The lessons below are aligned to current Idaho content standards as documented in the course map for this class.
While IDLA can no longer facilitate Science 4 following the 2026 legislative funding cuts, we remain committed to supporting Idaho educators. We are providing our full course materials here for districts to use in their own programs or to create remixed lessons.
Note: This content is unmaintained and will be removed from the Open Content Catalog on June 30, 2027.
Lesson 1: What Is Science?
Lesson 2: What Is Energy?
Lesson 3: Stored Energy
Lesson 4: Energy of Motion
Lesson 5: Energy of Transfer
Lesson 6: Characteristics of Waves
Lesson 7: What Are Sound Waves?
Lesson 8: Sound Energy
Lesson 9: Waves Transfer Information
Lesson 10: What is Light Energy?
Lesson 11: How Humans See Light
Lesson 12: Using the Scientific Method to Investigate Energy Transfer
Lesson 13: Patterns in Information
Lesson 14: Information Transfer
Lesson 15: Animals Receive and Process Information
Lesson 16: Plant and Animal Responses to Stimuli
Lesson 1: Plants Structures and Functions
Lesson 2: Animal Structures and Functions
Lesson 3: Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
Lesson 4: What Are Fossil Fuels?
Lesson 5: Using Fossil Fuels
Lesson 6: Nuclear Energy
Lesson 7: Wind and Water Energy
Lesson 8: Geothermal and Solar Energy
Lesson 9: Earth’s Layers
Lesson 10: Modeling Earth’s Layers
Lesson 11: Rock Formations
Lesson 12: Earthquakes
Lesson 13: Tsunamis and Flooding
Lesson 14: Volcanoes
Lesson 15: Erosion
Lesson 16: Landslides