Structures of Life

Students in fourth grade have been working extremely hard in science.  Our first unit, Structures of Life, relates to plants and animals.  To be prepared for this unit we have been reviewing the following information:

Plants can be organized into seed and non-seed groups.  We will investigate this further over the next two weeks.

Animals can be organized into vertebrates and invertebrates.  Vertebrates can be broken down even further into cold and warm blooded animals.  After this we can organize animals into fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.  Invertebrates have their own unique groups such as mollusks and crustaceans.  Finally we studied the importance of food chains and how plants and animals play a part in these.  After our investigation of plants we will explore one of these animal groups (vertebrates or invertebrates) more!

Over the next few weeks we will study the properties or characteristics of plants and animals.  Please view the "Content" tab to learn more about what has been taking place in science.  You can also view classroom pictures from both Mrs. Bouvier's and Mrs. Schuenke's class!