Mississippi Science E.2.10.3
The Standard
- E.2.10
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of how humans use Earth’s resources.
Use informational text and other media to summarize and communicate how Earth materials are used (e.g., soil and water to grow plants; rocks to make roads, walls, or buildings; or sand to make glass).
2026 Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Science · Earth’s Resources
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read a short text and look at photos to learn how people use soil, water, rocks, and sand. They explain a use in their own words, using a fact from the text or a detail in a photo.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain that soil and water help grow plants, crushed rock helps build roads, and sand can be made into glass. They can tell where they found each fact and give a short spoken or written summary.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think glass comes straight from the ground or that roads are built from whole rocks. They may name a finished object, such as a glass jar, when asked to name the Earth material used to make it.
How to Assess It
- Show a photo of gravel being spread on a road and read: “Workers crush rocks into gravel to build roads.” Ask students to write what rocks become, how people use them, and one detail they noticed in the photo.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs cups of soil, sand, and small rocks to examine, then have them match each cup to photos of gardens, glass jars, or roads.
Show photos of sand being made into glass, then ask students to write what changed and what people make from the glass.
Play a card match with Earth material cards, product photos, and fact sentences; students explain each match before keeping the cards.
Walk past a sidewalk or garden bed; ask students to sketch an Earth material they see and label how people use it.
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