SALTA 4th grade

McGraw Hill Unit 4: Information Processing & Living Things

GRADE 4 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

Total Time: 805 Minutes About 7 Weeks

● Internal Structure ● External Structure ● Structural adaptations ● Sensory Organ ● Echolocation ● Nervous System ● Central Nervous System ● Brain

● Concave Lens ● Convex Lens ● Transparent ● Translucent ● Opaque ● Binary Code ● Coding

MATERIALS NEEDED ● Safety goggles

● Tongue depressors ● Forks ● Tweezers ● Colored pencils ● Mirrors ● White paper

● Plastic containers ● Pea gravel ● Colored gravel ● Sand Paper ● Blindfold ● Hand Lens ● Sand

● Flashlights ● Protractors ● Variety of classroom objects (paperclips, pencils, paper clips, etc.) ● Paper for foldable ● Topic 3 connect back to Organisms with the Problem Solving Reading Mat: Jaws ● Topic 4, use the Problem Solving Reading Mat: How is a Plant Pollinated? ● Topic 6, use the Problem Solving Reading Mat: The Variety of Life ● Topic 7, use the Problem Solving Reading Mat: Eggs, Nests, and Hatching ● Topic 8 connect back to Organisms with ○ Topic Opener Math and Science Project: Senses

● Water ● Cups ● Index cards

READING STREET CONNECTIONS

ENVISION CONNECTIONS

● When you read Encantado: The Pink Dolphin and Mysterious Animals in Reading Street Unit 4, connect back to organisms. ● Navajo Code Talkers, Unit 4 refer back to Codes ● Seeker of Knowledge in Unit 4 refer back to Codes

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