Concepts of Earth Materials Teachers want to keep these ideas in mind throughout the unit to help guide instruction and to emphasize with learners.
Content: Earth Science
Properties of Earth Materials
Solid rocks are earth materials, and they have different physical and chemical properties that make them useful in different ways, for example, as building materials. Earth materials provide many of the resources that humans use.
Science and Technology
Distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans
Understand that objects occur in nature; others have been designed and made by people, sometimes using natural materials, to enhance the quality of life or to solve problems.
History of Science
Science as a Human Endeavor
Many people choose science as a career and devote their entire lives studying it. Many great people derive great pleasure from doing science.
Inquiry Skills Inquiry skills are those skills students use to make sense of their science investigations. They tell what the students will actually be doing in science. The Inquiry Skills for Earth Materials are:
