Grade 04 Science - EC: S4.B.3.3.2

Continuum of Activities

The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.

This continuum of activities offers:

Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
Questions/activities that grow in complexity
Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance

Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content

S4.B.3.3.2 S4.B.3.3.2

Describe the human dependence on the food and fiber systems from production to consumption (e.g., food, clothing, shelter, products).

Activities

List five things the food system provides for you.
List three things the fiber system provides for you.

Where do you think people would get their clothing if all of our clothing stores closed? Write 1 or 2 sentences to explain your thinking.
Give one example of how you and your family depend on the food system. Explain why you depend on the food system for this item. What would your family do if you could no longer get this item through the food system?

Which community do you think would be affected more if all of the grocery stores closed: an urban, a suburban, or a rural community? Why do you think this?

Answer Key/Rubric

Examples include, but are not limited to: fruits, vegetables, meat, bread, rice, milk
Examples include, but are not limited to: clothing, rope, rugs, yarn

Acceptable responses might include, but are not limited to:

Harvest our own cotton
Make the cotton into thread
Weave the cotton into fabric
Make our own clothing

Student responses will vary. Use this rubric to evaluate the responses.

Student responses will vary. Use this rubric to evaluate the responses.
Topic addressed may include, but are not limited to:

There are no farms in urban areas
Not a lot of space in urban areas for people to plant gardens or raise livestock
Rural areas have farms
People in suburban areas have room to plant gardens or raise livestock