Mississippi Science E.3.10.3
The Standard
- E.3.10
- Students will demonstrate an understanding that all materials, energy, and fuels that humans use are derived from natural sources.
Use maps and historical information to identify natural resources in the state connecting (a) how resources are used for human needs and (b) how the use of those resources impacts the environment.
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 Mississippi maps and old photos to find where natural resources occur and how people used them. They explain what people got from each resource and how its use changed the environment.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student locates Pine Belt forests or Delta fertile soil on a map. They use an old photo to explain a human use and an environmental effect, such as habitat loss from logging.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may name cotton as the resource instead of the soil and water used to grow it. They may assume an old logging photo shows where forests are today, or mistake lumber for an environmental effect.
How to Assess It
- Give students a Mississippi forest map and an old Pine Belt logging photo. Ask them to circle the forest region, name one use for its trees, and describe one effect logging could have nearby.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a Mississippi forest map and an old Pine Belt logging photo; have them mark forests, lumber use, and habitat loss.
Ask students to write: "Why might a Delta farmer value fertile soil, and what could happen to that soil after years of farming?"
Play a card match with Mississippi map locations, resource cards, use cards, and impact cards; ask teams to defend each set.
Have students find wood in the classroom, then mark Mississippi's Pine Belt on a map and list one effect of cutting trees.
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