Fourth Grade Natural Resources Thematic Unit

Presented to students, staff, and parents of the school community

Students develop a demonstration, a model, or an actitiy that they will use to infom an audience on a topic.

Students work in partnerships or small groups to extend their knowledge on a science topic learned in the Natural Resources unit

Variety of high interest texts

nonficiton magazine articles

Expository text with author's opinion

fiction and nonfiction picture books

Reading Skills Covered

Cause and Effect

Problem and Solution

Summarizing

Sequencing

Character Analysis

Main Idea and Details

Daily written responses in relation to the daily topic and science outcome.

Informative writing using cause and effect text structure. Related to a topic in the Natural Resources science curriculum. All projects focus on the essential question for the unit - "How do humans impact the earth?"

Natural Resources-defined

Decomposition and Composting

Filtering Water

Recycling

Nonrenewable/Renewable Resources

Water Cycle