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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Science — Grade 4

Goal 2: The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technology to build an understanding of the composition and uses of rocks and minerals.

Objective 2.01. Describe and evaluate the properties of several minerals.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Salt trading in Asia
In this interdisciplinary lesson, students explore the mineral salt from a variety of perspectives — scientific, geographic, and cultural. The lesson incorporates images of salt production in Nepal and Vietnam. It may be used with grade 4 or grade 7.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 6–7 English Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies)
By Edie McDowell.

Resources on the web

Salt: Up close and personal
In this Science NetLinks lesson, students will predict, observe, and explain the details of salt as they view it under a variety of magnifications. They will observe salt with the naked eye, and then under a hand lens, microscope, and the electron microscope... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
The roots of trash
In this Science NetLinks lesson, the first of a two-part series on garbage and recycling, students identify the various natural resources used to produce common items. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 and 5 Science and Social Studies)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science