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Grade 4 Science — Term 3, Week 6

5 day-plan(s) · WeLearn JA SCI T3 G4

Day 1: Habitats and Ecosystems

Grade 4 Science · Term 3, Week 6 · 60 minutes
ObjectivesDescribe habitats and ecosystems and their living and non-living parts.
MaterialsEcosystem pictures
Key vocabularyhabitat, ecosystem, living, non-living, community
Engage (starter)"What makes up a whole ecosystem?"
Develop (main)Interactive: explore an ecosystem scene; identify living and non-living parts; tap-to-reveal what an ecosystem is.
Plenary (close)Name a living and a non-living part of an ecosystem.
AssessmentDescribes ecosystems.
Teacher notesUse Caribbean ecosystems (reef, mangrove, forest).

Day 2: Caribbean Ecosystems

Grade 4 Science · Term 3, Week 6 · 60 minutes
ObjectivesExplore local Caribbean ecosystems.
MaterialsReef, mangrove, forest pictures
Key vocabularycoral reef, mangrove, rainforest, ecosystem
Engage (starter)"What lives in a coral reef or a mangrove?"
Develop (main)Interactive: examine Caribbean ecosystems and the living things in each; tap-to-reveal the region's ecosystems.
Plenary (close)Name a Caribbean ecosystem.
AssessmentExplores local ecosystems.
Teacher notesCelebrate regional biodiversity.

Day 3: Adaptation

Grade 4 Science · Term 3, Week 6 · 60 minutes
ObjectivesExplain how living things are adapted to their habitat.
MaterialsAdaptation cards
Key vocabularyadaptation, feature, survive, suited, environment
Engage (starter)"How is a cactus suited to a dry place?"
Develop (main)Interactive: match features to habitats and explain how they aid survival; tap-to-reveal adaptations.
Plenary (close)Name a feature that helps an animal survive.
AssessmentExplains adaptation.
Teacher notesLink features to survival.

Day 4: How Living Things Depend on Each Other

Grade 4 Science · Term 3, Week 6 · 60 minutes
ObjectivesDescribe interdependence in an ecosystem.
MaterialsEcosystem web model
Key vocabularydepend, interdependence, shelter, food, balance
Engage (starter)"How do the living things in a habitat rely on each other?"
Develop (main)Interactive: trace how living things provide food and shelter for one another; tap-to-reveal interdependence.
Plenary (close)Give one way living things depend on each other.
AssessmentDescribes interdependence.
Teacher notesTies ecosystems together.

Day 5: Review: Habitats and Ecosystems

Grade 4 Science · Term 3, Week 6 · 60 minutes
ObjectivesConsolidate habitats, ecosystems, and adaptation.
MaterialsEcosystem cards, review stations
Key vocabularyreview, ecosystem, adapt
Engage (starter)"Ecosystem explorer challenge!"
Develop (main)Interactive: match living things to ecosystems and adaptations at review stations.
Plenary (close)Name an ecosystem and something that lives there.
AssessmentStation accuracy.
Teacher notesReinforce living and non-living parts.