Caring for the Land

Students explain why people have different opinions regarding soil management and identify cause and effect relationships relating to agriculture and the environment.

Grades
3 – 5
TX: Grades 3 – 5
Estimated Time
1 hour
Updated
December 5, 2024

Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Debra Spielmaker | Utah Agriculture in the Classroom

Acknowledgements

Lesson adapted from materials provided by Oklahoma Agriculture in the Classroom.

Standards

Texas Content Area Standards

  • ELA: 4.110.6.b.1

    Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking- oral language. The students develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.

    • ELA: 4.110.6.b.1.D: work collaboratively with others to develop a plan of shared responsibilities
    • ELA: 4.110.6.b.1.A: listen actively, ask relevant questions to clarify information, and make pertinent comments
  • Social Studies: 3.113.14.c.4

    Geography. The student understands the concepts of location, distance, and direction on maps and globes. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: 3.113.14.c.14.D: interpret and create visuals, including graphs, charts, tables, timelines, illustrations, and maps
  • Social Studies: 3.113.14.c.16

    Social studies skills. The student uses problem-solving and decision-making skills, working independently and with others. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: 3.113.14.c.16.B: use problem-solving and decision-making processes to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution
  • Social Studies: 4.113.15.c.19

    Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including technology. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: 4.113.15.c.19.D: organize and interpret information in outlines, reports, databases, and visuals, including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps
  • Social Studies: 4.113.15.c.22

    Social studies skills. The student uses problem-solving and decision-making skills, working independently and with others. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: 4.113.15.c.22.B: use problem-solving and decision-making processes to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution
  • Social Studies: 5.113.16.c.25

    Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: 5.113.16.c.25.D: create written and visual material such as journal entries, reports, graphic organizers, outlines, and bibliographies
  • Social Studies: 5.113.16.c.26

    Social studies skills. The student uses problem-solving and decision-making skills, working independently and with others. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: 5.113.16.c.26.B: use problem-solving and decision-making processes to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution
  • Science: 4.112.6.b.10

    Earth and space. The student knows that there are processes on Earth that create patterns of change. The student is expected to:

    • Science: 4.112.6.b.10.B: model and describe slow changes to Earth's surface caused by weathering, erosion, and deposition from water, wind, and ice
  • Science: 4.112.6.b.11

    Earth and space. The student understands how natural resources are important and can be managed. The student is expected to:

    • Science: 4.112.6.b.11.A: 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
  • Science: 5.112.7.b.12

    Organisms and environments. The student describes patterns, cycles, systems, and relationships within environments. The student is expected to:

    • Science: 5.112.7.b.12.C: describe a healthy ecosystem and how human activities can be beneficial or harmful to an ecosystem
  • ELA: 3.110.5.b.1

    Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking--oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion. The student is expected to:

    • ELA: 3.110.5.b.1.A: listen actively, ask relevant questions to clarify information, and make pertinent comments
    • ELA: 3.110.5.b.1.D: work collaboratively with others by following agreed-upon rules, norms, and protocols
  • ELA: 3.110.5.b.7

    Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed. The student is expected to:

    • ELA: 3.110.5.b.7.F: respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate
  • ELA: 4.110.6.b.7

    Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed. The student is expected to:

    • ELA: 4.110.6.b.7.F: respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate
  • ELA: 5.110.7.b.1

    Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking--oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion. The student is expected to:

    • ELA: 5.110.7.b.1.A: listen actively to interpret verbal and non-verbal messages, ask relevant questions, and make pertinent comments
    • ELA: 5.110.7.b.1.D: work collaboratively with others to develop a plan of shared responsibilities
  • ELA: 5.110.7.b.7

    Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed. The student is expected to:

    • ELA: 5.110.7.b.7.F: respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate