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. 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.