Information Processing BUNDLE: Making Sense of the World Science Stations

Information Processing: Making Sense of the World Science Stations for Fourth Grade Next Generation Science Standards include 8 different science stations where students deepen their understanding of sensory systems, including anatomy (structures and parts) and physiology (how the parts function).

Information Processing Stations Include

• Vocabulary Cards in two formats with and without pictures.
• Watch – Students watch one of two videos and then answer questions about the videos. Videos include: sense of sight and sense of taste.
• Play – Students play a video game and learn about the sense of hearing and the brain. Students answer questions related to the video game.
• Investigate – Students read about the sense of hearing and conduct an investigation using tuning forks. Students then answer questions to reinforce the concepts learned.
• Diagram – Students read about the structures and functions of the human eye. They created a diagram of what happens in the eye in different levels of light. Students then answer questions in order to reinforce what they have learned.
• Read a Passage – Students read about extraordinary sensory systems in animals. They answer questions in order to reinforce what they have learned.
• Model – Students read about echolocation in dolphins and draw a model of how it works. They answer questions in order to reinforce what they have learned.
• Explore – Students read about the sense of taste and conduct a taste test. Students answer questions in order to reinforce what they have learned.
• Sort – Students read about the sense of touch then sort pictures of different objects into categories according to the type of touch: mechanical, pain and temperature. Students then answer questions in order to reinforce what they have learned.

Google Classroom™️ Components Include:

• Google Form™️ with Reading Passage & Differentiated Questions (for Watch, Investigate, Diagram, Read, Model, Explore and Sort)
• Google Slides™️ with Activity Directions & Worksheets (for Investigate, Diagram, Model, Explore, Sort)

Each station is designed to last about 15-20 minutes. Students may do one a day for eight days, two a day for four days, or any format that works for your classroom. Because there are additional activities for the Watch and Play stations, you can offer those as a choice within that station or offer them as an early finisher station, as well.

The focus is on 4-LS1.D and includes concepts such the sense of sight, sense of taste, sense of hearing, sense of touch, structure and function of the human eye, ear, tongue and skin, as well as the extraordinary sensory systems in animals, including echolocation.

By working through this set of stations, students will gain a robust understanding of the properties of how the body processes the information it receives from the environment. All stations in this set meet the DCI 4-LS1.D, helping students gain an understanding of the anatomy and physiology of sensory systems in humans and animals. The Investigate, Diagram, and Model stations go into more detail and help students use models to describe how sensory systems enable an organism to gather information about their environment, process the information, and respond to it.