Grade 1 Earth Science Earth Materials 10/9 - 12/1, 7 weeks
- What is the Earth made of?
- How are rocks alike and different?
- Why do we need rocks?
- How are soils alike and different?
- Why do we need soils?
- What natural resources does the Earth give us?
- Why do we need natural resources?
Enduring understandings: Students should understand...
- The Earth is made of different types of materials (including rocks, soils, and minerals) that have different physical properties.
- Earth materials are important resources that we use for many things in our daily lives.
Essential skills: Students should be able to...
- Make detailed scientific observations, both written and drawn.
- Use scientific tools such as a hand lens or screens to make observations.
Essential knowledge: Students should know...
- The Earth is made of many materials including rocks, minerals, clay, sand, and soil.
- Rocks have various rock sizes (boulder, cobble, pebble, gravel, sand, silt)
- Rocks can be recognized and grouped by their physical properties.
- Many earth materials are useful natural resources including metals, fuels, fresh water, farmland, and forests.
- Plants and animals depend on earth materials such as soil, water, and air to live.
- Earth materials like oil and natural gas can be used for heating, transportation, and electricity.
- Vocabulary: dull, shiny, smooth, rough, little, soft, big, hard
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