This document is a presentation for 3rd grade students about caring for nature. It defines nature and its components, then discusses various pollutants like air pollution, littering, and destroying habitats that harm the environment. The learning objective is for students to recognize how to protect nature by removing pollutants.

1. NATURE AT IT’S BEST
Chauntell Troutman

2.  Content area: Science
 Grade level: 3rd grade
 Summary: The purpose of the power point is to
inform students on what harms mother nature.
 Learning Objective: The student will recognize
nature at it’s best as well as identify different
pollutants which harms nature.
 Accomplishment: At the end of the lesson, the
student will remove all pollutants from mother
nature.

3. WHAT IS NATURE AT IT’S BEST??
Define nature Components of nature
 Nature is derived from  Wild life
the Latin word natura.  Rocks & sticks
 Natura- “nature doing
 Plants
what nature does.”
 Water & water life
 Nature is anything that
humans cannot alter.  Elements of weather
http://www.ask.com/wiki/Nat
ure

4. ELEMENTS OF WEATHER
 Rain
 Sleet
 Snow
 Hail
 Tornadoes
 Hurricanes

5. THINGS THAT HARM NATURE
 Air pollution
 Littering
 Destroying natural
habitats
 Being wasteful

6. AIR POLLUTION
What causes pollution?
 Air pollution is caused
by several things.
Major causes of air
pollution comes from
cars, factories, fires,
and smoking. All
pollutants harm our
environment as well as
our health.
http://www.ask.com/wiki/Air_pollu
tion

7. LITTERING
Stop littering!!
Littering can be ended as
simple as 1, 2, 3!
1. Reuse
2. Recycle
3. Trash it
When you litter, it is hard
for mother nature to
break the trash down.
Littering also puts our
animal’s lives in
danger!

8. DESTROYING NATURAL HABITATS
Natural habitats are composed of animals and plants.
If plants work for us to help keep our air clean then
how will the pollutants be filtered from the air if the
plants from the natural habitats no longer exist?
With a partner create a list of three ways to clean the
air.

9. PLANTS
All plants take in carbon
dioxide and release
oxygen, which cleans
the air.
Some plants are better
than others, because
they are able to
eliminate other harmful
chemicals from the air.
Examples: Peace lily,
Flamingo lily, and
Chinese evergreen
http://www.ask.com/wiki/
List_of_air-
filtering_plants
Without a clean environment,
our earth will be destroyed.

10. BEING WASTEFUL
It has been proven that Helpful hints to
Americans are the conserve:
most wasteful people  Save food for another
in the world. sitting .
The top three things  Get smaller portions.
that are wasted here  Turn off things when
in America are: not in use.
 Food
 Do not let water run
 Energy while not in use.
 Water

11. These are all
elements
that belong
in mother
nature!!
MOTHER NATURE AT ITS BEST!
http://www.a
sk.com/wiki/
Nature

12. WHAT DOES NOT BELONG HERE?
With a
partner
remove all
pollutants
from the
area. Help
nature look
its best!

13. SUMMARY
 The students have learned what things harm
mother nature, and why our earth is in so much
danger. They have also learned that if careless
behaviors continue to take place that our earth will
be destroyed. The main purpose of this
presentation is to inform the students on what
things hurt mother nature so that there can be a
change!