Science Launch Grade 4

Free online science course · 12 weeks

Grade: Grade 4
Ages: Ages 9 to 10
Price: Free
Format: Self-paced online course at learn.lanternlearn.com

About this course

Science Launch Grade 4 is a free 12-week online science course. Kids connect speed and energy, follow energy through collisions, design a device that changes energy, compare energy resources, explore waves, light and codes, study how plants and animals are built to survive, and read the story in rock layers. Each week has short lessons Monday to Friday and a Saturday Launch Lab the family does together, with a note for the grown-up.

12-week list

Each week explores one question, with short lessons Monday to Friday and a family Launch Lab on Saturday.

Week	Topic	Focus	NGSS
1	Speed and Energy	Faster things carry more energy	4-PS3-1
2	Crash Test	Where energy goes when things collide	4-PS3-3
3	Energy on the Move	Sound, light, heat and electric currents carry energy	4-PS3-2
4	Energy Converter	Design a device that changes energy	4-PS3-4
5	Where Energy Comes From	Renewable and nonrenewable resources	4-ESS3-1
6	Wave Patterns	Amplitude, wavelength and waves that move things	4-PS4-1
7	How We See	Light bounces into our eyes	4-PS4-2
8	Secret Codes	Patterns that carry information	4-PS4-3
9	Built to Survive	Inside and outside structures of plants and animals	4-LS1-1
10	Senses and Signals	How animals take in information and respond	4-LS1-2
11	Rock Layers and Weathering	Reading Earth's story and watching it change	4-ESS1-1
12	Map Earth's Features	Patterns on the planet and staying safe from hazards	4-ESS2-2

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