Plant and Animal Structures and Processes

Grade Level: 4th

Subject: Science

Time Frame: 4 weeks (October/November)

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Essential Questions

 

- how does organism's structure fit its function?
- how do internal and external structures function to support the survival of plants and animals?
- how do senses function to help an animal's survival?
- how do animals react to their environments?
- how do plants react to their environments?

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By the end of the unit, students will know:

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- the core 4 functions of organisms: growth, survival, behavior, and reproduction
- examples of how plan and animal structures, both internally and externally, function to fulfill the core functions
- how senses benefit animals in respect to how they respond to their environment 
- how animals use information processing and memory to guide their actions
- how plants respond to their environments via tropisms

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By the end of the unit, students will be able to:

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- analyze a plant or animal and explain how the internal and external features support their survival 
- model information processing and understand how it helps animals to respond to their environments 
- explain how information processing and memory guide the actions of animals 
- describe several different tropisms through which plants react to their environments. 

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Topics

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- structure and function 
- animal structures 
- plant structures 
- information processing 
- plant behavior 

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Standards

4-LS1-1, 4-PS1-2