Students design and conduct experiments to determine the natural resources that plants need to survive. Students identify references made to some natural resources in two American Indian legends. They draw inferences from the legends about the type of environment in which the people lived. In the Circle of Life, by White Deer of Autumn. On their journal covers, students design their symbols.
Cooperative groups select and illustrate a name for their group.
The homes of wild animals and human beings are made from natural resources. Students locate and observe animals' homes on the school grounds and share these observations. Students brainstorm to identify different types of wild animals' homes, determine how these homes reveal the type of environment in which the animals live, and define the word habitat . Cooperative groups design a mural or a booklet showing wild animals' habitats in specific ecosystems. Students use a poster and reference books to identify types of early American Indian dwellings.