- Cambridge primary science textbook:

1. Investigating plant growth

1.1 Seeds
1.2 How seeds grow
1.3 Investigating germination
1.4 What do plants need to grow?
1.5 Plants and light
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2. The life cycle of flowering plants
2.1 Why plants have flowers
2.2 How seeds are spread
2.3 Other ways seeds are spread
2.4 The parts of a flower
2.5 Pollination
2.6 Investigating pollination
2.7 Plant life cycles
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3. States of matter
3.1 Evaporation
3.2 Why evaporation is useful
3.3 Investigating evaporation
3.4 Investigating evaporation from a solution
3.5 Condensation
3.6 The water cycle
3.7 Boiling
3.8 Melting
3.9 Who invented the temperature scale?
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4. The way we see things
4.1 Light travels from a source
4.2 Mirrors
4.3 Seeing behind you
4.4 Which surfaces reflect light the best?
4.5 Light changes direction
5. Shadows
5.1 Light travels in straight lines
5.2 Which materials let light through?
5.3 Silhouettes and shadow puppets
5.4 What affects the size of a shadow?
5.5 Investigating shadow lengths
5.6 Measuring light intensity
5.7 How scientists measured and understood light
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6. Earth’s movement
6.1 The Sun, the Earth and the Moon
6.2 Does the Sun move?
6.3 The Earth rotates on its axis
6.4 Sunrise and sunset
6.5 The Earth revolves around the Sun
6.6 Exploring the solar system
6.7 Exploring the stars
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Reference
Glossary and index
Acknowledgements
Total lessons : 46 lessons
- Vietnamese science textbook:
Human and health
1 What people need to live
2 Metabolism in humans
3 Metabolism in humans (continued)
4 Nutrients in food. Role of sugar powder
5 Role of protein and fat
6 Role of vitamins, minerals and fiber
7 Why do you need to eat a variety of foods?
8 Why need to combine animal protein and plant protein?
9 Rational use of fat and salt
10 Eat plenty of ripe vegetables and fruits. Use clean and safe food
11 Some ways to preserve food
12 Prevent some diseases due to lack of nutrients
13 Obesity prevention
14 Prevent some gastrointestinal diseases
15 How do you feel when you are sick?
16 Eat and drink when sick
17 Preventing drowning accidents
18 – 19 Review: Human and health
Materials and energy
20 What are the properties of water?
21 Three bodies of water
22 How are clouds formed? Where does rain come from?
23 Diagram of the circulation of water in nature
24 Water is needed for life
25 Polluted water
26 Causes of water pollution
27 Some ways to make clean water
28 Water protection
29 Save water
30 How to know there is air?
31 What are properties of air?
32 What are components of water?
33- 34 Review
35 Air is needed for burning
36 Air is needed for life
37 How are winds formed?
38 Light wind, strong wind and storm prevention
39 Polluted air
40 Protect the clean air
41 Sound
42 Sound propagation
43 Sound in life
44 Sound in life (continued)
45 Light
46 Darkness
47 Light is needed for life
48 Light is needed for life (continued)
49 Light and eyes protection
50 Hot, cold and temperature
51 Hot, cold and temperature (continued)
52 Thermal conductors and insulators
53 Heat source
54 Heat is needed for light
55 – 56 Review: Materials and energy
Plants and animals
57 What plants need to live?
58 Water needs of plants
59 Mineral needs of plants
60 Air needs of plants
61 Metabolism in plants
62 What animals need to live?
63 What animals eat to live?
64 Metabolism in animals
65 Food relations in nature
66 Food chain in nature
67 – 68 Review: Plants and animals
69 – 70 Review grade 4
Total lessons: 70 lessons

Scientific enquiry
• Ideas and evidence
• Plan investigative work
• Obtain and present evidence
• Consider evidence and approach
Biology
• Plants
• Living things in their environment
• Human and animals
Chemistry
• Material properties
• Material changes
• States of matter
Chemistry
• Forces and motion
• Light
• Electricity and magnetism
• The Earth and beyond
• Sound

The lessons in grade 4 started from the theory to the practice, so students can apply
knowledge to the real situation. For example, in strand “Humans and health”,
students had to know about the role of protein, fat, vitamin, mineral and fiber. In
the next lesson, they were taught to eat a variety of food, ripe vegetables and fruits
and preserve food. Finally, some ways to prevent obesity, gastrointestinal diseases
were introduced to students.
In strand “ Materials and enerygy”, students started from learn about properties,
role of water, air, wind to know the way to protect the environment.
In strand “ Plants and animal”, students learned food, need, metabolism in plants
then in animals.