TN Standards

Learning Outcome

Content

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Standard 4- Life Science Heredity- 2 weeks

04074.2 Differentiate between
complete and incomplete
metamorphosis.
0407.4.1 Recognize the relationship
between reproduction and the
continuation of a species.

I can write a complete essay on complete and

incomplete metamorphosis using charts and
pictures.
Essential Questions
What are the principal mechanisms by which living
things reproduce and transmit information between
parents and offspring?

MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: A Closer Look Grade 4

Explain: Chapter 2; Lesson one: reproduction and
Survival/ Continuing the Species pp. 70-81
Lesson 2: Life Cycles and metamorphosis pp.8297
Teacher material with short quiz power point on
complete and incomplete metamorphosis.
Labs and Investigations
Explore: How does reproduction help a species
survive? (TE) p. 73
Explore: How does a caterpillar change as it
grows? (TE) p. 83
Engage:
6 tab foldable notebook tabs by Dinah Zike
Online resources
Life cycles students will interact with this online
tool that helps them learn the order of the frog and
butterfly life cycle.
Video Resources
Complete Vs. Incomplete Metamorphosis student
explained report on complete Vs. Incomplete
metamorphosis

Academic vocabulary
Clone, innate behavior, instinct, learned
behavior, offspring, trait, life span,
metamorphosis, life cycle, incomplete
metamorphosis, complete metamorphosis
Performance Tasks
In the text students should read about How does
reproduction help a species survive? Pp74-75
MacMillan/McGraw-Hill
Read Photo p. 75 using the picture in the text
Compare and Contrast how the cottonwood and
the coconut palm reproduce.
Engage/Elaborate: Students elaborate the
difference between incomplete and complete
metamorphosis using picture graphs with an
accompanying essay explaining what has been
understood.
Using the Complete Vs. Incomplete
Metamorphosis video as a guide. Students
should create their own power point slide with
graphics explaining complete and incomplete
metamorphosis or the relationship between and
continuations of a species. Use the following
rubric to evaluate student work.