Resources and the Environment
© Jamie Wilson.
Natural resources, living vs. nonliving, natural state, animals needs, habitat, raw food, food processing, raw materials, transforming objects, water cycle, river ecology, water pollution, air quality, construction, building homes, using tools
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Resources and the Environment: Assessments
LessonStudents complete an assessment instrument that allows teachers to determine how much they know about the origins of natural and processed resources. To measure learning, students complete the same instrument again upon completion of the unit.
Grades: K-2 -
Resources and Animals
LessonStudents observe, examine, discuss and draw a walking stick insect or a crawfish in its natural environment.
Grades: K-2 -
Is It Natural or Transformed?
LessonChildren examine, compare, discuss, and classify materials as either natural or transformed (changed or processed by humans).
Grades: K-2 -
Raw vs. Processed Food
LessonStudents investigate the meaning of “processed,” as it pertains to food. They also distinguish between natural and processed foods, and learn about sources of some foods.
Grades: K-2 -
Make a Processed Food
LessonEach student prepares and eats a processed food product (frozen banana pop).
Grades: K-2 -
Making a Water Cycle
LessonStudents observe a simple model of the water cycle comprised of sand and ice in a plastic shoe box.
Grades: K-2 -
River Ecology
LessonStudents simulate activities that can affect a water source, such as a river that flows through a community.
Grades: K-2 -
Detecting Air Pollution
LessonStudents build model air pollution detectors to collect and observe particles in indoor and outdoor air.
Grades: K-2 -
Where Do Animals Live?
LessonStudents draw pictures to represent their favorite nonsense lines from a poem, and also to show animals in their appropriate environments.
Grades: K-2 -
Humans Design Their Homes
LessonStudents build model living spaces (houses) suited to people living in different climates and with access to different resources. Students then compare the strengths and weaknesses of their different designs.
Grades: K-2 -
Developing an Object or Tool
LessonStudents sequence the steps involved in producing an object (tree to chair, mud to brick, etc.). They also learn that tools and objects are designed to perform functions or solve problems.
Grades: K-2
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