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Science Worksheets for 4th Graders

4 strands4 ready to print143 worksheetsUS Letter PDFs

Energy, electricity and circuits, waves, sound and light, animal structures and senses, the water and rock cycles, Earth's layers, plates, hazards and natural resources.

The science year, in order

From energy and circuits to waves, living things and Earth's changes, in an order many 4th grade classes follow. Each strand links to its worksheets.

  1. Energy and electricity

    24 sheets ready

    Potential and kinetic energy, speed and energy, energy transfer, collisions, circuits, conductors and insulators.

    Energy

    Potential and kinetic energy, speed and energy, how energy moves and changes form, and what happens when objects collide.

    11 worksheets

    Electricity and circuits

    Label a simple circuit, learn circuit symbols, predict which bulbs light, sort open and closed circuits and test conductors and insulators.

    13 worksheets

  2. Waves, sound and light

    11 sheets ready

    Parts of a wave, amplitude and wavelength, sound, reflection, how we see and codes made of patterns.

    Waves, sound and light

    Parts of a wave, amplitude and wavelength, how sound travels, how waves move objects, light and reflection, how we see and codes made of patterns.

    11 worksheets

  3. Structures and senses

    12 sheets ready

    Internal and external structures of animals and plants, labeled diagrams, and how senses send information to the brain.

    Animal structures and senses

    Internal and external structures and their jobs, labeled fish, bird and eye diagrams, how senses send information to the brain, and plant structures.

    12 worksheets

  4. Earth's systems and changes

    96 sheets ready

    The water cycle, the rock cycle and types of rocks, the layers of the Earth, weathering and erosion, fossils in rock layers, plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanoes, and natural resources.

    Water cycle

    A labeled water cycle diagram, label it and cut and paste versions, a coloring page, a sequence, a read-aloud story with questions and a rain cloud in a jar sheet.

    15 worksheets

    Rock cycle and types of rocks

    A labeled rock cycle diagram, label and cut and paste versions, the processes that change rocks, igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, and mineral hardness.

    11 worksheets

    Layers of the Earth

    A labeled diagram of the crust, mantle, outer core and inner core, label and cut and paste pages, a chart, a reading passage and a model to make.

    8 worksheets

    Weathering and erosion

    Fast and slow changes to the land, weathering and erosion, the Grand Canyon and Mount St. Helens, and ways to slow erosion.

    17 worksheets

    Fossils in rock layers

    How fossils form, the main kinds of fossils, reading rock layers, and using fossils as clues to living things and environments of long ago.

    12 worksheets

    Plate tectonics

    Earth's moving plates, plate boundaries, the evidence that continents moved, and the pattern of volcanoes and earthquakes.

    7 worksheets

    Earthquakes and volcanoes

    Learn weather-related hazards, match designs that reduce their impact, judge solutions with test data and design a shake-proof tower.

    17 worksheets

    Natural resources

    Renewable and nonrenewable resources, energy sources and their effects, fossil fuels, products made from natural resources and ways to conserve.

    9 worksheets

About science worksheets for 4th graders

Fourth grade science is about energy and how the Earth changes. Why does a roller coaster slow down on a hill? Why does a bulb light only when the circuit is closed? How do we see? Why are there sea shells on mountains?

These science worksheets for 4th graders follow four strands. Energy pages cover potential and kinetic energy, energy transfer and collisions, and electricity and circuits. Waves pages cover the parts of a wave, sound, light, reflection and how we see. Life science pages cover animal and plant structures and the senses. Earth pages cover the water cycle, the rock cycle, the layers of the Earth, weathering and erosion, fossils in rock layers, plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanoes, and natural resources.

Labeled diagrams come with blank and cut and paste versions. Every page is black and white, prints on US Letter or A4, and pages with right answers have an answer key on page 2.

Questions

What science do 4th graders learn?

Most 4th grade science covers energy (speed, transfer, collisions and circuits), waves, sound and light, how animal and plant structures help them survive, the senses, and how the Earth changes: weathering and erosion, rock layers and fossils, plate movements, earthquakes and volcanoes, and natural resources.

Are there water cycle and rock cycle diagrams?

Yes. Each has a labeled diagram, a blank diagram with a word bank and a cut and paste version, all with answer keys.

Do the investigations need special materials?

Most pages need only a pencil. Investigations use simple things like a ramp, a ball and a paper cup, a battery, bulb and wires, two cups of water, and a tray of sand.

Are there answer keys?

Yes. Every page with right answers has an answer key on page 2. Posters, labeled diagrams, design challenges and research pages have no key.