With the information gained from the assessments, the teacher can plan an approach to the curriculum. Students develop a classification system and make a collage, using pictures from magazines, of things they need from their environment. Students' Preparation Students prepare for Unit 5 by forming cooperative groups, creating a unit journal, and planting seeds in milk cartons. The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong. Living things depend on natural resources-air, water, soil, sunlight, minerals, plants, and animals.
Students use reference materials to define and make a list of natural resources.
They classify these into seven categories. Each group of students designs an advertisement for a specific natural resource. Students write letters to local organizations associated with specific natural resources. Students begin inferring some relationships that might exist among natural resources. Students describe how they use natural resources in their everyday lives.