Grade 4 Science BC Learning Standards

Big Ideas

Questioning and predicting

Planning and conducting

Processing and analyzing data and information

Evaluating

Applying and innovating

Communicating

Science

Curricular Competencies

Content

humans

has various forms

other animals

plants

is conserved

sensing and responding:

Represent and communicate ideas and findings in a variety of ways, such as diagrams and simple reports, using digital technologies as appropriate

Contribute to care for self, others, school, and neighbourhood through personal or collaborative approaches

Make simple inferences based on their results and prior knowledge

Experience and interpret the local environment

Suggest ways to plan and conduct an inquiry to find answers to their questions

Demonstrate curiosity about the natural world

All living things sense and respond to their environment.

biomes as large regions with similar environmental features

Express and reflect on personal or shared experiences of place

Co-operatively design projects

Reflect on whether an investigation was a fair test

Recognize First Peoples stories (including oral and written narratives), songs, and art, as ways to share knowledge

Consider ethical responsibilities when deciding how to conduct an experiment

Observe objects and events in familiar contexts

Matter has mass, takes up space, and can change phase.

phases of matter

Transfer and apply learning to new situations

Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of evidence

Sort and classify data and information using drawings, pictographs and provided tables

Safely use appropriate tools to make observations and measurements, using formal measurements and digital technology as appropriate

Identify questions about familiar objects and events that can be investigated scientifically

Energy can be transformed.

the effect of temperature on particle movement

Generate and introduce new or refined ideas when problem solving

Identify some simple environmental implications of their and others actions

Use tables, simple bar graphs, or other formats to represent data and show simple patterns and trends

Make observations about living and non-living things in the local environmen

Make predictions based on prior knowledge

The motions of Earth and the moon cause observable patterns that affect living and non-living systems.

energy:

Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings

Collect simple data

devices that transform energy

local changes caused by Earth's axis, rotation, and orbit

the effects of the relative positions of the sun, moon, and Earth including local First Peoples perspectives