Module 4-Science 4B - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will learn how and why scientists classify animals and plants. Students will learn how plants have systems for managing their growth, survival, and reproduction. Students will learn about the systems that make up the human body.

Module Materials:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Material(s)
1	Classifying Animals and Plants	49 index cards crayons or colored pencils pen or pencil
2	Plant Systems	pen or pencil 4 different vegetables from different parts of plants (leaf, root, stem, fruit, flower) fork knife salad bowl salad dressing 2 small glasses 2 different colors of food coloring (dark colors are best) large stalk of celery 3 different types of flowers 2 different types of seed pods (optional) magnifying glass (optional) drawing paper (optional) crayons or colored pencils (optional)
3	Human Body Systems	pen or pencil drawing paper crayons or colored pencils

Module Objectives:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Objective(s)
1	Classifying Animals and Plants	Explain why scientists use a system for classifying animals and plants. Name the parts of the classification system. Describe how animals are classified. Describe how plants are classified.
2	Plant Systems	Describe the main parts of a plant. Explain the system plants use to grow. Explain the system plants use to reproduce.
3	Human Body Systems	Describe how the skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems work together to help humans move. Describe how the respiratory, circulatory, and digestive systems work together to bring essential materials to all parts of the body. Understand that the human body contains many systems for carrying out different functions, and that these systems depend on one another.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
classification organism taxonomy root stem leaf flower fruit circulatory system digestive system muscular system nervous system respiratory system skeletal system

Module Assignments:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Page #	Assignment Title

Learning Coach Notes:

None

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title	Question
Classifying Animals and Plants	How are plants and animals classified?
Plant Systems	What are the characteristics of plants?
Human Body Systems	How do the parts of the human body work together?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title	Video	Question
Classifying Animals and Plants	Classification of Living Things	What are the 6 kingdoms that organisms are classified in? Why is the sea anemone in the animal kingdom? What are the subgroups of a kingdom? What are some things scientists look at when trying to classify a new organism? How are organisms named?
Classifying Animals and Plants	Classification of Animals	What is the scientific name for human beings? What are animals with backbones called? What are animals with no backbone called? What is the percentage of animals that are invertebrates? What are the characteristics of mollusks? What are arthropods? What are the 5 classes of vertebrates? What are the characteristics of each class of vertebrates? What does endothermic mean?
Classifying Animals and Plants	Classification of Plants	What do plants provide for us? How do scientists classify plants? What is a vascular plant? What is a non-vascular plant? What is xylem? What is phloem? What are the subgroups of the vascular plants? What are gymnosperms? What are angiosperms? What are some adaptations of plants?
Plant Systems	How a Plant Works	What are the main parts of a plant? What is the function of each plant part? What are 5 things you learned about how a plant works from this video?
Plant Systems	The Magic School Bus Gets Planted	What do plants need to grow? What are 5 things you learned about plants from this video?
Plant Systems	Making Food	What is energy? Where do most animals get their energy from? Where do plants get their food from? What gives plants their green color? What is Photosynthesis? What is the process of photosynthesis? Where does the oxygen in our atmosphere come from?
Plant Systems	Plant Parts	What is the function of the leaves of a plant? What is the function of the roots of the plant? What is the function of the stem of the plant?
Plant Systems	Flowering Plant Reproduction	How do flowering plants reproduce?
Human Body Systems	What’s Inside Your Body? Bones and Muscles/Nervous System	What are cells? What is tissue? What are organs? What are the 5 functions of the skeletal system? What are joints? What are the three kinds of joints? What are ligaments? What is cartilage? What are muscles? What is the function of muscles? What are the three types of muscles? What is the nervous system? What are the two divisions of the nervous system? What are 5 things you learned about the nervous system?
Human Body Systems	Heart and Blood/Digestion and Respiration	What is the function of the circulatory system? What are the three main kinds of blood cells? How does the heart work? What do arteries do? What do veins do? What is the function of the respiratory system? What are the two parts of the respiratory system? What is the function of the Digestive System?
Human Body Systems	Systems of the Body	What are the systems of the body? What is the function of each system?

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

What is the main idea?
What are three things new you learned?
How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

#	Book	Author	Lexile Level
1	Plant Secrets	Emily Goodman	570L
2	From Seed to Plant	Gail Gibbons	560L
3	Inside Your Outside: All About the Human Body	Tish Rabe	560L
4	DKfindout! Human Body	DK	IG750L

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

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