Science Launch Grade 4
Hands-on investigations, weekly missions, and grown-up debrief notes.
Free, start to finish. No card. Every week opens without signing in.
- Grade
- Grade 4
- Length
- 12 weeks
- Pace
- 6 short lessons a week, about 15 minutes each
- Price
- Free, every week
About this course
Science Launch Grade 4 is a 12-week online science course. Each week explores one question with short daily lessons, a hands-on investigation using household materials, quick checks that give a hint before the answer, and a Saturday Launch Lab the family does together, with a debrief note for the grown-up.
Kids will
- Build observation habits: describe what you see, measure when you can
- Frame a question as a hypothesis (introductory)
- Run a controlled experiment safely at home
- Record results in a science notebook
- Connect each week's experiment to a real-world phenomenon
- Present a finding to a parent in 60 seconds
The 12 weeks
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Week 1
Speed and Energy
Faster things carry more energy
NGSS 4-PS3-1
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Week 2
Crash Test
Where energy goes when things collide
NGSS 4-PS3-3
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Week 3
Energy on the Move
Sound, light, heat and electric currents carry energy
NGSS 4-PS3-2
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Week 4
Energy Converter
Design a device that changes energy
NGSS 4-PS3-4
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Week 5
Where Energy Comes From
Renewable and nonrenewable resources
NGSS 4-ESS3-1
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Week 6
Wave Patterns
Amplitude, wavelength and waves that move things
NGSS 4-PS4-1
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Week 7
How We See
Light bounces into our eyes
NGSS 4-PS4-2
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Week 8
Secret Codes
Patterns that carry information
NGSS 4-PS4-3
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Week 9
Built to Survive
Inside and outside structures of plants and animals
NGSS 4-LS1-1
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Week 10
Senses and Signals
How animals take in information and respond
NGSS 4-LS1-2
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Week 11
Rock Layers and Weathering
Reading Earth's story and watching it change
NGSS 4-ESS1-1
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Week 12
Map Earth's Features
Patterns on the planet and staying safe from hazards
NGSS 4-ESS2-2
Standards practiced. NGSS: 4-PS3-1, 4-PS3-3, 4-PS3-2, 4-PS3-4, 3-5-ETS1-1, 4-ESS3-1, 4-PS4-1, 4-PS4-2, 4-PS4-3, 4-LS1-1, 4-LS1-2, 4-ESS1-1, 4-ESS2-1, 4-ESS2-2, 4-ESS3-2. Each week explores one question, with short lessons Monday to Friday and a family Launch Lab on Saturday.
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Try Week 1 today.
Open the course, pick Day 1 and go. Make a free parent account when you want progress saved for each kid.