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

Veterinarian Do?

Success Criteria: I’ll know I’m successful when I can explain what a veterinarian does.

Explain

30 min Learning Intention:

88-89

I’m learning how technology helps people with vision problems so that I can explain how technology can help people. Success Criteria: I’ll know I’m successful when I can explain ways in which technology can help people with vision problems. I am showing my knowledge of light reflection so that I can explain how the eye can see objects. Success Criteria: I know I am successful when I can create a model and write a description showing how visible light waves are reflected from objects causing objects to be seen.

Lesson: Eye Technology Can be done in ELAblock

Evaluate

20 min Learning Intention:

90

Lesson: Explain the Phenomena

POSSIBLE EXTENSIONS Lesson 2 Launch: Animal Eyes: Page 73 The Way Eyes See It: Page 82 How Animals Use Their Eyes: Page 83 Field of View Research: Page 87 Three-Dimensional Thinking: Page 91 Extend It: Page 92