Page 5 - York Global Science 4 - Earth & Space

Grade 4 Science Pupil Book is divided into three units. The curriculum areas
in the book are designed to cover all of the concepts that Grade 4 pupils of

Science are expected to know.

Each unit starts by listing what you are going to learn. The unit is divided
into chapters, each based on an area of Science that you need to learn. The
chapter is then divided into lessons, which cover what you might learn in a
classroom session.

Each chapter has an introduction designed to motivate and engage from
the start.

Opener Problem
Big Picture Opener Problem
Big Picture
The Opener Problem is designed to
The Big Picture provides a visual f focus on what you are going to learn

backdrop for the chapter, setting the a
and what you will be able to answer by
scene for the topic. the end of the chapter.
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Earth and Space Science
1 Geology Opener Problem
er Problem
O Op p
Geology
Big Picture
Big Picture
Have you ever seen a volcano?
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How can this make people’s lives
different if they live near?
Can we stop this from happening?
What is this?
Why is it important?
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Obj jectives • Active volcano • Igneous rock • Particle
• Continental plate • Index fossil • Plate
At the end of this chapter, I will be able to: • Crust • Lava • Prediction
➜ Describe what rocks can tell us about an area. • Deep ocean trench • Magma • Pressure
➜ Explain how rocks can be changed by Earth events. • Earth event • Map • Radiometric dating
➜ Use what fossils can tell us about how an area changed.
• Earthquake • Melt • Rock
➜ Explain how to find out the age of fossils. • Erosion • Metamorphic rock • Sand
➜ Explain how rocks can be weathered and eroded. • Fault • Mid-ocean ridge • Scientist
➜ Explain why we find earthquakes, volcanoes and mountains in only some • • • Flood • Mountain • Sedimentary rock
• Flood
places on Earth. • Fossil • Mountain range • Surface
• Fossil
➜ Use a map to find a place. • • • Gravity • Mud • Tsunami
• Gravity
➜ Compare different ways to keep people safe from natural hazards. • Hazard • Ocean • Volcano
• • • • Hazard
• Ice
• Ice • Oceanic plate • Weathering
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Vocabulary
Objectives Vocabulary
The chapter vocabulary are listed
The chapter Ob jectives are listed to
give you a concise, balanced view of so you can focus on the most
what you are about to learn. important words. 5