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 2: THE ROLE OF ANIMAL’S EYES LESSON PACING LEARNING INTENTIONS & SUCCESS CRITERIA

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

PG

Engage

15 min Learning Intention: I am learning how to make observations and generate questions so that I can think like a scientist.

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Lesson: Howdoeyes help animals see?

Success Criteria: I’ll know I’ve learned it when I can make observations about animal eyes and write 3 questions about them.

● Mirror ● White paper ● Flashlight ● Protractor ● Cupof sand ● Cupof water ● Index card ● Hand lens

Explore

30 min Learning Intention: I’m learning how light travels so I can explain what types of objects reflect light.

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Lesson: HowLight Travels

Success Criteria: I’ll know I’ve got it when I can describe how the surface of an object affects how much light bounces back.