Texas TEKS 3.11

3.11 is a TEKS knowledge and skills statement. These are the student expectations under it.

• 3.11.A

  explore and explain how humans use natural resources such as in construction, in agriculture, in transportation, and to make products

• 3.11.B

  explain why the conservation of natural resources is important

• 3.11.C

  identify ways to conserve natural resources through reducing, reusing, or recycling.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students connect natural resources to buildings, farming, transportation, and everyday products. They explain why resources should be conserved and choose ways to reduce, reuse, or recycle materials.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Given an object or activity, students can name the natural resource involved and explain how people use it. They can suggest a practical conservation action and explain how it saves resources or reduces waste.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may think natural resources cannot run out or that all resources can be replaced quickly. They often confuse reusing an item with recycling its material. Some think every discarded object can go in a recycling bin.

04

How to Assess It

Show a wooden chair and a plastic bottle. Ask students to name a resource used for each, then write one way to conserve that resource and why it helps.

1. 01

   Set out wood, cotton, clay, gravel, and a metal can, then have groups match each sample to a product or human use.

2. 02

   Ask students to write which classroom resource is wasted most and propose one reduce, reuse, or recycle action.

3. 03

   Run a card sort relay with examples from construction, farming, transportation, and products, then match each card to a conservation action.

4. 04

   Conduct a one-day classroom trash audit, count common items, and create a class plan to reduce, reuse, or recycle them.

• K.10

  Earth and space. The student knows that the natural world includes earth materials and systems that can be observed. The student is expected to:

• 4.11

  The 4th Grade version of this standard.

• 2.10

  Earth and space. The student knows that the natural world includes earth materials that can be observed in systems and processes. The student is expected to:

• 6.11

  Earth and space. The student understands how resources are managed. The student is expected to: