This year your child will explore the wonders of science through Utah’s SEEd standards — growing curious minds, asking questions, and discovering how the world works.
Through SEEd storylines, students build big ideas as they investigate. Engineering design and scientific practices — asking questions, planning investigations, analyzing data, and using evidence — are woven through every strand.
Strand 4.1
We study how living things grow, behave, and survive together. Students use fossils as clues about organisms and environments from long ago, and they explore how energy from food helps plants and animals live.
Strand 4.2
We investigate how energy moves and changes through motion, sound, light, heat, and electricity. Students design, test, and explain how energy can be stored and transferred.
Strand 4.3
We discover patterns in waves and explore how light helps us see and communicate. Amplitude, wavelength, and information transfer become tools for real scientific thinking.
Strand 4.4
We watch the sky with scientists’ eyes. Students investigate patterns of the sun, moon, and stars, and how Earth’s movement creates changes we can observe.
4th grade field trip
Tentatively scheduled for January 14, 2027
University of Utah · Salt Lake City
Students will step back in time and explore the amazing natural world through hands-on exhibits and real specimens.
Permission details and timing will be posted in Owl Post once the date is confirmed.
Encourage curiosity! Ask “why” and “how” questions and explore the answers together.
Go on nature walks, look for plants and animals, and explore rocks, soil, and weather together.
Read science books or watch kid-friendly science shows and talk about what you learn.
Try simple experiments at home using everyday items. Observe, test, and make predictions together.
Connect science to everyday life — cooking, weather, cars, plants, and animals.
Gardens, museums, and the farm — history, science, and nature together. Wonderful for patterns, measuring, and curious questions.
Explore ecosystems, water, rocks, and wildlife. Perfect for scientists who like muddy shoes and big skies.
A lively way to notice energy, sound, and light behind big events — real-world physics with a soundtrack.
Local animals, habitats, and hands-on science. A sweet day-trip for Strand 4.1 thinking.
Fossils, space, dinosaurs, and more. Hands-on exhibits that pair beautifully with our SEEd storylines.
Plant a seed and watch it grow! Keep a journal of your observations.
Track the weather each day. Look for patterns and changes.
Build a model of a volcano or mountain using household items.
Find five different forms of energy in your home or neighborhood.
Create something new from recycled materials and test how it works.
