Opportunities to tie science to home life are everywhere! Skill Sharpeners: Science provides hands-on experiences and activities that connect children's real-world experiences to science concepts and vocabulary. Each full-color worksheet lists the individual skills taught. Written activity worksheets and hands-on activities are included.

This Grade 4 book covers the human body (muscles & bones, skin, eyesight), the earth (weathering & erosion, earthquakes, volcanoes), waves (waves in the water, sound waves, digital waves), and energy (heat energy, electrical energy, light energy).