Grade 4 Science and Technology

The 2022 Ontario Grade 4 Science and Technology course has five strands: STEM Skills and Connections, Life Systems, Matter and Energy, Structures and Mechanisms, and Earth and Space Systems. The museum maps four of them; Life Systems has no honest link.

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Strand A: STEM Skills and Connections

The skills and connections strand of the Grade 4 course (expectations A1, A2, A3).

  1. People who solve real problems with science How science and technology are used in an occupation to address real-world problems, and what various communities have contributed to science and technology (A3.1, A3.3). CareersScholar

Strand C: Matter and Energy

Light and sound as forms of energy, and the technology built on them (expectations C1, C2).

  1. How light travels Where light comes from and how it behaves: it travels in a straight path and can be reflected (C2.1, C2.3). ScholarInvention
  2. How we see The eye and the camera as organs and devices that make use of the properties of light (C2.8). Invention × 2

Strand D: Structures and Mechanisms

Machines and their mechanisms, and what they do to society and the environment (expectations D1, D2).

  1. A machine for washing hands Identifying a machine used in daily life, its purpose, and the purpose of each of its parts (D2.1, D2.2). Invention
  2. Turning motion into back-and-forth motion How mechanisms pass motion on and change it, including rotary motion (D2.3, D2.4). Invention × 2

Strand E: Earth and Space Systems

Rocks, minerals and the geological processes of the Earth, and their effects (expectations E1, E2).

  1. When the ground shakes How a geological process, an earthquake, affected towns, buildings and people (E1.1). Story × 2

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