👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective
Students will identify rocks, soil, and water as Earth materials and describe how people, plants, and animals use them.

Vocabulary
rock, soil, water, earth, material, natural resource

Teaching Notes

• Bring small samples of soil, rocks, and water to observe.
• Explain that these are all natural materials from Earth.
• Discuss how living things need them to survive.
• Link to the idea that we should use them wisely and not waste them.

🧒 Student Worksheet

Concept and Helping Material

Definition. Earth materials are things that come from Earth—like rocks, soil, and water.
Examples: People use rocks to build, soil to grow plants, and water to drink.
Helping ideas:

• Look around and name something made from rock (a wall, a road).
• Find something that uses soil (a flowerpot).
• Think about how you use water every day.

Vocabulary and Definition

• — a hard part of Earth.
• — the ground that helps plants grow.
• — clear liquid that all living things need.
• — something found in nature we can use.
• — the planet we live on.

Words to Learn

, , , ,

Sentences to Fill In

1. Earth has , , and .
2. People use rocks to things.
3. Plants grow in .
4. People, plants, and animals need to live.
5. These are called .

Hands-On Experiment or Activities

What You Need: cup of soil, rock, and water.
What You Do:

1. Observe each one carefully.
2. Touch, smell, and describe what you feel (safe handling only).
3. Record what each is used for.
   Think and Talk:

• What do rocks feel like?
• What is soil used for?
• Why do we need water?

Reflection

• What are three main Earth materials?
• How can we take care of Earth materials?