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Kindergarten · Science · Unit 7 of 13

Natural or Made

What is in our environment?

What your child practices

On a walk, point out natural things (trees, rocks, water) and things people made (benches, roads). Ask your child to wonder about what they see.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: K.5 · how animals such as beavers change their surroundings to meet their needs

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Natural things are trees, rocks, water and meadows.
  2. People made things like benches, roads and schools.
  3. Treat nature with respect when you visit.

Example: Which one did people make: a rock or a bench? A rock comes from nature. People build benches. Answer: a bench

Natural or Made in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 7 of 13 in Kindergarten Science, after From Seed to Plant and before Where Animals Live.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    What are the living things in an environment?

    • plants, people and other animals
    • only rocks
    • only cars

  2. Question 2

    Which is a part of the surrounding environment?

    ☁️
    • a thought
    • a dream
    • the sky

  3. Question 3

    Which one is natural?

    • ⛰️a hill
    • 🏢a building
    • 🛣️a road

  4. Question 4

    Which one is found in nature?

    🌲
    • 🌲a pine tree
    • 🚗a car
    • 🪑a chair

  5. Question 5

    What can we ask about our environment?

    • What is for lunch?
    • Why are the leaves turning yellow?
    • Where is my sock?

  6. Question 6

    Natural or made? Tap a picture, then its basket.

    Sort into: 🌿 Natural · 🏗️ Made

    • 🏔️mountain
    • 🏞️river
    • 🏠house
    • 🌉bridge
    • 🚌bus
    • 🌲tree

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