Skill Sharpeners Science 4

Build your child’s understanding of physical, life, and earth science with this full-color activity book! Engaging activities and hands-on projects will motivate your fourth grader to learn science concepts that are based on the most current science standards.

The simple experiments, using materials that can easily be found at home, help your child understand and retain science concepts in a memorable way.

Each lesson includes reading selections and activities that focus on one science concept, covering the following fourth grade topics:

Our Bodies and Senses

Muscles and Bones
Skin
Eyesight
Hearing

Shaping the Earth

Weathering and Erosion
Glaciers
Earthquakes
Volcanoes

Waves

What Is a Wave?
Waves in the Water
Sound Waves
Digital Waves

Energy

What Is Energy?
Heat Energy
Electrical Energy
Light Energy

Ideal for practice at home and classroom enrichment, Skill Sharpeners: Science:

provides practice of reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills
offers striking photography and scientific illustrations to help children connect science to the real world
is based on Next Generation Science Standards and state science standards
includes an answer key