Florida SC.4.E.6.6
The Standard
Identify resources available in Florida (water, phosphate, oil, limestone, silicon, wind, and solar energy).
Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Science
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify natural materials and energy sources available in Florida. They connect each resource to a familiar site, such as a mine, quarry, oil well, sand deposit, water body, sunny roof, or windy coast.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given photos or site descriptions, a student correctly names the resource represented. They connect mines with phosphate, quarries with limestone, wells with petroleum, silica sand with silicon, and panels or turbines with natural energy.
Common Misconceptions
- Students often confuse silicon, an element present in silica-rich sand, with silicone rubber. They may think Florida has no oil or that sunlight and wind do not count because they are not mined. They may also treat ocean water as ready-to-drink freshwater.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Label the resource shown in each picture: reservoir, phosphate mine, pump jack, quarry, silica sand, wind turbine, and rooftop panels.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Set up stations with limestone, silica sand, water, sealed motor oil, a pinwheel, solar calculator, and phosphate photo for students to label.
Write two columns answering: Which Florida resources are taken from the ground, and which are captured from moving air, sunlight, or water?
Play Resource Match: teams pair Florida site cards, such as a quarry or rooftop, with the resource each site provides.
Use a Florida road, farm fertilizer bag, glass bottle, and electric bill to trace which state resource each item depends on.
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