The student is expected to observe and generate examples of practical uses for rocks, soil, and water.
A student expectation is directly related to the knowledge and skills statement, is more specific about how students demonstrate their learning, and always begins with a verb. Student expectations are further broken down into their component parts, often referred to as “breakouts.”
Vertical alignment shows student expectations in the same subject area at different grade levels that are related to or build upon one another.
observe and generate examples of practical uses for rocks, soil, and water.
identify and describe how plants, animals, and humans use rocks, soil, and water;
distinguish between natural and manmade resources; and
explore and explain how humans use natural resources such as in construction, in agriculture, in transportation, and to make products;
identify and explain advantages and disadvantages of using Earth's renewable and nonrenewable natural resources such as wind, water, sunlight, plants, animals, coal, oil, and natural gas;
A structure is an organized arrangement of particles,
parts, or elements in a substance, body, or entity. A function is the purpose or reason for something to exist in a system. The function of a structure depends on the shapes of and relationships among its essential parts. It is important to note that in kindergarten – grade 2, students focus on structures as an organized arrangement of parts within an organism or object.
Possible uses (function) of rocks, soil, and water, depend on their properties (structure). For example rocks are used for roads and walkways (function) because they are hard and durable (structure). Soil is used for planting seeds (function) because it has small spaces (structure) that hold air and water for the plant to use.
SS.K.4.A identify the physical characteristics of place such as landforms, bodies of water, Earth's resources, and weather