4.1.2

Develop and use a model of a system to describe how animals receive different types of information from their environment through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information. Emphasize how animals are able to use their perceptions and memories to guide their actions.

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Mealworm Senses

In this unit, students focus on the science phenomena of sensory structures that allow animals to process information from the environment, and then use that information to influence their behaviors. This page showcases key components of this lesson.

 

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Standards citation: NGSS Lead States. 2013. Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Neither WestEd nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of this product, and do not endorse it.

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