4th Grade Earth Science Quarter at a glance

4th Grade Earth Science Lab

The big topics for 4^th grade Earth Science:

• Physical Properties of Rocks
• 3 Types of Rock
• Rock Cycle
• How the Earth Changes

Lesson 1

Observing Mocks Rocks

FOSS Science Resources

pgs 179-189.

Wonders Reader pgs 78-83

Vocabulary

Geologist

Physical property

Lesson 2

Observing Minerals

FOSS Science Resources

pgs 190-201 & 214-219

Vocabulary

Mineral

Hardness

Luster

Fracture

Cleavage

Streak

Lesson 3

The Rock Cycle

FOSS Science Resources

pgs 220-227

Homework

Vocabulary

Rock Cycle

Sedimentary rock

Weathering

Sediments

Physical weathering

Chemical weathering

Metamorphic rock

Igneous rock

Magma

Lesson 4

Quiz

Movement of Continents

FOSS Science Resources

pgs 228-231. Wonders Reader pgs 78-83 (review)

Vocabulary

Continental drift

Lesson 5

Stream Tables

FOSS Science Resources

pgs 232-252 & 256-257.

Wonders Reader pgs 84-89

Vocabulary

Plateau

Erosion

Canyon

Deposition

Delta

Landslide

Lesson 6

Stream Tables 2

Wonders Reader pgs 90-95

Homework

Vocabulary

Flash flood

Lesson 7

Quiz

Local Land Changes

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