Annual Academic Plan-Science (Grade 4)
Academic Year 2026-2027
Months Covered: June to April
Month Chapter Topics Learning Outcomes Lab Assessment
Experiments
June Introduction Meaning of Students understand • Science
to Science science; the meaning of Around Us
importance of science, identify discussion
science in daily examples of science • Observe and
life; observation in everyday life, classify
of surroundings; develop observation classroom
introduction to skills and follow objects
basic science basic safety rules. • Identify safe
materials; and unsafe
classroom and practices
laboratory safety • Introduction
rules to basic science
apparatus
through pictures
July Chapter 1: Chapter 1: Chapter 1: Students Chapter 1 Practice
Food and Nutrients in food; identify major Activities: test-1
Digestion balanced diet; nutrients, explain the • Sort foods
digestion; main importance of a according to
Chapter 2: digestive organs; balanced diet and nutrients
Teeth and healthy eating describe the journey • Prepare a
Microbes habits. of food through the balanced-meal
digestive system. plate
Chapter 2: Types • Arrange
and functions of Chapter 2: Students digestive-
teeth; structure identify different system picture
and care of teeth; types of teeth, explain cards in order
microbes; useful their functions, • Test food for
and harmful practise dental starch using
microbes; hygiene and iodine under
prevention of distinguish useful teacher
diseases. microbes from supervision
harmful microbes.
Chapter 2
Activities:
• Observe and
count different
types of teeth
using a mirror
• Make a model
of teeth using
clay
• Demonstrate
correct brushing
technique
• Observe bread
mould through
pictures or
teacher-
prepared
samples without
touching
August Chapter 3: Chapter 3: Chapter 3: Students .
Safety First Safety at home, identify common Chapter 3
school, road and dangers, follow safety Activities:
Chapter 4: playground; rules and demonstrate • Safe and
The Right accidents; burns, simple first-aid steps. unsafe situation
Clothes to cuts, sprains and card sorting
Wear nosebleeds; basic Chapter 4: Students • Demonstrate
first aid. identify common correct road-
fibres, select suitable crossing rules
Chapter 4: Need clothes for different • Prepare a
for clothes; seasons and explain simple first-aid
natural and how clothes protect box
synthetic fibres; the body • Role-play first
cotton, wool, silk aid for a minor
and nylon; clothes cut, sprain and
for different nosebleed
seasons; care of
clothes. Chapter 4
Activities:
• Observe
cotton, wool,
silk and
synthetic fabric
samples
• Sort clothes
according to
seasons
• Compare
water
absorption of
cotton and
synthetic cloth
• Make a
season-wise
clothing chart
September Chapter 5: Chapter 5: Chapter 5: Students Chapter 5 Periodic
Solids, Matter; solids, classify matter into Activities: Test-1
Liquids and liquids and gases; solids, liquids and • Classify
Gases properties and gases, compare their classroom
particle properties, identify materials as
Chapter 6: arrangement; changes of state and solids, liquids
Plants— changes of state; test the solubility of and gases
Preparing soluble and common substances. • Human-
and Storing insoluble particle
Food substances. Chapter 6: Students arrangement
explain simply how activity
Chapter 6: green plants prepare • Observe
Photosynthesis; food and identify melting,
role of sunlight, plant parts that store freezing and
air, water and food. evaporation
chlorophyll; • Test the
storage of food in solubility of
roots, stems, salt, sugar, sand
leaves, fruits and and chalk
seeds. powder
Chapter 6
Activities:
• Observe green
and non-green
leaves
• Test a leaf for
starch through
teacher
demonstration
• Cover part of
a leaf to show
the importance
of sunlight
• Classify foods
stored in roots,
stems,
October Revision and Revision of Students recall Term 1
First-Term Chapters 1–6: important concepts, • Balanced-diet Examination
Examination food and correct revision game
digestion, teeth misunderstandings, • Digestive-
and microbes, explain activities and system
safety, clothes, apply their learning to sequencing
states of matter everyday situations. • Teeth-
and food identification
preparation in activity
plants • First-aid role-
play
• Fabric sorting
• States-of-
matter
classification
•
Photosynthesis
diagram
practice
November Chapter 7: Adaptations in Students identify • Match plants .
Plants— plants; terrestrial different plant with their
Living and and aquatic habitats, describe habitats
Surviving plants; desert, simple adaptations • Observe
mountain, marshy and explain how cactus, lotus
and insectivorous adaptations help and mountain-
plants; protection plants survive. plant pictures
from enemies; • Compare
dependence on floating and
surroundings fixed aquatic
plants
• Observe
waxy, thick and
spiny leaves
• Make a plant-
adaptation chart
• Design an
imaginary plant
for a selected
habitat
December Chapter 8: Chapter 8: Chapter 8: Students
Animals— Reproduction in distinguish egg-laying Chapter 8
How Life animals; egg- animals from animals Activities:
Goes On laying and young- that give birth and • Sort animals
producing arrange stages of as egg-laying
Chapter 9: animals; life common animal life and young-
Animals— cycles of cycles. producing
Living and butterfly, frog and • Arrange
Surviving hen; care of Chapter 9: Students butterfly and
young ones. match animals with frog life-cycle
habitats and explain cards
Chapter 9: simple adaptations, • Make a life-
Animal habitats; migration, hibernation cycle wheel
adaptation for and camouflage. • Observe
food, movement, stages of a
protection and hen’s life
climate; through pictures
migration,
hibernation and Chapter 9
camouflage. Activities:
• Match animals
with their
habitats
• Camouflage
picture
challenge
• Compare feet
and body
coverings of
different
animals
• Migration
route activity
• Make an
animal-
adaptation
model
January Chapter 10: Meaning of force; Students identify push • Identify push
Force, Work push and pull; and pull forces, and pull actions
and Energy effects of force; describe the effects of • Move objects
work; energy; force, explain work using different
forms and sources and energy simply, amounts of
of energy; simple recognise common force
machines; forms of energy and • Observe how
conservation of identify simple force changes
energy machines used in speed and
daily life. direction
• Make a
balloon-
powered car
• Demonstrate a
lever using a
ruler and eraser
• Identify
simple
machines
around the
school
• Prepare an
energy-sources
chart
February Chapter 11: Shape and surface Students describe the • Observe a Practice
The Earth of Earth; rotation shape and movements globe and Test-2
and Its and revolution; of Earth, explain day identify land
Neighbours day and night; and night, identify the and water
seasons; Sun, members of the solar • Demonstrate
Moon and stars; day and night
solar system; system and arrange using a globe
planets; artificial planets in order. and torch
satellites • Demonstrate
revolution
around the Sun
• Arrange planet
cards in order
• Make a simple
solar-system
model
• Record the
changing shape
of the Moon
March Chapter 12: Chapter 12: Chapter 12: Students Chapter 12 Periodic
Air, Water Composition and explain the Activities: Test-2
and Weather properties of air; importance and basic • Inverted-glass
importance of air properties of air and activity to show
Chapter 13: and water; water water, describe the that air
A Clean cycle; weather water cycle and occupies space
World and weather identify common • Balloon
instruments; weather conditions. activity to show
water that air has
conservation. Chapter 13: Students weight
classify waste, • Observe
Chapter 13: identify causes of evaporation and
Clean pollution, practise condensation
surroundings; waste segregation and • Make a water-
types of waste; apply the three Rs. cycle model
biodegradable and • Maintain a
non- weather chart
biodegradable • Make a simple
waste; pollution; rain gauge
waste
segregation; Chapter 13
reduce, reuse and Activities:
recycle. • Conduct a
classroom
waste audit
• Segregate wet,
dry and
recyclable
waste
• Make a useful
object from safe
waste material
• Prepare a
pollution
source-and-
solution chart
• Clean
Classroom
campaign
April Revision and Revision of Students recall and • Plant and Annual
Second-Term Chapters 7–13: apply Term II animal Examination
Examination plant adaptations, concepts, interpret adaptation
animal life cycles diagrams, explain matching
and adaptations, practical observations • Life-cycle
force, work and and complete simple sequencing
energy, Earth and
solar system, air, activity-based • Push-and-pull
water, weather questions confidently. activity recap
and cleanliness • Simple-
machine
identification
• Solar-system
sequencing
• Water-cycle
revision
• Waste-
segregation
activity