Description

Ontario Grade 4 Science Units

Teach Grade 4 science without building it from scratch. Choose the unit you need from the list: each one is a complete, inquiry-based unit aligned to the Ontario Grade 4 Science and Technology curriculum, with lesson plans, activities and assessments ready to go.

Use a unit as your full plan for that strand, as extra material alongside your own lessons, or as review before an assessment.

Habitats and Communities

Strand: Understanding Life Systems

Students explore where animals live and how they survive: animal homes, adaptations, food chains, food webs and the human impact on habitats.

What’s included

• Research centres on six world habitats: polar, tropical rainforest, coniferous forest, desert, ocean and grassland
• Animal habitats game on balanced ecosystems
• Food chain matching and animal adaptation activities
• Endangered animals lesson
• Create-a-habitat game
• Final inquiry science fair project with a student choice board

Why teachers use it

• Saves you hours of lesson planning and prep
• Ready to teach: every lesson is laid out for you
• Keeps students engaged through hands-on inquiry
• Built-in assessments to track student progress
• Aligned to the Ontario Grade 4 Science and Technology curriculum

Machines and Their Mechanisms

Strand: Understanding Structures and Mechanisms

Students discover how pulleys and gears make work easier, then research, build and test their own pulley and gear system.

What’s included

• Wonder Wall provocation materials
• Detailed lesson plans and background notes for the teacher
• Task cards, games and science experiments
• Interactive notebook activities
• Original non-fiction texts at student reading level
• Final inquiry project with scaffolded research pages and answer pages

Why teachers use it

• Saves you hours of lesson planning and prep
• Ready to teach: every lesson is laid out for you
• Keeps students engaged through hands-on inquiry
• Built-in assessments to track student progress
• Aligned to the Ontario Grade 4 Science and Technology curriculum

Light and Sound

Strand: Understanding Matter and Energy

Students investigate how light and sound travel, light and colour, safety, and the impact of light and sound inventions.

What’s included

• Lessons, knowledge-building circles and interactive notebooks
• Experiments and role plays
• Task cards and games
• Assessment materials
• Original research materials plus curated online research
• Inquiry project on light and sound inventions

Why teachers use it

• Saves you hours of lesson planning and prep
• Ready to teach: every lesson is laid out for you
• Keeps students engaged through hands-on inquiry
• Built-in assessments to track student progress
• Aligned to the Ontario Grade 4 Science and Technology curriculum

Rocks and Minerals

Strand: Understanding Earth and Space Systems

Students learn the difference between rocks and minerals, identify minerals by their properties, and trace how rocks form in the rock cycle.

What’s included

• Wonder Wall activities
• Hands-on experiments
• Interactive research activities
• Group and independent work
• Inquiry projects

Why teachers use it

• Saves you hours of lesson planning and prep
• Ready to teach: every lesson is laid out for you
• Keeps students engaged through hands-on inquiry
• Built-in assessments to track student progress
• Aligned to the Ontario Grade 4 Science and Technology curriculum

Want all 4 units?

The Ignited Teaching membership includes every Grade 4 science unit, plus every other subject and grade from 3 to 6. See membership options →