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

I’ll know I’ve learned it when I can identify the function of structures in different birds.

gravel ● Tongue

depressors ● Forks ● Tweezers ● Colored pencils ● Water ● (per pair of students)

Evaluate

45 min Learning Intention:

22-24 and 42-44

I am learning that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction. Success Criteria: I’ll know I’ve learned it when I can make a claim and use evidence to show that plants and animals have structures that support growth, survival and reproduction. *Use online lesson checks for lesson 1 and 2.

Lesson: Explain the phenomenon

POSSIBLE EXTENSIONS ● Bird beak game ● STEM Module Project: National Park Presentation pg. 45

● STEM Career Connections text: How could you become a horticultural scientist pg. 18 ● STEM Career Connections text: How could you become a zoologist? pg. 40-41