K-ESS3.A-1

Happy Farm Natural Resources

Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

4.5 Stars

TEACHERS (15)

4.7

STUDENTS (5147)

4.3

LENGTH

5 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

Saves Progress

Description

Help the farmer manage their farm using natural resources to fulfill different needs.

Vocabulary Words

natural resources

nature

animals

air

soil

water

plants

sunlight

rain

surface

seeds

roots

produce

wheat

harvest

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Natural Resources. Suitable for Grade 1, Grade 2, K.

Main Concepts

Plants, animals and their surrounding make up a system.

Grass needs sunlight so it often grows in meadows.

Living things need air, water and resources from the land.

Humans use natural resources.

Use a model to represent relationships in the natural world.

Use models to represent the relationship between the needs for different plants or animals and places they live.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

How do you know if something is a natural resource? Where do stores get the fruit and vegetables that we eat? What does a plant need to grow? What do humans need to survive?

After the Game

What did all of the living things in the game need in order to grow and live? What did the chicken give as produce? Why did the chicken need the wheat that you helped to grow? What natural resources were used to make the apple pie and where did they come from?