1st Grade exploring earth's natural resources

Scope and sequence

Suggested Time Frame: 1st Grade Science Curriculum Map

• 1st Nine Weeks- Consult the 1st Grade Science Curriculum Map for specific details.

The 1st Grade Science Curriculum Map outlines the following information:

• 1. Recommended pacing, scope, and sequence for each unit.

  2. Alignment with standards, conceptual understandings, and performance indicators

  3. Links to Unit Concept Storyboard Maps, Content and SEP Support Documents, and Curriculum Guides

  4. Details for Evidence of Understanding, Essential Learning Experiences, and Suggested Learning Engagements

  5. Where appropriate, alignment with specific FOSS, DSM, GEMS, and STC kit Activities and Investigations

Learning goals, skills, and concepts

Learning Goals

• Students will gather data through observations and measurements and analyze and interpret their data to describe and compare rocks, soils, sand, and water.

• Students will gather information from a variety of sources to describe the different ways Earth materials can be used.

• Students will gather information from a variety of sources to describe the different ways Earth materials can be conserved and explain why conservation efforts are important.

• Students will use information from a variety of sources to develop models to illustrate and classify the distribution of water on the Earth’s surface. Models can include:

  • Maps

  • 3-D Models

  • Drawings

• Students will use stream tables (or something similar) to investigate how water flows downhill and to describe how moving water shapes the Earth’s surface.

Skills and Concepts

• Obtain and Communicate Information- SEP Support Document

• Develop and Use Models- SEP Support Document

• Conduct Investigations- SEP Support Document

• Analyze and Interpret Data- SEP Support Document

• Earth Material Properties- Essential Knowledge Support Document

• Natural Resource Uses- Essential Knowledge Support Document

• Natural Resource Conservation- Essential Knowledge Support Document

• Land and Water- Essential Knowledge Support Document

• Movement of Water- Essential Knowledge Support Document

Science Concept Storyboard

This link will take you to a print-friendly version of the science concept storyboard.

Lessons and activities

Earth Materials Unit Planning Doc

Potential Instructional Strategies/Lessons/Examples

• Pebbles, Sand and Silt (FOSS Kit) Investigations 1, 2, 3, and 4

• Pearson SC Interactive Science Textbook

  • Chapter 3, Inquiry Warm Up pp.76 - What makes up soil? (1.E.4A.1, 1.S.1A.1, 1.S.1A.4, 1.S.1A.6)

  • Chapter 3, Lesson 1 Quick Lab p.79 - What natural sources of water can you find? (1.E.4A.2)

  • Chapter 3, Lesson 2 Quick Lab p.87 - What are rocks like? (1.E.4A.1,1.S.1A.4)

  • Chapter 3, Lesson 3 Quick Lab p.97 - How does Earth’s surface move during an earthquake? (1.E.4A.3, 1.S.1A.2)

  • Chapter 3, Lesson 4 Quick Lab p.101 - How much water does a leaky faucet waste? (1.E.4B.2, 1.S.1A.8)

  • Chapter 3, Lesson 4 Lab Investigation p.108 - How are soils different? (1.E.4A.1, 1.S.1A.3, 1.S.1A.4)

  • Chapter 3, Lesson 1 Quick Lab p.79 - What natural sources of water can you find? (1.E.4A.2)

• AIMS Activities: 2005 SC Science AIMS 1st Grade

  • Earth’s Treasures

  • Find and Sort

  • Two Soils

  • This is the House that I Built

  • Which Soil Works Best?

  • Resource Detectives

  • Where is Our Water?

  • Water Ways

• S2TEM Center SC - 1st Grade Science Lessons

  • http://www.s2temsc.org/k-8-science-lessons.html

    • Earth Science (Earth Materials) 1-4.1 Lesson A: “Observing Earth Materials” (1.E.4A)

      • The students need to know that Earth is made of different materials, including rocks, sand, soil, and water. An Earth material is defined as a resource that comes from Earth. The students will recognize the composition of Earth material and remember the characteristics about rocks, sand, soil, and water. Students should also identify an Earth material by its characteristics and recall what an Earth material is.

    • Earth Science (Earth Materials) 1-4.2 Lesson A: “Observing Rocks and Sand” (1.E.4A)

      • Children of all ages are fascinated with rocks and sand. Most children at one time or another collect rocks or use them in some sort of game.

    • Earth Science (Earth Materials) 1-4.6 Lesson A: “Uses of Earth Materials” (1.E.4B)

      • This lesson allows students to investigate Earth materials that are used for building structures, such as jewelry, glass objects, bricks, and concrete or for growing plants, such as roses, trees, or shrubbery

    • Earth Science (Earth Materials) 1-4.5 Lesson A: “Water on Earth” (1.E.4A)

      • In this lesson students will explore the locations of water on the Earth’s surface. They will develop an understanding of the fact that the Earth is made of land and water and that water can be found around the world. This lesson integrates science and social studies in a natural way.

• Sampling Rocks (1.E.4A.1)

  • Lesson Goals: Students will learn about sampling through an investigation of rocks found in the schoolyard

  • Recycled Materials (1.E.4B.2)

  • This lesson, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science ScienceNetLinks website, details a lesson where students identify different materials that can be recycled and possible uses for these materials.

Additional Resources

• Rocks: The Solid Earth Materials: (1.E4.A) http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=B51CD8CA-EC96-4983-B9F0-22B99275BBB7&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

  • With the help of a Rock Wizard and a little imagination, students discover rocks on Earth. They learn that dirt is made up of different types of rocks and that rocks are made of minerals. Students will discover the ways different types of rocks are formed and many of the properties of rocks and minerals, such as size, shape, color, and texture.

• Uses of Rocks and Minerals (1.E4.B) http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=27781C3A-0116-4300-94C4-4141AB8D10DE&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

  • The rocks and minerals that form within the Earth are used to make many important materials. Witness how rocks are mined, processed, and then constructed into glass, cement, bricks, houses, roads, and other objects used in our everyday lives.

• A First Look: Water (1.E.4A.1)

  • http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=446130FE-111B-4080-B1D4-3E6E5EFF2812&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

    • Using a wide variety of examples, young students are introduced to the most important properties of water. The program illustrates the differences between salt water and fresh water, shows how living things need water to survive, describes how water can have different forms, and how water changes form through evaporation, condensation and freezing. The ways people use water and the importance of conserving fresh water are also addressed.

• Pearson Realize Interactive Science - Online Labs

• Pearson Interactive Science Content Level

• BrainPop Jr.

  • Soil

  • Rocks and Minerals

  • Reduce Reuse Recycle

  • Natural Resources

• Picture Books

  • Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor

  • If You Find A Rock by Peggy Christian

  • It Could Still Be A Rock by Allen Fowler

  • Let’s Go Rock Collecting by Roma Gans

  • Jump Into Science: Sand by Ellen J. Prager

  • Iktomi and The Boulder: A Plains Indian Story by Paul Goble

  • Stone Soup by Ann McGovern

  • Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig

  • Dirt: The Scoop on Soil by Natalie M. Rosinski

  • Let’s Go Rock Collecting by Roma Gans

• Field Study

  • Sesquicentennial State Park

    • Utilizing the park’s sand hill and aquatic ecosystems coupled with its unique location in an urban area, Discover Carolina programs will teach students the importance of urban green space and conservation of our natural resources through hands-on activities and on-site explorations.

  • Myrtle Beach State Park

    • Even in the middle of the vast development of the Grand Strand, Myrtle Beach State Park remains an oasis of green where visitors can learn to appreciate the importance of our natural coastal resources. Through exploration, hands-on activities and personal experiences, students learn about these resources, the importance of protecting them, and the need for their continued existence in highly developed areas

• National Geographic Video Resource:

  • As with any video resource, teachers should carefully preview and vet any videos before showing them to students.