Students participate in a sponge demonstration to discover that people are consumers of resources. By conducting a small group sorting activity, students learn the importance of reducing, reusing, and recycling solid waste. Students then develop plans to change personal behaviors. In the process, they learn about plant pollination. They then write poetry about those connections.
Students become entomologists by observing insects in their nearby surroundings.
Students formulate questions about the mystery. Then they think critically about relations among various products made from cattle. Students learn about the important roles aviation plays in agriculture, as well as the requirements for a career in aviation. Students conduct surveys to learn what agriculture provides to people. Students experience a simulation of the progressive crowding over time as a population grows exponentially.