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All 36 weeks of 4th grade science, planned and ready, with the exact topic for every week below. Start with Week 1 free, no card needed.
Open the free Week 1 lesson See plans
Every lesson has an on-page lab or model, diagrams, and a quiz. Grades 6–8 add a full lab notebook: hypothesis, variables, three trials, averages, a chart, and a claim-evidence-reasoning write-up.
Topics and standards come straight from the live course. Standards codes are listed for reference; Life Academy is built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states.
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Energy can transfer | NGSS 4-PS3-2 |
| 2 | Speed and collision | NGSS 4-PS3-1, 4-PS3-3 |
| 3 | Waves: amplitude and wavelength | NGSS 4-PS4-1 |
| 4 | Sound as a wave | NGSS 4-PS4-1, 1-PS4-1 review |
| 5 | Light: reflection and mirrors | NGSS 4-PS4-2 |
| 6 | Earth's features from maps | NGSS 4-ESS1-1, 4-ESS2-1 |
| 7 | Rock cycle | NGSS 4-ESS3-2, 4-ESS2-2 |
| 8 | Volcanoes and earthquakes (facts) | NGSS 5-LS2-1 preview, 4-LS1-1 connection |
| 9 | Renewable vs nonrenewable | NGSS 4-ESS2-1 |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Ecosystems and energy flow | NGSS 5-ESS3-1 preview, 4-ESS3-1 |
| 11 | Producers and consumers | NGSS 4-LS1-2 |
| 12 | Weathering and erosion | NGSS 4-LS1-1 |
| 13 | The water cycle in depth | CCSS 4.MD.4 connection |
| 14 | Human impact on land | NGSS Science and Engineering Practices |
| 15 | Senses and the nervous system (intro) | 4-PS3-1 connection |
| 16 | The heart and exercise data | NGSS 4-PS3-2, 4-PS3-4 |
| 17 | Digestive system overview | NGSS 4-PS4-3 |
| 18 | 4th-grade midyear investigation | NGSS 5-ESS1-2 preview, 1-ESS1-1 review |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Electric circuits | NGSS 5-ESS1-1 preview |
| 20 | Magnets and motors (demo) | NGSS 4-PS3-4, 3-5-ETS1-1, 3-5-ETS1-3 |
| 21 | Information transfer (code/pattern) | NGSS 3-5-ETS1-3 |
| 22 | Earth, moon, sun patterns | Science Practice 3 |
| 23 | Stars and apparent brightness | NGSS Science Practice 2, 4-PS4-2 connection |
| 24 | Engineering: insulated cup | NGSS 5-ESS3-1 preview, 3-5-ETS1-2 |
| 25 | Fair tests | NGSS 4-ESS3-2, 3-5-ETS1-1 through 3 |
| 26 | Models vs the real thing | NGSS 3-ESS2-2 review, 5-ESS3-1 preview |
| 27 | Natural resources locally | NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1, 3-5-ETS1-2 |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | Pollution and solutions | CCSS 4.NBT.4 connection |
| 29 | Plant structures as tools | NGSS Science Practices 6 and 7 |
| 30 | Animal structures as tools | CCSS W.4.1 |
| 31 | Engineering: earthquake-safe tower | NGSS grade 4 performance expectations review |
| 32 | Climate and human choices | |
| 33 | Review: energy systems | |
| 34 | Design with a materials budget | |
| 35 | CER lab report | |
| 36 | Grade 4 science portfolio |
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Week 1 is free with no card needed: open the Week 1 science lesson. Weeks 2–36 unlock with a Student plan ($35/month) or a Family plan for up to 4 students ($69/month).
Plan on about 25–40 minutes a day for science. There is one lesson per week of the school year, broken into short daily steps.
No. Life Academy is not accredited. It's built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states, and parents are the school of record. Why that's usually fine.
Yes. Every lesson prints as a worksheet with a separate parent answer key.
Life Academy is a parent-directed online K–12 curriculum, built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states. It is not accredited, and parents issue the homeschool transcript. Nothing here is legal advice. Check your state's law at HSLDA. Questions? Email david.dukes77102@gmail.com.