Resource Overview
An apple is sliced into pieces to model the amount of agricultural land being used on Earth while students track data on a pie chart.
Students will be able to:
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- Describe Earth’s geography in terms of relative amounts of water, inhospitable land, habitable land, and land being used for farming.
- Apply knowledge of fractions to create a pie chart showing how the features of Earth’s surface are divided.
- Identify two reasons why protecting agricultural land and maintaining healthy soil is important for food production.
- Describe at least two ways people can help preserve agricultural land.
Features of This Resource
- Updated as of October 2021! New apple fractions and a close reading article on erosion
- Students consider risks to farmland, such as overfarming, erosion, and monoculture
- Lesson plan includes a Math Extension Bank that provides real-world elementary math problems
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