INSTITUTO CHAPULTEPEC

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SCHOOL YEAR 2005-2006

 

SUBJECT : SCIENCE                                                                                                                                                                                                         GRADE: 4th

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PHYSICAL SCIENCE

1.- HOW DOES SOUND TRAVEL?

 

 

2.- HOW DO YOU HEAR SOUND?

 

 

3.- INVESTIGATING THE SENSE OF TOUCH

 

4.- EXPERIMENTING WITH THE SENSE OF SMELL

 

1.1.-.How sound is made.

1.2.- What some properties of sound are.

1.3.- How sound waves travel.

 

 

2.1.- How your ear Works.

2.2.- How sounds can be made louder.

 

 

 

 

3.1.- Investigating the sense of touch

 

 

 

 

4.1.- Experimenting with the sense of smell

 

 

 

 

Science Book

 

 

 

 B106-B121

 

 

 

 

 

D18-D26

 

 

 

 

 

 

D27

 

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SUBJECT : SCIENCE                                                                                                                                                                                 GRADE: 4th

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LIGHT

1.- WHAT IS LIGHT?

 

2.- WHAT HAPPENS WHEN LIGHT HITS AN OBJECT?

 

3.- OBSERVING LIGHT THROUGH DIFFERENT MATERIALS

 

4.- EXPERIMENTING WITH THE SENSE OF SMELL

 

5.- HOW CAN YOU KEEP YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM HEALTHY?

 

1.1.-.How sound is made.

1.2.- What some properties of sound are.

1.3.- How sound waves travel.

 

 

2.1.- How your ear Works.

2.2.- How sounds can be made louder.

 

 

 

3.1.- Investigating the sense of touch

 

 

 

4.1.- Experimenting with the sense of smell

 

 

5.1 How to prevent head and spinal cord injuries.

5.2 How to prevent injuries to your eyes and ears.

 

Science Book

 

 B94-B105

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D48-D52

 

 

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SUBJECT : SCIENCE                                                                                                                                                                                            GRADE: 4th

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ECOSYSTEM

1.- HOW ARE ANIMALS ALIKE AND DIFFERENT?

 

2.- HOW DO ANIMALS WITH BACKBONES VARY?

 

 

3.- WHAT CHARACTERISTICS DO  ANIMALS GET FROM THEIR PARENTS?

 

 

 

4.- WHAT IS AN ECOSYSTEM?

 

1.1.-Ways that animals are similar and different.

 1.2.- How animals without backbones vary.

1.3.- How insects compare to other animals with jointed legs.

 

2.1.-What characteristics of fish and amphibians are the same.

2.2.- How the characteristics and life cycle of reptiles are alike and different.

2.3 How birds are alike and different

2.4 How the characterisics and life cycles of mammals ara alike.

 

3.1.- How yound animals are similar to and different from their parents.

3.2 What behaviours animals get from their parents.

3.3.- What animals behavios are learned.

 

4.1.- What living and nonliving parts make up an ecosystem

 

4.2 What a habitat is.

 

 

Science Book

 

 

 A38-A73

 

 

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SUBJECT : SCIENCE                                                                                                                                                                                            GRADE: 4th

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MATTER

 

1.-HOW THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM WORKS?

 

 

2.- THE USE OF THERMOMETER

 

3.- WHAT IS MATTER?

 

 

 

 1.1 What jobthe digestive system does.

1.2  What the steps in digestion are.

 

 

2.1.- What a thermometer is.

2.2.- The use of thermometer.

 

3.1 How mass and volume are different.

3.2 What physical properties of matter are.

3.3 What mixtures and solutions are.

3.4 What are physical and chemical changes.

 

 

 

 

Science Book

 

 D8-D12

 

 

 

 

 

Science p.46

 

 

 

B8-B28

 

 

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SUBJECT : SCIENCE                                                                                                                                                                                                        GRADE: 4th

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FOOD

 

1.- HOW  CAN YOU KEEP YOUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEALTHY?

 

2.-FOOD AS SOURCE OF ENERGY

 

 

3.- EXCRETORY SYSTEM

 

 

 

1.1.-About some problems of the digestive system.

1.2.- Some ways to prevent digestive system problems.

 

 

 

2.1 Food energy.

2.2. What is healthy food.

 

 

 

 

3.1.- What the excretory system is.

 

Science Book

 

D36-D45

 

 

 

 

Ciencias Naturales book pages 99-101

 

 

 

 

Science p.43

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SURVIVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT

1.-WHAT STRUCTURES HELP PLANTS AND ANIMALS SURVIVE?

 

2.-WHAT BEHAVIORS HELP ANIMALS SURVIVE?

 

3.- HOW DO CHANGES IN THE ENVIRONMENT AFFECT SURVIVAL?

 

 

1.1.- How are plant and animal structures important for survival?

 1.2.- How does camaouflage help animals survive?.

 

 

 

2.1.- How can living in groups be important for survival?

2.2.- How do adult animals care for their young?

 

 

 

3.1.- How can changes in air, land and water affect plants and animals?

3.2.- How can people help environment?

 

 

Science Book

 

A95-A104

 

 

 

 

 

A105-A111

 

 

 

 

 

 

A114-A117

 

 

 

 

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SUBJECT : SCIENCE                                                                                                                                                                                 GRADE: 4th

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WEATHER

1.-HOW DOES SUNLIGHT AFFECT AIR TEMPERATURE?

 

 

2.-HOW DOES TEMPERATURE AFFECT AIR MOVEMENT?

 

 

3.- WHAT CAUSES CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION?

 

 

4.- HOW DO METEOROLOGISTS PREDICT WEATHER?

 

 

1.1.-What causes changes in air temperature?

 1.2.-How do different surfaces on the earth affect air temperature?

1.3. How is air temperature measured?

 

 

 

2.1.- How does air temperature affect air  pressure and wind?

2.2.-How is air pressure measured?

 

 

 

3.1.- How do clouds form

3.2.- How are clouds different?

3.3.- How does water move through a cycle.

 

 

 

4.1-What are air masses and fronts?

4.2.- How do metereologists track and predict weather?

 

Science Book

C8-C11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C12-C16

 

 

 

 

 

 

C17-C23

 

 

 

 

 

C26-C29

 

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SUBJECT : SCIENCE                                                                                                                                                                                                        GRADE: 4th

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POLLUTION

 

 

1.-WHAT IS POLLUTION?

 

2.-HOW DOES POLLUTION AFFECT ENVIRONMENT?

 

3.- WATER POLLUTION 

 

 

 

 

 

1.1.-What causes pollution?

 1.2.-How to prevent pollution ?

 

 

 

2.1.-How is the environment affected by pollution?

2.2.-Recycle

 

 

 

3.1.- Water purification process

3.2.-Water mixtures

 

 

 

Lesson 30  Earth science SEP

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Lesson 32 Earth Science SEP

 

 

Lesson 31

Earth Science SEP

 

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