| NINE WKS. | CONCEPT | TEK | TAK | SOURCE | ACTIVITY |
| ALL | Investigations | 4.1B | Harcourt | Recycling; conservation | |
| Inquiry Methods | 4.2 A-E | and | Questioning, collect data, make conclusions, graph | ||
| Decisions | 4.3 A-E | 1 | Snapshots | Theories, inferences, models, research, history of science | |
| Tools | 4.4 A-B | from | Use 13 tools in TEK; repeated exper. = reliability | ||
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| 1st | Investigations | 4.1 A | 1 | Center | Safety contract |
| Systems | 4.5 A | Snapshot 4.5 A Flowering plants | |||
| Genetics | 4.9A-B | S.S. 4.9A Family; 4.9B Animal characteristics | |||
| Earth change | 4.10 A | S.S. 4.10A Weathering | |||
| 2nd | Matter | 4.7B | Text pg. E4, E5 Phy. Prop.; S.S.4.7B Egg in water | ||
| Earth/Sky | 4.11A-B | 4 | S.S. 4.11A Soil; websites on oceans + erosion | ||
| 3rd | Adaptations | 4.8A | Text A30-31 Mealworms; A36 Animals; A38 Birds; A42 | ||
| 4.8 B | Text A52 Instincts; S.S. 4.8 B Birds | ||||
| 4.8 C-D | S.S. 4.8C Research prehistoric animals; S.S. 4.10 B | ||||
| 4th | Systems | 4.5 B | Text pg. B4 Interactions; S.S. 4.5 A Series Circuit | ||
| Patterns | 4.6 A | 2,3,4 | S.S. 4.6A Weather; metamorphosis, star charts | ||
| 4.6 B | S.S. 4.6B Coin rotation, translation, reflection | ||||
| 4.6 C | S.S. 4.6 C Mirrors reflect/symmetry | ||||
| Matter | 4.7 A | S.S. 4.7 A Water expands/contracts; Text E7 Lab | |||
| Earth/Sky | 4.11 C | 4 | S.S. 4.11C Sun + plants | ||