Harford County Public Schools
Elementary Life Science Curriculum, Grade 4
Student Presentation: How do structures function to support survival, growth, behavior, and
reproduction?
Your presentation needs to include the following:
o
o
o
o
Choose a species of animal for your presentation
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Include life functions (how the species of animal survives)
o Nutrition
o Habitat
o How they move around
o Reproduction (do they lay eggs or give birth
o Defense mechanisms (how do they defend themselves against predators
Include the structures of the species of animal
o Digestive
o Nervous system
o Respiratory
o Skeletal
Choose a platform for presenting your information (Prezi, PowerPoint, poster,
diagram, etc.)
Level
0
Not
meeting
1
Basic
2
Proficient
3
Advanced
Identified Life
Functions
No response
or inaccurate
response
Names 1-2 life
function
accurately
Names all life
functions
accurately
No response
or inaccurate
response
Identified at
least 1
structure, but
does not include
an explanation
Names 3 life
functions
accurately
Identified at
least 2
structures, but
insufficient or
inaccurate
explanation of
importance
Did not
create a
meaningful
presentation
Tried to make a
meaningful
presentation,
but some parts
were difficult to
understand
Named Structures
Presentation
Identified 3 or
more structures
and included a
sufficient
explanation of
importance
Made a
Made a
meaningful and
meaningful
creative
presentation and
presentation and
most parts were
all parts were
easy to
easy to
understand
understand