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Grade 4 Science Units

Unit Plan 14 (Grade 4 Science): Information Transfer Basics

Grade 4 unit where students design, test, and compare light and sound signal codes that use clear patterns to transfer information quickly and reliably.

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Unit Plan 13 (Grade 4 Science): Light, Reflection & Refraction

Grade 4 unit where students model how light travels, reflects, and refracts through materials, and explore how light energy can cause changes or motion.

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Unit Plan 12 (Grade 4 Science): Sound & Vibrations

Grade 4 unit where students explore how vibrations create sound, model waves with amplitude and wavelength, and show how sound waves cause objects to move.

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Unit Plan 11 (Grade 4 Science): Waves Cause Motion

Grade 4 science unit where students model water, rope, and sound waves to observe energy transfer and show how waves cause objects to move through motion and vibration.

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Unit Plan 10 (Grade 4 Science): Wave Patterns

Grade 4 unit modeling waves using amplitude and wavelength—students compare wave patterns with hands-on models, measurements, and labeled diagrams.

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Unit Plan 9 (Grade 4 Science): Energy — Quarter Synthesis

Grade 4 synthesis unit where students connect speed, collisions, and energy transfer across systems—designing and improving devices that use and convert energy effectively.

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Unit Plan 8 (Grade 4 Science): Energy Conversions

Grade 4 engineering unit where students design and test devices that convert energy forms—like electrical to light or motion to sound—using fair tests and improvements.

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Unit Plan 7 (Grade 4 Science): Designing Collision Devices

Grade 4 engineering design unit where students build and test collision-reduction devices—using criteria, constraints, and evidence to protect objects during impact.

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Unit Plan 6 (Grade 4 Science): Collisions & Energy Changes

Grade 4 collisions unit where students ask questions, predict outcomes, and observe how changing speed or mass transfers and changes energy when objects collide.

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Unit Plan 5 (Grade 4 Science): Electric Energy Flow

Grade 4 unit where students build simple circuits to observe electric currents transferring energy—lighting bulbs, spinning motors, and sounding buzzers.

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Unit Plan 4 (Grade 4 Science): Heat Transfer

Grade 4 heat transfer unit where students observe conduction and radiation—heat moving from warmer to cooler objects through contact or from a source at a distance.

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Unit Plan 3 (Grade 4 Science): Energy Transfer—Sound & Light

Grade 4 unit investigating how sound and light transfer energy, causing vibrations, movement, warmth, and visibility through hands-on observations and data.

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Unit Plan 2 (Grade 4 Science): Motion & Energy Basics

Grade 4 unit investigating motion: students measure distance and effects to show faster objects have more energy, using data tables and graphs as evidence.

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Unit Plan 1 (Grade 4 Science): Science Routines & Inquiry

Build Grade 4 science skills with lab safety, accurate measurement, organized data tables, and testable questions that prepare students for engineering design.

Grade 5 Science Units

Unit Plan 36 (Grade 5 Science): Cumulative Synthesis & Exhibition

Grade 5 cumulative science exhibition where students showcase mastery of matter, ecosystems, Earth systems, water, and space patterns through integrated models and data.

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Unit Plan 35 (Grade 5 Science): Space & Earth Systems Project

Grade 5 capstone where students model space patterns, Earth system interactions, and global water distribution in one integrated project explaining key connections.

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Unit Plan 34 (Grade 5 Science): Engineering Earth Solutions

Students use the engineering design process to solve real environmental challenges—defining problems, building prototypes, testing, and improving solutions that protect Earth’s resources.

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Unit Plan 33 (Grade 5 Science): Sustainability & Conservation

Students evaluate sustainable daily habits—reducing waste, saving energy, and conserving water—to protect air, land, and water with realistic action plans.

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Unit Plan 32 (Grade 5 Science): Human Use of Earth’s Resources

Students obtain and combine information from multiple sources to show how communities use science ideas to protect air, water, and land—then plan real actions.

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Unit Plan 31 (Grade 5 Science): Sunlight & Earth Patterns

Graph sunlight, shadows, and temperature to reveal seasonal patterns—longer summer days and shorter winter days explain changes in weather and warmth.

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The Admin Angle: Administrators Should Own Parent Calls (So Teachers Can Teach)

Shift parent phone calls to admins with clear triage, SLAs, and scheduling so teachers protect instruction time while families get fast, consistent support.

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Unit Plan 30 (Grade 5 Science): Seasonal Star Patterns

Grade 5 unit where students graph seasonal constellation patterns and explain why star visibility changes through the year as Earth orbits the Sun.

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Unit Plan 29 (Grade 5 Science): Day/Night & Shadows

Grade 5 unit where students measure and graph shadow changes to reveal daily patterns and explain day/night as Earth rotates and the Sun’s position shifts.

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Unit Plan 28 (Grade 5 Science): Stars & Brightness Patterns

Grade 5 unit where students argue that the Sun looks brighter than other stars mainly because it’s much closer to Earth, using models and evidence.

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Unit Plan 27 (Grade 5 Science): Earth Systems — Quarter Synthesis

Grade 5 unit connecting Earth systems, water distribution, and community actions through models and graphs to show how humans interact with and protect resources.