Mr. Bertoch teaches science using Mastery Badges instead of grades. This is a much more meaningful way of instruction, that ensures students learn while avoiding the nonsensical notion that it is possible to fail to learn.
Complete Fourth Grade Science Curriculum
This list includes the 16 packets pre-selected for fourth-grade students. Each packet includes everything you need and should take you about two weeks to complete.
| Grade Level | Mastery Badge | Content Taught | FREE Packet |
| 4th | 1 | Structures of Animals Help Them Survive | Download |
| 4th | 2 | Structures of Plants Help Them Survive | Download |
| 4th | 3 | The Five Senses | Download |
| 4th | 4 | How Animals Use Senses To Respond To Their Environments | Download |
| 4th | 5 | Fossils Show Us What Life Was Like In The Past | Download |
| 4th | 6 | Environments Change Over Time | Download |
| 4th | 7 | Energy & Speed | Download |
| 4th | 8 | Energy Is Transferred From Object To Object | Download |
| 4th | 9 | Energy Is Moved Using Heat, Electricity, Light, & Sound | Download |
| 4th | 10 | Energy Can Be Changed From One Form To Another | Download |
| 4th | 11 | Waves – A Form of Energy | Download |
| 4th | 12 | Plants And Animals Communicate With One Another | Download |
| 4th | 13 | Plants And Animals Have Needs | Download |
| 4th | 14 | Day & Night | Download |
| 4th | 15 | The Seasons of The Year | Download |
| 4th | 16 | The Poles And Tropics | Download |