Unit Overview

Habits of Mind:

Students will...

• develop a curiosity and interest in the physical world around them.

• explore places wehre earth materials are found and wasy that earth materials are used.

 

Skills:

Students will...

• observe, describe, and sort earth materiasl based on properties.

• separate earth materials by size using different techniques.

• observe the similarities and differences in the materials in a river rock mixture: silt, sand, gravel, and small and large pebbles.

• compare the ingrediants of different soils.

• acquire the vocabulary associated with earth materials.

 

Resources Used:

• Foss: Full Option Science System
  Pebbles, Sand, and Silt Module
  Developed by:
  Lawrence Hall of Science 
  University of California,
  Berkeley
  Lawrence Hall of Science, #5200
  Berkeley, CA 94720-5200
  with support from
  National Science Foundation
  
  NOTE:
  FOSS publications are available for purchase from Delta Education (800-258-1302). For information, questions, and comments regarding FOSS send e-mail to Linda DeLucchi or call 510-642-8941.