Each week in this on-going course students will view an interesting interactive presentation.  Many classes will include live and recorded demonstrations and optional in class experiments.  On weeks that we have experiments, I will perform the experiments on camera or step through a prerecorded video of myself performing the experiment.  The students have the option to perform the experiment at home along with me or observe me performing the experiment.  If students wish to participate at home, required supplies for each experiment will be provided at least a week in advance in the supply list below for this class. Most if not all optional experiments use simple household items. 

This on-going class is designed for someone who needs to complete a 4th grade science class as well as someone who is currently enrolled in a 4th grade Science class and wants additional help.

Each week will be an independent lesson.  The weeks do not build upon each other.  This will allow learners to pop in and out of the course as it suits their schedule.  However, I am available through the classroom and Outschool messenger anytime the learner may have a question.

This class will be fun and interactive we will learn through presentations, experimentation, and games.  

Learners will NOT be required to login to any website.  I do use Nearpod and Kahoot in my lessons.  Learners may need to click on a link but no login or accounts will be needed.  These sites are used to help make the class even more interactive and fun.  Throughout the lesson, the learner’s progress will be measured through interactive games, quizzes, and questions within the Nearpod presentation.  Learners will be responding on their own devices.

This course meets NGSS standards for 4th grade Science.

Topics: 

A: Tuesday September 7th:  Energy & Speed, & Forms of Energy: Potential to Kinetic
A: Tuesday September 14th:  Energy and Sound (Optional In Class Experiment)
A: Tuesday September 21st:  Energy and Light (Optional In Class Experiment)
A: Tuesday September 28th: Energy and Heat (Optional In Class Experiment)
A: Tuesday October 5th:  Electrical currents
A: Tuesday October 12th: Machines and Laws of Motion
A: Tuesday October 19th:  Renewable Resources & Nonrenewable Resources
A: Tuesday October 26th:  Ocean Waves (Optional In Class Experiment)
A: Tuesday November 2nd: Sound waves
A: Tuesday November 9th: Light Waves and sight
A: Tuesday November 16th:  Plant Structures
A: Tuesday November 23rd:  Human/Animal Structures & Brain
A: Tuesday November 30th:  Animal Responses to the Environment
A: Tuesday December 7th: Weathering & Erosion
A: Tuesday December 14th: Fossils
Tuesday December 21st: No Class - No Charge
Tuesday December 28th: No Class - No Charge
A: Tuesday January 4th: Water Cycle (Optional In Class Experiment)
A: Tuesday January 11th: Layers of the Earth and Continental Drift
A: Tuesday January 18th: Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes & Earthquakes
A: Tuesday January 25th: Topography 
A: Tuesday February 1st: States of Matter (Optional In Class Experiment)
A: Tuesday February 8th: Physical & Chemical Properties and Changes