Grade 4 - Senses, Respond and Adapt; Biomes
- Description
- Curriculum
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Humans respond to their environment through their senses. In this course students learn that plants and other animals do too. Plants respond to light, touch, water and gravity. Animals also respond through their senses and some have additional senses such as echolocation and infrared sensing. Physical and behavioral adaptations allow animals and animals to survive. Students see and hear examples of both types of adaptations. Students use their knowledge of adaptations and use the scientific method to see the effects of oil on a feather. Indigenous knowledge in the form of a story highlights the role of the storyteller in the local Indigenous culture.
Students see and discuss examples of different biomes and their characteristics. Biomes can be terrestrial or aquatic. There are 6 major biomes in BC and students do a whole class activity to learn about the characteristics of each. The students learn how Indigenous communities lived with the land, not just on it.
Learning Standards covered in this course:
Sensing and Responding:
- Humans – five senses
- Other animals
- Plants
Biomes:
- Large regions with similar environmental features
Science Curricular Competencies and Activities from Gr 2 E-Learning Course
Questioning and predicting
• Demonstrate curiosity and a sense of wonder about the
world
• Observe objects and events in familiar contexts
• Ask simple questions about familiar objects and events
• Make simple predictions about familiar objects and events
Activity
- Knowledge of ladybugs
- Plant Life cycles
Planning and Conducting
• Make and record observations
• Safely manipulate materials to test ideas and predictions
• Make simple measurements using informal or non-standard units
Activities
- What do all animals need to survive?
- Bat vs Spider survey
- Life cycle of Snowman
- Project: Comparing Life Cycles
Processing and analyzing data and information
• Experience and interpret the local environment
• Recognize First Peoples stories (including oral and written narratives), songs, and art, as ways to share knowledge
• Represent observations and ideas by drawing charts and simple pictographs
• Sort and classify data and information using drawings, pictographs and provided tables
• Compare observations with predictions through discussion
• Identify simple patterns and connections
Activities
- Human Life cycle stages
- Butterfly Life cycle
- Life cycle of the salmon
- Bat vs bird life cycle
- Fruit or Vegetable
- Life cycle of apple tree
- Transformation story
- Life cycle of Snowman
- Project: Comparing Life Cycles
- Project: Life cycle mini-book
Evaluating
• Compare observations with those of others
• Consider some environmental consequences of their actions
Activities
- Life cycle of toad
- Life cycle of bat
- Project: Comparing Life Cycles
Applying and innovating
• Take part in caring for self, family, classroom and school through personal approaches
• Transfer and apply learning to new situations
• Generate and introduce new or refined ideas when problem solving
Activities
- Life cycle of bat
- Plants we eat
Communicating
• Communicate observations and ideas using oral or written language, drawing, or role-play
• Express and reflect on personal experiences of place
• Communicate observations and ideas using oral or written language, drawing, or role-play
• Express and reflect on personal experiences of place
Activities
- Do Humans have a life cycle?
Life cycle of a duck
Project: Comparing Life Cycles
Project: Life cycle mini-book
