In this lesson, students will investigate living and nonliving things in the Australian desert. Students will collaborate in groups to create slideshow presentations to highlight the characteristics of living and nonliving things and to show how living things depend on nonliving things in the Australian desert.

In this lesson, students will think about the uses of rocks in the world around them. Students will look and write about what they find in the "Mystery Rock Boxes". Students will learn about salt, sand, granite, limestone, and pumice.

In this activity, students will learn about the various rocks and minerals to better understand the important role they play in our everyday lives.

In this activity, students will play BINGO to review what types of natural resources are used to make the objects we use in everyday life.

In this lesson, students will discover the properties of different types of rocks by participating in a hands on inquiry based activity. Students use hand lenses and scales to observe the rocks, then choose one to write about and draw.The lesson ends with a whole group discussion in which students share what they have learned about their rocks with the class.

This lesson integrates literature with science by reading "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble." Students will also learn to describe rocks by using different physical properties.

Students observe rocks of various types and sizes and record these observations through drawings.

In this lesson, students will study various properties of a rock and record their data in a Rock Star Journal.

In this lesson, students will sort rocks. Students will sort based on hardness, texture, layering, and particle size. Students will read the book, 'Sylvester and the Magic Pebble' and make a class rock collection.

This resource is a compilation of text, videos, and other elements to create a scaffolded 5E learning experience for students. In this lesson, students observe, compare, describe, and sort components of soil by size, texture, and color.

In this activity, students learn about the sizes and characteristics of different types of rocks. Students will also learn how rock particles are distributed.

In this lesson, students observe several simple demonstrations to learn about properties of water.

In this lesson, students understand that humans can get the resources from nature to live. Students will also listen to a story and will begin to think and analyze the plot, allowing students to continue to develop their critical thinking skills. Note: This immersion lesson is in Mdarin/Chinese.

Healthy soil is the foundation of a healthy ecosystem, and is inextricably linked to the biota found beneath the surface. This activity demonstrates an easy way to discover life within the soil.

This resource consists of a series of expositive and interactive modules that instruct students on the properties of soil and explain why soil is and important resource. Follow the "Digging Shallow" link for modules that are appropriate for an early elementary audience.

In this lesson, students will investigate and try to discover for themselves whether or not all plants need water. They will be responsible for coming up with a hypothesis and thinking about how to investigate and answer this question. Students should have a basic understanding of the scientific process and how to test a hypothesis.

Students will learn how earthworms help build good soil by observing the worms over a period of time.