MS-ESS-3.1: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how Earth’s…

Our Changing Planet: Resources and Human Impact Grades 5–8 · partly supports this outcome

Where the copper, cobalt, lithium, oil and sand in a phone come from and why, which energy sources refill and which do not, what real population and energy data say about people and resources, and how real towns cut their waste. Four no-materials lessons built on printed data cards, with a hopeful, evidence-first tone for Earth Day or any time.

• Where does your stuff come from? 50–60 min

  Teams trace eight ingredients of a phone and a pencil, from copper and cobalt to wood and rubber, using real production data, then sort them into renewable and non-renewable and walk a human world map. They explain why each resource is found where it is.

Printable practice for MS-ESS-3.1

These pages practise a closely related idea; the match to MS-ESS-3.1 is partial.

• Our Changing Planet: Resources and Human Impact workbook included with the unit

  1 word wall, 1 English-support page, 1 practice page, 1 reading, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.

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