4th grade Instructional Guide

McGraw Hill Unit 4: Information Processing & Living Things

GRADE4 SCIENCE

Module 1: Structures and Functions of Living Things Lesson 1: Structures and Functions of Plants Lesson 2: Structures and Functions of Animals

Module 2: Information Processing and Transfer

Lesson 1: Information Processing in Animals Lesson 2: The Role of Animal’s Eyes Lesson 3: Information Transfer

MODULE 2: LESSON 1: INFORMATION PROCESSING IN ANIMALS LESSON PACING LEARNING INTENTIONS & SUCCESS CRITERIA

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS Encounter the Phenomena: Information Processing in Animals (video in presentation)

PG

Engage (Phenomena)

15 Min Learning Intention:

Lesson 1: 56-57

I am learning how to make observations and predictions so that I can think like a scientist. Success Criteria: I’ll know I’ve learned it when I can make observations about animals and write 3 questions about that animal.

Big Idea: How do animals learn about their environment?

Explore

30 Min Learning Intention:

SandPaper Blindfold Hand Lense

Lesson 1: 58-61

I’m learning how my sense of touch works when my sense of sight is impaired so that I can understand the different ways we receive information. Success Criteria: I’ll know I’ve learned it when I can describe the texture that I feel and answer how my sense of touch helps me interpret objects in my environment.

Lesson: Sense of Touch

MH Interactive Presentation: Sense of Touch MG Inquiry Rewind: available for absent students. Animal Senses Reading

Explain

30 Min Split students into 2 groups. Have 1 group read Animal Senses and assign the interactive presentation “Read About:

Lesson 1: 62-63

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