Grade Level: 4th Six Weeks: 5th Overarching Concept: Balance and Stability Organizing Idea: Mankind and Nature in Harmony

Valuable Trash Shaping the Natural World - Renewable and Non Renewable Resources Three Kinds of Resources Inexhaustible Resources Renewable Resources Nonrenewable Resources Producers and Consumers Decomposers What is a Food Chain? What is a Food Web? Concepts in Nature - Animal Predators Herbivores in the Forest Ecosystem Carnivores and Omnivores in the Forest Ecosystem The Delicate Balance Between Predator and Prey What Are Some Special Ocean Adaptations? Plant and Animal Adaptation Birds Have Beaks Creatures that Rely on Camouflage Lizard Scales and Camouflage Owl Camouflage Birds and Camouflage Snakes, Camouflage, and Mimicry Creatures that Rely on Deceptive Devices Mimicry: The Ability to Look Like Something Else Some Spectacular Examples of Camouflage Learned Response Dog Intelligence Instincts and Reflexes What are Instincts? A Better Understanding Combining Instincts and Learned Actions Bat Hibernation Frog Hibernation Fall's Short Days and Long Nights Small Birds Migrate Large Distances How Migrating Birds Navigate How the Actions of Humans Threaten Our Oceans Products of the Rainforest Congress and the Capitol The President and the White House The Supreme Court Checks and Balances 1 Checks and Balances 2 Mexico: Its Land, Resources and Economy Canada: Its Land, Resources and Economy

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