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Grades 3-4 Year B Lessons (Ages 8-10)

Year Overview

This is the Year B curriculum for Grades 3-4, designed to be used in alternating years with Year A. Year B covers the same STREAM skills and standards but through different contexts, projects, and saints. This ensures students in combined 3-4 classrooms don't repeat the same content in consecutive years.

Year B Themes

  • Aviation & Flight (vs Year A's rocketry)

  • Architecture & Design (vs Year A's bridge engineering)

  • Marine Science (vs Year A's environmental science)

  • Game Design (vs Year A's animation)

  • Sustainable Cities (vs Year A's machine engineering)

Class Details

  • Duration: 40 minutes per session

  • Sessions: 34 weeks (follows school calendar)

  • Technology: Scratch coding, KEVA planks, basic robotics

📅 Year B Curriculum Map

First Semester

Week Lesson Focus Saint/Theme
1 Welcome Back Scientists Intro & Expectations Scientific Method
2-3 Flight Fundamentals Aerodynamics basics Bl. Bartolomeu de Gusmão
4-6 Paper Airplane Challenge Engineering design Four Forces of Flight
7-9 Architectural Marvels Structure & design Cathedral builders
10 Fall Festival Engineering Applied engineering Harvest celebration
11 Thanksgiving Gratitude Data & reflection Gratitude practices
12 Gifts for Others Service projects St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
13 Advent Preparation Light & hope Jesse Tree symbols

Second Semester

Week Lesson Focus Saint/Theme
14-17 Marine Science Lab Ocean ecosystems St. Brendan the Navigator
18 New Year Goals Goal setting Resolution projects
19-22 Game Design Studio Scratch game creation St. John Bosco
23 Catholic Schools Week Faith & learning Community celebration
24-27 Sustainable City Environmental design St. Kateri Tekakwitha
28 Pi Day Activities Mathematical thinking Sacred geometry
29-31 Weather Station Meteorology God's creation
33 Easter Engineering Resurrection projects Easter celebration
34 Year B Showcase Celebration Year-end exhibition

🎯 Year B Skills & Standards

Same Skills as Year A, Different Context

Skill Year A Context Year B Context
Engineering Design Rockets & Bridges Planes & Buildings
Coding Animation Game Design
Environmental Science Land/Water Systems Ocean/Climate
Data Analysis Science Research Weather/Mapping
Faith Integration Various Saints Different Saints

📂 File Index

  1. Week01_Welcome_Scientists.md
  2. Week02-03_Flight_Fundamentals.md
  3. Week04-06_Paper_Airplane.md
  4. Week07-09_Architectural_Marvels.md
  5. Week10_Fall_Festival.md
  6. Week11_Thanksgiving_Gratitude.md
  7. Week12_Gifts_Others.md
  8. Week13_Advent_Preparation.md
  9. Week14-17_Marine_Science.md
  10. Week18_New_Year_Goals.md
  11. Week19-22_Game_Design.md
  12. Week23_Catholic_Schools.md
  13. Week24-27_Sustainable_City.md
  14. Week28_Pi_Day.md
  15. Week29-31_Weather_Station.md
  16. Week33_Easter_Engineering.md
  17. Week34_Showcase.md

🔄 Year A/B Rotation

Year A → Year B → Year A → Year B...

Students in combined 3-4 classrooms experience:

  • Year 1: Year A curriculum

  • Year 2: Year B curriculum

  • Complete different projects each year

  • Learn same skills through varied contexts

📖 Resources

Curriculum Version: 1.0 — Year B | **