Grade 04 Science - EC: S4.D.1.2.1
Grade 04 Science - EC: S4.D.1.2.1
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- Name two resources people get from cows.
- Name five plants that people eat.
- Name two uses people have for trees.
- Name two resources people use to make clothing.
- A lot of plants that people eat are grown on farms. What do you think might happen if many farms were damaged in natural disasters? Write a paragraph to explain your prediction.
- People depend on trees to create many products. As many trees are cut down to make these products, our environment is being hurt. Write a paragraph explaining three ways that our environment is hurt due to our dependence on trees and give two suggestions about how we can decrease the need to cut down trees.
- Do you think it would impact people more if there was a shortage of plants for human use or a shortage of animals for human use? Explain your thinking.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Milk, beef, leather
- Answers include, but are not limited to: tomatoes, watermelon, broccoli, peppers, wheat, rice
- Answers include, but are not limited to: paper, building materials, shade
- Answers include, but are not limited to: cotton, wool, hemp, flax, ramie, silk, mohair, coir
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Less food for people to eat.
- Food prices would increase.
- People would eat less fruits and vegetables.
- People would eat more processed foods that are unhealthy.
- Less food for people to eat.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Animals lose their habitat.
- There are fewer trees to use the carbon dioxide people create.
- There are fewer trees to help produce the oxygen people need to breathe.
- Trees help prevent erosion. With fewer trees, there will be more erosion.
- Animals lose their habitat.
Suggestions may include, but are not limited to:
- Recycling more paper
- Using more recycled paper for new products
- Use less paper (i.e.: eBooks, digital newspapers and magazines, etc.)
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- People eat animals and plants.
- Plants have vitamins and minerals people cannot get by only eating meat.
- Plants and animals provide materials for other essentials such as clothing and shelter.
- People eat animals and plants.
