Mississippi Science E.K.10.1
The Standard
- E.K.10
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of how humans use Earth’s resources.
Participate in a teacher-led activity to gather, organize, and record recyclable materials data on a chart or table using technology. Communicate results.
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 sort clean recyclable items by material and count each group. They help the teacher put the counts on a digital chart and tell what it shows.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student puts each item in the right group and counts it once. They use the chart to say which group has more or fewer items.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may sort by color instead of material or count an item twice. They may think a taller chart column means bigger items rather than more items.
How to Assess It
- Set out two clean paper scraps and three plastic bottles. Ask students to sort them, help you enter the counts on a projected chart, and say which group has more.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Set out clean paper and plastic bottles for students to sort and count while you build a picture chart on a projected slide.
Point to the class chart and ask, 'Which material did we collect most, and how can you tell?'
Give pairs picture cards of paper and bottles to sort, then have them match each pile to a count on the chart.
Read the school recycling bin labels together, then count clean accepted items and add the totals to the projected chart.
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