Ontario Science and Technology

Grade 4

 
Reference Expectations The Digital Field Trip to The Wetlands The Digital Field Trip to The Rainforest The Digital Field Trip to The Desert
  By the end of this course, students will:  
Life Systems: Habitats and Communities Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of habitat and community Animal Adaptations, Organism screens, Food Web Biodiversity, Habitat, Niches, Impact screens Plant and Animal Adaptations
Investigate the dependency of plants and animals on their habitat and the interrelationships of the plants and animals living in a specific habitat Animal Adaptations, Organism screens, Food Web Ant Symbiosis, Organism screens, Web Game, Web Game, Food, Habitat, Pollination, Seed Dispersal Plant and Animal Adaptations
Describe ways in which humans can change habitats and the effects of these changes Endangered Wetlands, Conservation, Pollution Impact screens, Rainforest Riches, Climate Human Impact, Desertification
Identify, through observation, various factors that affect plants and animals in a specific habitat Migration, Organism screens, Conservation, Pollution Impact screens, Rainforest Mechanisms, Niches What is a Desert?, Plant and Animal Adaptations
Classify organisms according to their role in a food chain Food Web, Food Chain, Web Energy, Food Web Game Dependency Types, Food Web Game, Organism screens Build-a-Desert Game, Organism screens
Demonstrate an understanding of a food chain as an energy system, construct food chains and classify the animals as types of consumers Food Web Energy, Consumers, Producers, Food Web Game Dependency Types, Dependency Web Game Build-a-Desert Game
Describe structural adaptations of plants and animals developed in response to the environment Animal Adaptations Habitat, Ant Symbiosis, Dependency Types, Organism screens Plant and Animal Adaptations
Recognize that animals and plants live in specific habitats because they are dependent on those habitats and have adapted to them Animal Adaptations, Organism screens, Migration Habitat, Ant Symbiosis, Dependency Types, Organism screens, Niches Plant and Animal Adaptations
Classify plants and animals that they have observed in local habitats according to similarities and differences Animal Adaptations, Organism screens, Migration, Food Web Game Species, Habitats, Organism screens, Niches Organism screens
Describe ways in which humans are dependent on plants and animals Food Chains, Consumers, Conservation, Pollution Food (dependency), Rainforest Riches, Global Benefits Human Impact, Organism screens, Deserts of the World screens
Describe ways in which humans can affect the natural world Conservation, Pollution, Endangered Wetlands Global Benefits, Rainforest Riches, Endangered Rainforest, Climate Human Impact, Desertification
Construct food chains that include different plant and animal species and humans Food Web Game, Food Chains Dependency Web Game, Dependency Web Build-a-Desert Game
Show the effects on plants and animals of the loss of their natural habitats Pollution, Conservation, Migration, Habitat Niches, Habitat, Organism screens  
Investigate ways in which the extinction of a plant or animal species affects the rest of the natural community and humans Pollution, Conservation Web Game Build-a-Desert Game
Earth and Space Systems:
Rocks, Minerals, and Erosion 		Describe the difference between minerals and rocks     Rocks and Minerals
Recognize that there are 3 classes of rocks; igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic     Rocks and Minerals
Describe the effects of wind, water, and ice on the landscape), and identify natural phenomena that cause rapid and significant changes in the landscape     Landscape Formation screens; Weathering, Wind screens, Water screens, Landform Quiz
Investigate and describe ways in which soil is formed from rocks     Weathering
Distinguish between natural features of the landscape and those that are the result of human activity Relate to: Endangered Wetlands, Wetland Types Relate to: Rainforest Types, Endangered Rainforest screens Landform Quiz, Human Impact screens, Desertification
Determine positive and negative effects of human alteration of the landscape Endangered Wetlands Endangered Rainforest screens Human Impact screens, Desertification