Here is the Science Topics and sub topics for fourth grade with a printable. This list is suggestive and works on expanding knowledge from previous grades and the printable should you decide to create your own curriculum.
Materials
Compare properties of objects Compare properties of materials
Matter and mass
Calculate density
Understand conservation of matter using graphs
States of matter
Identify and sort solids, liquids, and gases
Change-of-state diagrams: solid, liquid, and gas Heating, cooling, and changes of state
Heat and thermal energy
Predict heat flow
Predict temperature changes
How is temperature related to thermal energy?
Physical and chemical change
Identify physical and chemical changes Compare physical and chemical changes
Mixtures
Identify mixtures
Force and motion
Identify directions of forces
How do balanced and unbalanced forces affect motion? How does mass affect force and acceleration?
Electricity
Introduction to static electricity and charged objects
Magnets
Identify magnets that attract or repel Label magnets that attract or repel Compare strengths of magnetic forces
Classification
Identify living and nonliving things
Identify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians
Identify vertebrates and invertebrates
Use evidence to classify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians Use evidence to classify animals
Describe, classify, and compare kingdoms
Scientific names
Identify common and scientific names Origins of scientific names
Use scientific names to classify organisms
Animals
Read and construct animal life cycle diagrams Compare animal life cycles
Human organs and their functions
Body systems: circulation and respiration Body systems: digestion
Body systems: removing waste
Body systems: perception and motion
Plants
Classify fruits and vegetables as plant parts Identify plant parts and their functions
How do plants make food?
Identify flower parts and their functions
Describe and construct flowering plant life cycles
Describe and construct conifer life cycles
Adaptations
Introduction to adaptations
Animal adaptations: beaks, mouths, and necks Animal adaptations: feet and limbs
Animal adaptations: skins and body coverings
Traits and heredity
What affects traits? Use observations to support a hypothesis Match offspring to parents using inherited traits
Identify inherited and acquired traits
Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement Read a plant pedigree chart
Read an animal pedigree chart
Cells
Identify functions of plant cell parts
Identify functions of animal cell parts
Plant cell diagrams: identify parts
Animal cell diagrams: identify parts Plant cell diagrams: label parts Animal cell diagrams: label parts Compare plant and animal cells
Cell part functions: true or false
Ecosystems
Identify ecosystems
Describe ecosystems
Identify roles in food chains
How does matter move in food chains? Interpret food webs
Natural resources
Evaluate natural energy sources
Rocks and minerals
Identify minerals using properties
Identify rocks using properties
How do sedimentary rocks form?
Classify rocks as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic How do rock layers form?
Fossils
Introduction to fossils
Identify and classify fossils
Compare fossils to modern organisms
Compare ancient and modern organisms: use observations to support a hypothesis Interpret evidence from fossils in rock layers
Weather and climate
Read a thermometer
Compare temperatures on thermometers
Collect and graph temperature data
What’s the difference between weather and climate?
Weather and climate around the world
Weather or climate? Cite text
Use climate data to make predictions
Use data to describe climates
Earth’s features
Describe and graph water on Earth Read a topographic map
Select parts of a topographic map
Engineering practices
Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent flooding
Identify the best design solution to prevent hurricane damage
Units and measurement
Choose customary units of distance
Choose metric units of distance
Choose customary units of mass
Choose metric units of mass
Choose customary units of volume
Choose metric units of volume
Abbreviate time and length units
Abbreviate mass and volume units
Astronomy
Identify phases of the Moon
