Content Area: Science
Planning Tool: Grade 4 Unit: Theme 2 Timeline: Sept 28- Nov 6
BIG
Idea/Theme:
Science: Body Systems/ Cells
Essential Question:
Background
Knowledge:
Science: How plants produce food, food chain, classify organism into kingdoms.
Basic body functions and purposes.
Science: Explain the human body systems. Explain and investigate
ways animals respond to different stimuli. Explain the structures
plants use for survival and growth.
Science Standard:
9. Examine evidence to support an argument that the internal and external structures of
plants (e.g., thorns, leaves, stems, roots, colored petals, xylem, phloem) and animals (e.g.,
heart, stomach, lung, brain, skin) function to support survival, growth, behavior, and
reproduction.
10. Obtain and communicate information explaining that humans have systems that
interact with one another for digestion, respiration, circulation, excretion, movement,
control, coordination, and protection from disease.
BIG Idea Voc:
Science: interdependence, vertebrate, invertebrate, cells, tissue, organ, organ system, habitat,
ecosystems, producer, consumer, migrate, hibernate, mimicry, life cycle, thorns, leaves, stems,
roots, petals, xylem, phloem
Plant Cell
I can statements:
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Resource
Week 7
Science Chapter 1
Week 8
Science Chapter 2
Week 9
Science Chapter 2
Week 10
Science Chapter 1
Describe the differences in plant and
animal cells.
Describe the organization of plants
including internal and external
structures for growth and survival
Describe the organization of cells to
tissue to organ to organ system.
Identify Body systems for digestion,
respiration, circulation, excretion,
movement, control, coordination, and
protection from disease AND provide
details about each system
Describe technological advances of
space.
Describe the appearance of Earth and
moon.
Describe components of the Solar
Systems.
Week 11
Science Chapter
Week 12
Science Chapter
Reading
Selection
Sub-Question
(part of
assessment)
Describe the
organization of
cells to tissue to
organ to organ
system.
Identify Body
systems for
digestion,
respiration,
circulation,
excretion,
movement, control,
coordination, and
protection from
disease AND
provide details
about each system
Describe the organization
of cells to tissue to organ to
organ system.
Identify Body systems for
digestion, respiration,
circulation, excretion,
movement, control,
coordination, and
protection from disease
AND provide details about
each system
Describe the
organization of
plants including
internal and
external
structures for
growth and
survival.
Animal: Cell, cell
membrane, nucleus,
cytoplasm, mitochondrion,
rough and smooth ER,
vacuole, Golgi apparatus,
ribosomes
Plant: Cell, cell wall, cell
membrane, nucleus,
cytoplasm, chloroplast,
mitochondrion, rough and
smooth ER, vacuole, Golgi
apparatus, ribosomes
Body systems for
digestion,
respiration,
circulation,
excretion,
movement, control,
coordination, and
protection from
disease
cells, tissue, organ,
organ system
Body systems for
digestion, respiration,
circulation, excretion,
movement, control,
coordination, and
protection from disease
cells, tissue, organ, organ
system
thorns, leaves,
stems, roots,
petals, xylem,
phloem
thorns, leaves,
stems, roots,
petals, xylem,
phloem
photosynthesis
photosynthesis
Writing Task/
Extended
Activity
Jello cells OR edible cells of
some kind
Brain hats
Body system paper
dolls
Body bingo
Digestion dance
Circulation system game
Experiments
Planned/
Project(s)
Make animal and plant cells
Make animal and
plant cells
Vocabulary
Animal Cells/ Plant Cells
Make animal and plant cells
Describe the life
processes of
plants.
Describe the
organization of
plants including
internal and
external structures
for growth and
survival.
Describe the
appearance and
movement of the Earth
and its Moon Describe
the components of our
Solar System.
Describe the life
processes of
plants.
Satellites, waxing and
waning of the moon,
comets, asteroids,
meteor, solar system,
planet, revolution,
rotation, orbit
Space lapbook foldable
Human Solar System
D51- Reaching all
Learners
Animal and Plant
Kit
Animal and Plant
Kit
Phases of the Moon
(Oreo Activity)
Notes:
http://www.ellenjmchenry.com/homesechool-freedownloads/lifesciences-games/brainhemishpere.php - brain hats
http://www.ellenjmchenry.com/homeschool-freedownloads/lifesciences-games/bodybingo.php - body bingo
http://www.ellenjmchenry.com/homeschool-freedownloads/lifesciences-games/circultationgame.php -circulation game
http://www.ellenjmchenry.com/homeschool-freedownloads/lifesciences-games/anatomytshirt.php - anatomy shirts
Space lessons are added to enrich the Social studies skills about the space technological advancements from Alabama.