🧠 Fourth Grade Science

Four interactive NGSS-aligned science units designed to work hand-in-hand with our printable worksheets.

⚡ Energy in Motion

Explore how speed relates to energy, how energy is transferred through light, heat, and collisions—and build devices that convert energy.

NGSS Standard: 4-PS3

  • What is energy and how does it relate to motion?
  • How is energy transferred?
  • How can energy be used to solve a problem?

🌊 Waves, Light, and Information

Learn how waves move, how we see using light, and how patterns can send messages like Morse code.

NGSS Standard: 4-PS4

  • What are waves and what are some things they can do?
  • How can we see objects using light?
  • How can we send information using patterns?

🌍 Earth Systems and Changes

Investigate weathering, erosion, natural disasters, rock layers, and human impact on the Earth.

NGSS Standard: 4-ESS1, 4-ESS2, 4-ESS3

  • How can water, ice, wind, and vegetation change the land?
  • What patterns of Earth’s features can be seen in maps?
  • How can humans reduce the impact of natural disasters?

🌱 Structure and Function in Living Things

Discover how internal and external structures help plants and animals survive, sense, and respond to their environment.

NGSS Standard: 4-LS1

  • How do structures in plants and animals support survival and growth?
  • How do animals receive and respond to information?