Save hours of prep time with this complete, ready-to-teach Grade 4 Earth Systems unit, fully aligned to the new Alberta Science curriculum! This all-in-one resource covers Earth Systems, Scientific Method, and Computer Science outcomes, blending hands-on science with essential data and design-thinking skills your students will use for years to come.
Whether you're teaching natural resources, conservation, Earth's spheres, or the interconnectedness of Earth's systems, this bundle gives you everything: teaching slides, a student booklet, check-ins, a full unit assessment, hands-on activities, and classroom decor, all done for you and ready to print or project.
✅ What Makes This Unit Unique
100% aligned with the new Alberta Science Curriculum
Includes engaging lessons, teaching slides, and student workbook activities
Integrates Computer Science outcomes
Combines hands-on learning with clear instruction
Includes a culminating scientific method project
Built-in formative assessments and a final unit test
✅ What's Included
Detailed teacher lesson plans
Teaching slides for each lesson
Vetted websites, online books, and videos
Guidance for discussions and activities
Culminating project instructions
Student workbook activities
Hands-on investigations and design activities
13 formative check-ins to assess understanding
End-of-unit test with answer key
Anchor charts
Vocabulary cards
"I Have, Who Has" game
Link to an engaging digital game: Two Truths and a Lie
Chat station cards
Triorama and Sphere Wheel activities
Bulletin board letters
✅ Students Explore
Earth's spheres
How people interact with the spheres
How the spheres interact with each other
Life depends on the sun
How plants and animals use water
Aquatic habitats
What is a watershed?
Water is everyone's responsibility
The importance of water to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit
Meet a water protector
How Earth's systems are interconnected
The importance of governments, conservation groups, and First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities working alongside Parks Canada
Alberta's natural resources
What is conservation?
Examples of personal actions that contribute to conservation in daily life
Implementing a conservation plan
✅ Why Mummabell?
No prep required, other than photocopying the student booklet and printing posters
Super easy to follow
You can literally just follow the teaching slides and learn alongside your students
Uses triangulation of evidence for assessment (observations, conversations, and products), included for each skill and procedure, so you can assess throughout the unit
✅ What You'll Receive
35-page teacher guide (KUSPs, "I can" statements, background info, 13 check-ins, unit assessment, and answer key)
51-page student booklet (34-page booklet plus extra practice sheets and answers)
287-page teaching slide deck
42 pages of anchor charts, vocabulary cards, picture cards, sorting activities, game cards, and bulletin board letters
✅ Perfect for Grade 4 science teachers looking for a complete, curriculum-aligned unit that saves prep time while still delivering rich, hands-on, discussion-based learning, with built-in tools to assess student understanding every step of the way.
New Grade 4 Alberta Science Curriculum resources:
✅ EARTH SYSTEMS: Interactions and Conservation
✅ LIVING SYSTEMS: Structures and Functions in plants and animals