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Grade 4

Cluster 1 - Habitats and Communities
Cluster 2 - Light
Cluster 3 - Sound
Cluster 4 - Rocks, Minerals, and Erosion

 

 

Cluster 1    Habitats and Communities

Ecosystems, Biomes, and Habitats (The Franklin Institute Online)
Sir Robert Hitcham’s Wildplaces
Biomes and Habitats
Biomes of the World + Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems
World Biomes
Kids Planet
Endangered Species Fact Sheet
Ocean Animals
History of the Northern Cod
Explora-Pond
Animals of the Arctic (Webquest)
Virtual Rainforest
Biomes in a Box

Explore a Fantastic Forest

Cluster 2    Light

Causes of Colors
How Light Works
Color, Light and Optics Lesson Plans
Light and Optics, Lesson Plans 
Optics for Kids Lesson Plans
Exploratorium’s “Snacks about Light”
Exploratorium’s “Snacks about Perception”
What Causes Rainbows?
Soda Bottle Kaleidoscope (NASA) 
You can Create a Kaleidoscope
The Bent Pencil
Light and Shadows
Shadow Colors #219 (The Teacher’s Corner)
Splitting Sunlight (The Teacher’s Corner)
Disappearing Glass Rods (The Teacher’s Corner)

 

Cluster 3    Sound

Sound Lesson Plans
The Soundry (Think Quest)
Sound Connexions
Sound (Sites for Lessons)
Physics of Sound
Ask the Experts, Sound
Sensing Pitch or Sound Frequencies
How We Hear
Play Some Pure Tones
Energy in the Air: Sounds from the Orchestra
Have You Ever Wondered about the Ear and Hearing?
The Ear and Try Some Experiments that Test Your Hearing
Let’s Hear it for the Ear (My Body)
Anatomical Tour of the Ear
Virtual Tour of the Ear
How Hearing Works
Can I Damage my Hearing by Listening to Loud Music?
Toxic Noise
Hearing Dogs of Canada
Hearing Ear Dogs
Invention of Radio
History of Hearing Aids
Bird Songs
Whale Songs

 

Cluster 4    Rocks, Minerals, and Erosion

Rocks for Kids
Natural Resources Canada, Educational Resources 
Rockhounds
Rocks and Minerals Detectives 
Geological Survey of Canada, Educational Sites 
History of Mining in Canada 
Canadian Junior Rockhound
Canadian Landscapes
Dynamic Earth
Hands-On Earth Science
K – 12 Earth Science
Why Do We Mine?
USGA Mud Fossils
USGA Rocks and Images 
Rocks and Minerals Slide Show 
Volcano World (University of North Dakota)
Mineralogy Database
The Rock Cycle
Earthforce (Fraknlin Institute Online)
Going, Going Gone (The Why Files, Palaeontology)
Athena Mineral Pictures
Minerals, Mining, and Metallurgy