Students begin inferring some relationships that might exist among natural resources. Students describe how they use natural resources in their everyday lives. They complete a chart to identify the natural resources used to make various items in the classroom. Students observe human-made objects outdoors and classify them according to the natural resources used to make them. They also observe and classify objects from nature.
Students draw a bubble diagram to show how wild animals and plants use natural resources.
Each cooperative group makes a poster depicting various ways humans use a particular natural resource. 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.