Grade 4 Science Internet Correlation Guide

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Unit

Chapter and Lesson

Description

Internet Site

Txt Pg.

Unit A

 

World of Living Things

 

 

 

Chapter 1

Classifying Living Things

 

A2

 

Lesson 1

How Do Scientists Classify Living Things?

The 5 Kingdoms

Plants

Animal

Moneran

Protists

Fungi

http://vilenski.com/science/safari/ 

 

 

A4

 

Lesson 2

How are Animals Classified?

Vertebrates

Invertebrates

http://www.scilinks.org/harcourt/hbretrieve.asp

http://www.si.edu/harcourt/h_si/animals/articles/animalsarticle3.html

 

A10

 

A12

A13

 

Lesson 3

How are Plants Classified?

Vascular Plants

Nonvascular Plants

 

 

A16

 

Chapter 2

Animal Growth and Adaptations

 

A28

 

Lesson 1

What are the Basic Needs of Animals?

 

A30

 

Lesson 2

How Do Animals' Body Parts Help Them Meet Their Needs?

http://www.si.edu/harcourt/h_si/siyc/herps/start.html

A38

 

Lesson 3

How Do Animals' Behaviors Help Them Meet their Needs?

 

A46

 

Chapter 3

Plant Growth and Adaptations

 

A60

 

Lesson 1

What Do Plants Need to Live?

 

A62

 

Lesson 2

How Do Leaves, Stems, and Roots Help Plants Live?

 

A68

 

Lesson 3

How Do Plants Reproduce?

 

A 74

 

Chapter 4

Human Body Systems

 

A86

 

Lesson 1

How Do the Skeletal and Muscular Systems Work?

 

A88

 

Lesson 2

How do the Respiratory and Circulatory Systems Work?

http://www.si.edu/harcourt/h_si/centerpieces/ilives/lecture09.html

A94

 

Lesson 3

How do the Digestive and Nervous systems Work?

http://www.brainpop.com/health/digestive/digestion/index.weml - Click on Play the Movie

http://www.brainpop.com/health/nervous/nerves/index.weml - Click on Play the Movie

http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/gen_hlth/atlas/newatlas/nerve2.htm

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/cells.html - Information about neurons

A 100

Unit B

 

Looking at Ecosystems

 

 

 

Chapter 1

Ecosystems

 

B2

 

Lesson 1

What are Systems?

http://www.si.edu/harcourt/h_si/earthtoday/geo.htm

B4

 

Lesson 2

What Makes Up an Ecosystem?

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/

http://www.kapili.com/biology4kids/eco/index.html

http://www.snowcrest.net/geography/slides/biomes/index.html

B10

 

Lesson 3

What are Habitats and Niches?

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/sirrobhitch.suffolk/habitats/index.htm  This is a simple habitat page

http://library.thinkquest.org/11234/  The Wild Habitat

B18

 

Lesson 4

What are Tropical Rain Forests and Coral Reefs

http://www.rainforesteducation.com/lake/froglake.htm

 

http://www.earth2kids.org/Games/

 

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/rforest/index.htm

 

http://www.toucansam.kelloggs.ca/eng/contents.htm

 

http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/rainforest/

 

http://www.seaworld.org/coral_reefs/introcr.html

 

 

B25

 

Chapter 2

Soil--A Natural Resource

 

B38

 

Lesson 1

How Does Soil Form?

http://pelican.gmpo.gov/edresources/soil.html  What on Earth is soil?

B40

 

Lesson 2

What are Some Properties of Soil?

http://www.nhq.nrcs.usda.gov/CCS/squirm/skworm.html  Ask a Worm About Soil

 

http://www.fmnh.org./ua/node_1.htm

B 46

 

Lesson 3

What are Some Ways to Conserve Soil?

 

B52

 

Chapter 3

Protecting Ecosystems

 

B66

 

Lesson 1

What Kinds of Changes Occur in Ecosystems?

http://www.si.edu/harcourt/h_si/First/Marine/index.html

B68

 

Lesson 2

How do People Change Ecosystems?

 

B76

 

Lesson 3

What is Conservation

 

B84

Unit C

Chapter 1

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/

 

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/

 

C2

 

Lesson 1

What Are the Layers of the Earth?

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/hellscrust/index.html

C4

 

Lesson 2

What Causes Earthquakes?

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/earthquakes/index.html

C10

 

Lesson 3

How Do Volcanoes Form

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/volcanoes/index.html

 

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/

C16

 

Chapter 2

Rocks and Minerals

http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/create/index.html

C30

 

Lesson 1

What are Minerals?

 

C32

 

Lesson 2

What Are Rocks?

http://www.rocksforkids.com/

C38

 

Lesson 3

What is the Rock Cycle?

http://duke.usask.ca/~reeves/prog/geoe118/geoe118.011.html

 

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rock.html

 

C46

 

Chapter 3

Fossils

 

C58

 

Lesson 1

How Do Fossils Form?

http://www.si.edu/harcourt/h_si/First/Dinosaurs/index.html

C60

 

Lesson 2

What Can We Learn from Fossils?

http://www.si.edu/harcourt/h_si/First/FossilMammals/index.html

C66

Unit D

 

Patterns on Earth and In Space

 

 

 

Chapter 1

Weather Conditions

http://www.si.edu/harcourt/h_si/ETP/EARTH/earth_atmos.html

 

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/severeweather/extremes.html

 

http://www.intellicast.com/LocalWeather/World/UnitedStates/NorthernPlains/Nebraska/NorthPlatte/RadarSummary/

D2

 

Lesson 1

What Makes Up Earth's Atmosphere?

 

D4

 

Lesson 2

How Do Air Masses Affect Weather?

 

D10

 

Lesson 3

How is Weather Predicted?

 

D18

 

Chapter 2

Water in the Oceans

 

D30

 

Lesson 1

What Role Do Oceans Play in the Water Cycle?

http://www.si.edu/harcourt/h_si/earthtoday/hydro.htm

D32

 

Lesson 2

What are the Motions of the Oceans?

 

D38

 

Chapter 3

Planets and Other Objects in Space

 

D52

 

Lesson 1

 How Do Objects Move in the Solar System?

http://www.si.edu/harcourt/h_si/ETP/ASTEROIDS/ASTEROIDS.html

D54

 

Lesson 2

What Are the Planets Like?

http://www.si.edu/harcourt/h_si/ETP/MARS/observe.html

 

http://www.si.edu/harcourt/h_si/ETP/SOLARSYSTEM/ss_planetdata.html

D60

 

Lesson 3

How Do People Study the Solar System?

 

D68

 

Lesson 4

What are Constellations?

http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/skywatch.htm

D76

Unit E

 

Matter and Energy

http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/4gradecover.html

 

 

Chapter 1

Physical Properties of Matter

 

E2

 

Lesson 1

What Are Three States of Matter

 

E4

 

Lesson 2

How Can Matter Be Measured and Compared?

 

E10

 

Lesson 3

What Are Some Useful Properties of Matter?

 

E16

 

Chapter 2

Heat--Energy on the Move

 

E30

 

Lesson 2

How Can Thermal Energy Be Transferred?

 

E32

 

Lesson 3

How is Thermal Energy Produced and Used?

 

E46

 

Chapter 3

Sound

 

E58

 

Lesson 1

What is Sound?

 

E60

 

Lesson 2

Why Do Sounds Differ:

 

E66

 

Lesson 3

How is Thermal Energy Produced and Used?

 

E46

 

Chapter 4

Electricity and Magnetism

 

E86

 

Lesson 1

What is Static Electricity?

http://www.si.edu/harcourt/h_si/youmus/ex09elec.htm

 

http://www.si.edu/harcourt/h_si/powering/prehist/prehist.htm

E 88

 

Lesson 2

What is an Electric Circuit?

 

E94

 

Lesson 3

What Is a Magnet?

http://www.si.edu/harcourt/h_si/ETP/EARTH/earth_mag.html

E100

 

Lesson 4

What Is an Electromagnet?

http://www.si.edu/harcourt/h_si/powering/generate/gnmain.htm

E 106

Unit F

 

Forces and Motion

 

 

 

Chapter 1

Forces at Work

 

F2

 

Lesson 1

What is Motion?

 

F4

 

Lesson 2

What Effects Do Forces Have on Objects?

 

F10

 

Lesson 3

What Are Some Forces in Nature?

http://www.si.edu/harcourt/h_si/GAL109/NEWHTF/HTF200.HTM

F20

 

Chapter 2

Simple Machines

http://sln.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/spotlight3.html

 

http://www.brainpop.com/tech/simplemachines/lever/index.weml

 

 

F34

 

Lesson 1

How Does a Lever Help Us Do Work?

 

F36

 

Lesson 2

How Do Pulley and a Wheel and Axle Help Us Do Work?

 

F44

 

Lesson 3

How Do Some Other Simple Machines Help Us Do Work?

 

F 50