lesson 7: Nuclear Energy30 Minutes
- 9.8Lesson 8: Researching Nuclear Power30 Minutes
- 9.9Lesson 9: Wind Energy30 Minutes
- 9.10Lesson 10: Researching Use of Wind Turbines30 Minutes
- 9.11Lesson 11: Hydroelectric Energy30 Minutes
- 9.12Lesson 12: Researching Use of Hydroelectric Power30 Minutes
- 9.13Lesson 13: Solar Energy30 Minutes
- 9.14Lesson 14: Researching Use of Solar Energy30 Minutes
- 9.15Lesson 15: Geothermal Energy30 Minutes
- 9.16Lesson 16: Researching Use of Geothermal Energy30 Minutes
- 9.17Lesson 17: Energy Resource Innovations30 Minutes
- 9.18Unit 5 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 9.19Unit 5 words quiz: Using Natural Resources for Energy20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 6: Human Respiration and Circulation10
- 10.1Lesson 1: Rest and Run30 Minutes
- 10.2Lesson 2: Respiration30 Minutes
- 10.3Lesson 3: A Closer Look at Lungs and Breathing30 Minutes
- 10.4Lesson 4: Circulation30 Minutes
- 10.5Lesson 5: A Closer Look at the Heart30 Minutes
- 10.6Lesson 6: A Closer Look at Blood30 Minutes
- 10.7Lesson 7: Wellness of the Heart and Lungs30 Minutes
- 10.8Lesson 8: Helpful Technology30 Minutes
- 10.9Unit 6 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 10.10Unit 6 words quiz: Human Respiration and Circulation20 Minutes12 Questions
Instructor

Founder and Director of Pentecostal Gospel Assemblies
