Texas TEKS 2.11.A

Science2nd GradeEarth and space

The Standard

distinguish between natural and manmade resources

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students identify whether a resource comes from nature or is made by people. They sort familiar examples and explain which clues support each choice.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students correctly group examples such as water, soil, trees, bricks, bottles, and tools. They explain that an object can use natural materials but still be made by people.
Common Misconceptions: Students may call a wooden chair natural because wood comes from trees. They may think anything outdoors is natural, including fences and sidewalks. Some exclude air, water, soil, and rocks because they are not alive.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: Sort water, a tree, a brick, and a plastic bottle into natural and human-made groups. Explain why the brick belongs in its group.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a rock, leaf, pencil, and plastic cup to sort into labeled hoops, then ask them to explain each choice.
Ask students to write: Is a wooden chair natural or human-made, and what evidence supports your answer?
Play a card relay where teams place picture cards under natural or human-made labels and correct one disputed choice together.
Walk around the schoolyard and record three resources from nature and three made by people that the school uses.

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