🔬 Science · Grade 4

Read this aloud (it is the lesson's hook). Students think, then tell a partner what they notice.

“A fast bowling ball knocks down more pins than a slow one.”

1. Open the lesson link on the board.
2. Press Next to the 🎬 Watch in 3D step and press ▶ Play. Students can drag to turn the model.
3. Press Next to the Movie step and press ▶ Play.

The video says:

• A ball rolls from high up: it goes fast. The fast ball has more energy, so the block slides far.
• The same ball from a smaller height moves slower: less energy, the block barely moves.
• Side by side: faster ball, more energy.
• Evidence: measure how far it moves the target.

Students open the same lesson on their own device (or work with the board). Press Next to Try it.

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🧱 Build it: the lesson's short 3D build game. Let students play it after Try it. Its score never changes grades.

If time is left, students play the lesson's game steps (they show up between the videos and Check).

Students press Next to Check and answer the 4 questions on their own device. Goal: 100%. 95% or more is Mastered. “Not yet” means try again; students may retry.

Read this question aloud. Students write the answer on a slip of paper with no name or with a class number, and hand it in.

Read this aloud (it is the lesson's hook). Students think, then tell a partner what they notice.

“Your phone charger moves energy by electric current. The Sun's light warms your face.”

1. Open the lesson link on the board.
2. Press Next to the 🎬 Watch in 3D step and press ▶ Play. Students can drag to turn the model. This lesson has 2 3D videos in a row: press Next and ▶ Play for each part.
3. Press Next to the Movie step and press ▶ Play.

The video says:

• Four ways energy moves: sound, light, heat, electric current.
• Heat moves from warmer things to colder things.
• A metal spoon in a hot pan gets warm: heat moves through it.
• Electric current flows only in a closed circuit.
• Open the circuit: no current, no light.

Students open the same lesson on their own device (or work with the board). Press Next to Try it.

Try it together first:

🧱 Build it: the lesson's short 3D build game. Let students play it after Try it. Its score never changes grades.

If time is left, students play the lesson's game steps (they show up between the videos and Check).

Students press Next to Check and answer the 4 questions on their own device. Goal: 100%. 95% or more is Mastered. “Not yet” means try again; students may retry.

Read this question aloud. Students write the answer on a slip of paper with no name or with a class number, and hand it in.

Read this aloud (it is the lesson's hook). Students think, then tell a partner what they notice.

“When two bumper cars crash, energy moves from one car to the other.”

1. Open the lesson link on the board.
2. Press Next to the 🎬 Watch in 3D step and press ▶ Play. Students can drag to turn the model. This lesson has 2 3D videos in a row: press Next and ▶ Play for each part.
3. Press Next to the Movie step and press ▶ Play.

The video says:

• In a collision, energy moves from one object to another.
• A heavy ball hits a light one: one slows down, the other speeds up.
• A toy car hits a block tower: its energy moves into the blocks.
• Some energy becomes sound and a little heat.

Students open the same lesson on their own device (or work with the board). Press Next to Try it.

Try it together first:

🧱 Build it: the lesson's short 3D build game. Let students play it after Try it. Its score never changes grades.

If time is left, students play the lesson's game steps (they show up between the videos and Check).

Students press Next to Check and answer the 4 questions on their own device. Goal: 100%. 95% or more is Mastered. “Not yet” means try again; students may retry.

Read this question aloud. Students write the answer on a slip of paper with no name or with a class number, and hand it in.

Read this aloud (it is the lesson's hook). Students think, then tell a partner what they notice.

“A solar calculator turns light into electricity. Engineers design devices that change energy's form.”

1. Open the lesson link on the board.
2. Press Next to the 🎬 Watch in 3D step and press ▶ Play. Students can drag to turn the model. This lesson has 2 3D videos in a row: press Next and ▶ Play for each part.
3. Press Next to the Movie step and press ▶ Play.

The video says:

• A battery stores energy; the bulb turns it into light.
• A solar panel converts light to electricity; a motor turns it into motion.
• A toaster converts electricity to heat.
• A buzzer converts electricity to sound.

Students open the same lesson on their own device (or work with the board). Press Next to Try it.

Try it together first:

🧱 Build it: the lesson's short 3D build game. Let students play it after Try it. Its score never changes grades.

If time is left, students play the lesson's game steps (they show up between the videos and Check).

Students press Next to Check and answer the 4 questions on their own device. Goal: 100%. 95% or more is Mastered. “Not yet” means try again; students may retry.

Read this question aloud. Students write the answer on a slip of paper with no name or with a class number, and hand it in.

Read this aloud (it is the lesson's hook). Students think, then tell a partner what they notice.

“Ocean waves move a floating ball up and down, but the ball stays in place.”

1. Open the lesson link on the board.
2. Press Next to the 🎬 Watch in 3D step and press ▶ Play. Students can drag to turn the model. This lesson has 2 3D videos in a row: press Next and ▶ Play for each part.
3. Press Next to the Movie step and press ▶ Play.

The video says:

• A wave carries energy, not stuff.
• Amplitude is how tall a wave is, from the middle line to the top.
• Wavelength is the distance from one top (crest) to the next.
• A duck bobs up and down; the wave moves on.
• Bigger amplitude, more energy.

Students open the same lesson on their own device (or work with the board). Press Next to Try it.

Try it together first:

🧱 Build it: the lesson's short 3D build game. Let students play it after Try it. Its score never changes grades.

If time is left, students play the lesson's game steps (they show up between the videos and Check).

Students press Next to Check and answer the 4 questions on their own device. Goal: 100%. 95% or more is Mastered. “Not yet” means try again; students may retry.

Read this question aloud. Students write the answer on a slip of paper with no name or with a class number, and hand it in.

Read this aloud (it is the lesson's hook). Students think, then tell a partner what they notice.

“You see a book because light bounces off it into your eyes.”

1. Open the lesson link on the board.
2. Press Next to the 🎬 Watch in 3D step and press ▶ Play. Students can drag to turn the model. This lesson has 2 3D videos in a row: press Next and ▶ Play for each part.
3. Press Next to the Movie step and press ▶ Play.

The video says:

• Light reflects off objects into our eyes. That is how we see.
• A mirror reflects light: it bounces off at the same angle.
• In total darkness, no light reaches our eyes. We cannot see.
• Some materials let light through; others block it.

Students open the same lesson on their own device (or work with the board). Press Next to Try it.

Try it together first:

🧱 Build it: the lesson's short 3D build game. Let students play it after Try it. Its score never changes grades.

If time is left, students play the lesson's game steps (they show up between the videos and Check).

Students press Next to Check and answer the 4 questions on their own device. Goal: 100%. 95% or more is Mastered. “Not yet” means try again; students may retry.

Read this question aloud. Students write the answer on a slip of paper with no name or with a class number, and hand it in.

Read this aloud (it is the lesson's hook). Students think, then tell a partner what they notice.

“Morse code uses dots and dashes. Computers use 0s and 1s.”

1. Open the lesson link on the board.
2. Press Next to the 🎬 Watch in 3D step and press ▶ Play. Students can drag to turn the model.
3. Press Next to the Movie step and press ▶ Play.

The video says:

• In Morse code, short-short-short, long-long-long, short-short-short is SOS.
• Computers use patterns of 0s and 1s: binary.
• A grid of 1s and 0s can send a picture.
• Light flashes and drum beats can be codes too.

Students open the same lesson on their own device (or work with the board). Press Next to Try it.

Try it together first:

🧱 Build it: the lesson's short 3D build game. Let students play it after Try it. Its score never changes grades.

If time is left, students play the lesson's game steps (they show up between the videos and Check).

Students press Next to Check and answer the 4 questions on their own device. Goal: 100%. 95% or more is Mastered. “Not yet” means try again; students may retry.

Read this question aloud. Students write the answer on a slip of paper with no name or with a class number, and hand it in.

Read this aloud (it is the lesson's hook). Students think, then tell a partner what they notice.

“Roots, thorns, hearts and shells: every structure has a job.”

1. Open the lesson link on the board.
2. Press Next to the 🎬 Watch in 3D step and press ▶ Play. Students can drag to turn the model.
3. Press Next to the Movie step and press ▶ Play.

The video says:

• Every part of a plant has a job.
• Roots take in water; the stem carries it up.
• Leaves make food with sunlight.
• Flowers make seeds.
• Outside and inside structures each do a job.

Students open the same lesson on their own device (or work with the board). Press Next to Try it.

Try it together first:

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If time is left, students play the lesson's game steps (they show up between the videos and Check).

Students press Next to Check and answer the 4 questions on their own device. Goal: 100%. 95% or more is Mastered. “Not yet” means try again; students may retry.

Read this question aloud. Students write the answer on a slip of paper with no name or with a class number, and hand it in.

Read this aloud (it is the lesson's hook). Students think, then tell a partner what they notice.

“You hear a ball coming, your brain decides, and you duck!”

1. Open the lesson link on the board.
2. Press Next to the 🎬 Watch in 3D step and press ▶ Play. Students can drag to turn the model. This lesson has 2 3D videos in a row: press Next and ▶ Play for each part.
3. Press Next to the Movie step and press ▶ Play.

The video says:

• Five senses take in information.
• Nerves carry signals to the brain.
• The brain processes the signal and sends a response.
• The brain also stores memories that guide what we do.

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Students press Next to Check and answer the 4 questions on their own device. Goal: 100%. 95% or more is Mastered. “Not yet” means try again; students may retry.

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Read this aloud (it is the lesson's hook). Students think, then tell a partner what they notice.

“The Grand Canyon's walls are layers of rock, like pages in a history book.”

1. Open the lesson link on the board.
2. Press Next to the 🎬 Watch in 3D step and press ▶ Play. Students can drag to turn the model. This lesson has 2 3D videos in a row: press Next and ▶ Play for each part.
3. Press Next to the Movie step and press ▶ Play.

The video says:

• Rock layers pile up one on top of another.
• In undisturbed layers, the oldest is at the bottom.
• Sea fossils in a layer mean it was once under water.
• Patterns in layers and fossils show how a place changed.

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Students press Next to Check and answer the 4 questions on their own device. Goal: 100%. 95% or more is Mastered. “Not yet” means try again; students may retry.

Read this question aloud. Students write the answer on a slip of paper with no name or with a class number, and hand it in.

Read this aloud (it is the lesson's hook). Students think, then tell a partner what they notice.

“The Grand Canyon formed as a river carried rock away over millions of years.”

1. Open the lesson link on the board.
2. Press Next to the 🎬 Watch in 3D step and press ▶ Play. Students can drag to turn the model.
3. Press Next to the Movie step and press ▶ Play.

The video says:

• Weathering breaks rock into pieces.
• Erosion carries the pieces away.
• Wind and water wear land away slowly.
• Glaciers shaped Long Island long ago, leaving ridges of rock and sand.
• Plant roots and walls can slow erosion.

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Students press Next to Check and answer the 4 questions on their own device. Goal: 100%. 95% or more is Mastered. “Not yet” means try again; students may retry.

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Read this aloud (it is the lesson's hook). Students think, then tell a partner what they notice.

“Maps show that mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes line up in long chains.”

1. Open the lesson link on the board.
2. Press Next to the 🎬 Watch in 3D step and press ▶ Play. Students can drag to turn the model.
3. Press Next to the Movie step and press ▶ Play.

The video says:

• Many volcanoes line the Pacific Ocean: the Ring of Fire.
• Mountains form long chains.
• Deep ocean trenches sit near many volcanoes.
• Maps show these features in patterns.

Students open the same lesson on their own device (or work with the board). Press Next to Try it.

Try it together first:

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If time is left, students play the lesson's game steps (they show up between the videos and Check).

Students press Next to Check and answer the 4 questions on their own device. Goal: 100%. 95% or more is Mastered. “Not yet” means try again; students may retry.

Read this question aloud. Students write the answer on a slip of paper with no name or with a class number, and hand it in.

Read this aloud (it is the lesson's hook). Students think, then tell a partner what they notice.

“Electricity comes from coal, gas, wind, sunlight, water and more.”

1. Open the lesson link on the board.
2. Press Next to the 🎬 Watch in 3D step and press ▶ Play. Students can drag to turn the model.
3. Press Next to the Movie step and press ▶ Play.

The video says:

• Sun, wind and moving water are renewable.
• Fossil fuels take millions of years to form.
• Burning fossil fuels can pollute the air.
• Renewable resources replace themselves quickly; fossil fuels do not.

Students open the same lesson on their own device (or work with the board). Press Next to Try it.

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🧱 Build it: the lesson's short 3D build game. Let students play it after Try it. Its score never changes grades.

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Students press Next to Check and answer the 4 questions on their own device. Goal: 100%. 95% or more is Mastered. “Not yet” means try again; students may retry.

Read this question aloud. Students write the answer on a slip of paper with no name or with a class number, and hand it in.

Read this aloud (it is the lesson's hook). Students think, then tell a partner what they notice.

“Engineers design buildings that sway in earthquakes and walls that block floods.”

1. Open the lesson link on the board.
2. Press Next to the 🎬 Watch in 3D step and press ▶ Play. Students can drag to turn the model.
3. Press Next to the Movie step and press ▶ Play.

The video says:

• Flexible buildings survive earthquakes better.
• No protection: flood water reaches the homes.
• Sea walls and raised homes reduce flood damage.
• Early warnings help people get safe.

Students open the same lesson on their own device (or work with the board). Press Next to Try it.

Try it together first:

🧱 Build it: the lesson's short 3D build game. Let students play it after Try it. Its score never changes grades.

If time is left, students play the lesson's game steps (they show up between the videos and Check).

Students press Next to Check and answer the 4 questions on their own device. Goal: 100%. 95% or more is Mastered. “Not yet” means try again; students may retry.

Read this question aloud. Students write the answer on a slip of paper with no name or with a class number, and hand it in.