This educational unit designed for fourth graders focuses on the comprehensive study of natural resources, emphasizing both renewable and nonrenewable types. Students explore critical environmental concepts such as decomposition, composting, water filtration, and the water cycle.
Informative writing using cause and effect text structure. Related to a topic in the Natural Resources science curriculum. All projects focus on the essential question for the unit - "How do humans impact the earth?"
Daily written responses in relation to the daily topic and science outcome.
Reading Components
Reading Skills Covered
Main Idea and Details
Character Analysis
Sequencing
Summarizing
Problem and Solution
Cause and Effect
Variety of high interest texts
fiction and nonfiction picture books
Expository text with author's opinion
nonficiton magazine articles
Culminating Project
Students work in partnerships or small groups to extend their knowledge on a science topic learned in the Natural Resources unit
Students develop a demonstration, a model, or an actitiy that they will use to infom an audience on a topic.
Presented to students, staff, and parents of the school community