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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Earth Science: Erosion and Deposition by Waves

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how waves cause erosion of shorelines, features formed by wave deposition, and ways to protect shorelines from wave erosion.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Earth Science: Erosion and Deposition by Wind

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at how wind causes erosion, how sediments are deposited by wind, and ways to prevent wind erosion.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Earth Science: Erosion and Deposition by Gravity

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identifies causes and effects of landslides and mudslides and explains how slump and creep occur.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Earth Science: Weathering

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at mechanical and chemical weathering, agents of weathering, and gives examples of each type of weathering.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Earth Science: Erosion and Deposition by Glaciers

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how continental and valley glaciers form, explains how glaciers cause erosion, and identifies landforms that are deposited by glaciers.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Physical Science: Electric Current

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Defines electric current and relates electric current to different materials (insulators and conductors).
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Physical Science: Electric Circuits

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the parts of an electric circuit and identifies electric safety features and how to use electricity safely.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Earth Science: Theory of Plate Tectonics

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses what a tectonic plate is and how scientists can recognize its edges, how the plates move by convection in the mantle, the three types of plate boundaries...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Earth Science: Relative Ages of Rocks

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at how stratigraphy can be used to determine the relative ages of rocks, how unconformities occur, ways to match rock layers in different areas, and how...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Earth Science: Introduction to Earth's Surface

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains how to find a location and direction on Earth's surface. Discusses topography and various landforms and how they form.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Earth Science: Fossils

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses what fossils are, how they form, and what scientists can learn from fossils.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Third Grade Science: Life Sci: Animal Characteristics and Classification

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Presents an overview of the major animals groups (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, arthropods, vertebrates, invertebrates, those having live births and...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Physical Science: Types of Energy

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses ways in which energy can be transferred, what kinetic energy is and types of potential energy. Includes examples of energy conversions.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Physical Science: Characteristics of Sound

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses sound waves and properties of sound.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade: Physical Science: Moving Air and Water as Energy Sources

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses wind energy and hydroelectric energy.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Physical Science: Transfer of Thermal Energy

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the conduction of thermal energy, how convection transfers thermal energy, and provides an example of the radiation of thermal energy.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Physical Science: Static Electric Charge

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses electric charge and electric force, and identifies ways that electric charge is transferred.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Refraction of Light

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses refraction of light in matter and how light changes its speed and angle of refraction according to the type of medium it is travelling through.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Reflection of Light

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Considers the reflection of light from both smooth and rough surfaces and the law of reflection.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Physical Science: Forms and Changes of Energy

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses different forms of energy and how energy changes form.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Physical Science: Energy Resources

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses nonrenewable and renewable energy resources. Outlines world energy use and ways to conserve energy.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Third Grade: Life Science: Plant Adaptations to Environmental Changes

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discuses how plants respond to changes in their environment and some special adaptations in plants.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Third Grade Science: Life Science: Plant Reproduction and Life Cycles

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Read about the processes of sexual reproduction in flowering plants, including pollination, fertilization (seed production), seed dispersal, and germination.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Third Grade Science: Life Science: Insect Reproduction and Life Cycles

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Compares and contrasts the major stages in insect life cycles, such as those that undergo incomplete and complete metamorphosis.