Lesson 8: My Environment
Getting Started
Questions to Explore
- How do people's environments meet their needs?
- How does the environment affect living things?
- How do people affect the environment?
Facts and Definitions
- When the seasons change, the environment changes.
- The temperature in the environment changes with the seasons.
Summary of Skills
- Identify changes in the environment. (SS)
- Identify natural resources and cite ways to conserve and replenish natural resources. (SS)
- Identify and describe the people, vegetation, and animal life specific to certain regions and describe their interdependence. (SS)
- Cite ways people modify the physical environment to meet their needs. (SS)
- Explain how people depend on the environment to meet certain needs. (SS)
- Identify natural resources and cite ways to conserve and replenish natural resources. (SS)
Materials
- Digital camera*
- Ruler
- Seeds or small plants
Introduction
Tell your child that for the next two days he will explore his outdoor environment. Ask him to think of words to describe the environment outside his home. Ask him how his environment changes throughout the year. Discuss the fact that environments are always changing - some changes are natural and other changes are caused by humans. Ask him to give examples of natural changes and changes that humans make to the environment.
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