SALTA 4th grade

GRADE 4 SCIENCE

McGraw Hill Unit 1: Forces & Energy

Module: Energy and Motion

Total Time: 485 Minutes About 3 Weeks

Lesson 1: Force & Motion Lesson 2: Speed & Energy Lesson 3: Energy Transfer in Collisions

● Acceleration ● Force ● Friction

● Velocity ● Energy ● Collision ● Energy Transfer ● Conservation of energy

● Inertia ● Motion ● Speed

MATERIALS NEEDED

● Cardboard tubes ● Masking tape ● Stopwatch ● Table Tennis Ball ● 500 mL empty plastic bottles with cap ● Golf balls ● sheets of cardboard (25 cm x 25 cm)

● Clipboards ● Books ● Plastic cup ● Graduated cylinder ● Meter stick ● sets of identical toy cars ● rulers

READING STREET CONNECTIONS

ENVISION CONNECTIONS

● N/A

● Refer back to Math Topic 2

○ Topic Opener Math and Science Project: Energy and Speed ○ Math and Science Activity Lesson 2-2 Blast Off ○ Math and Science Activity Lesson 2-6 Roller Coaster Ride ● Topic 5, use the Problem Solving Reading Mat: Energy and Transportation ● Topic 15 connect back to Energy Transfer with ○ Topic Opener Math and Science Project: Energy ○ Math and Science Activity 15-4 Elastic Collisions ● Topic 12 connect back to Energy Transfer with ○ Topic Opener Math and Science Project: Energy ○ Math and Science Activity 12-5 Newton’s Cradle