Alabama Social Studies SS24.1.5
The Standard
Define natural resources and identify examples in their community and state.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain that natural resources come from nature and are useful to people. They name examples near their school and elsewhere in Alabama, such as soil, trees, and rivers.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student points to soil near school and explains that people use it to grow food. They name an Alabama river as another example and explain that people use its water.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may call a wooden chair a natural resource instead of naming the tree it came from. They may think resources have to be rare or far away, so they overlook soil and trees nearby.
How to Assess It
- Ask students to draw one natural resource near school and one elsewhere in Alabama. Have them label each and tell how people use it.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a pinecone, a cup of soil, a rock, and a plastic spoon to sort into natural resources and human-made objects.
Ask, “Is a wooden desk a natural resource, or is the tree the resource?” Have students explain their answer to a partner.
Play picture-card bingo with trees, rivers, soil, chairs, and toys; students cover only natural resources and name one use for each.
Walk around the school to spot soil or trees, then find the same resource in a photo of an Alabama farm or forest.
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Related Standards
- SS24.1.12b
Identify and describe the contributions of significant individuals associated with the community and state in the past and the present.
- SS24.1.4
Describe ways occupational and recreational opportunities in the local community and state are affected by the physical environment.
- SS24.2.6
Explain how Alabama’s natural resources are utilized in its economy.
- SS24.1.13
Utilize primary sources to compare and contrast conditions in their community and state over time.
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