Mississippi Science E.3.10.2
The Standard
- E.3.10
- Students will demonstrate an understanding that all materials, energy, and fuels that humans use are derived from natural sources.
Obtain and communicate information to exemplify how humans attain, use, and protect renewable and nonrenewable Earth resources.
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 use a short text or diagram to find out how people get, use, and save Earth resources. They explain which resources can be replaced and which cannot be replaced quickly.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain that people cut trees for wood and mine metal ore to make cans. They can say that trees can regrow, ore cannot, and that replanting and recycling help save these resources.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think recycling a can makes metal ore renewable. They may also think renewable resources cannot run out, even if people use them faster than they regrow.
How to Assess It
- Give students this fact card: 'Trees are cut for wood and can regrow. Metal ore is mined and does not regrow.' Ask them to label each source renewable or nonrenewable, name a use for each, and write one way to save each.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a wooden pencil and aluminum can; match each to logging or mining photos and label its source renewable or nonrenewable.
Read a fact card about trees and aluminum ore, then ask, 'Why does recycling a can not make the ore renewable?'
Play a card match game: pair each resource with pictures showing how people get it, use it, and save it.
Walk the classroom with a clipboard; tally unused paper and lights left on, then choose one way to waste less.
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