These past two weeks, we have began to dive into our first science unit: Natural Resources. After reading a variety of kid friendly texts and watching a Brain Pop Jr, we brainstormed with sticky notes a list of Natural Resources and Man-Made resources. Each student came up with a Natural and man-made resource and stuck their notes on our class chart.
Over the next couple days, we dug a little deeper and learned that natural resources are also classified into two sub categories: Living and Non living resources. We used our friend Cookie Monster (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=giWqEPNLtBo ) to help us easily determine if a resource is living or not. We first asked if the resource can grow. Then we would determine if it required air to live. The third deciding factor was if it needs food and nutrients to live. After asking these 3 questions, the students were able to complete a sorting activity in the classroom.
But as we know, the Summit is about taking our learning one step further and applying our knowledge outside our classroom. And what better way to do this than by using our backyard to determine living and non living resources! We spent the last 15 minutes of the day creating our own personal living and non living lists. With clip boards and pencils in hand, the students were sent on their way to explore. Students were listing items such as the grass, trees, birds, and squirrels as living resources and rocks, sticks, and soil as non living resources.
