IntroductionIntroduction

Natural Resources

The students should be able to identify natural resources, such as plants and animals, water, air, land, minerals, forests, and soil.

PlantsPlants

How Do You Use Plants?How Do You Use Plants?

AnimalsAnimals

How Are Animals Resources?How Are Animals Resources?

AirAir

How Do We Use Air?How Do We Use Air?

WaterWater

How Do YOU Use Water?How Do YOU Use Water?

Land and SoilLand and Soil

How Do YOU use Land and Soil?How Do YOU use Land and Soil?

Minerals are naturally occurring substances that originally Minerals are naturally occurring substances that originally came from rock, such as phosphorous, bauxite, iron, salt, came from rock, such as phosphorous, bauxite, iron, salt, gold, silver, copper, and potassium. Many minerals are gold, silver, copper, and potassium. Many minerals are essential for the healthy growth of plants and animals.essential for the healthy growth of plants and animals.

Minerals

ForestsForests Forests have moderate climate, help cleanse the air and water, and Forests have moderate climate, help cleanse the air and water, and

house wildlife. They also provide thousands of wood products and house wildlife. They also provide thousands of wood products and related jobs.related jobs.

Natural Resources ChartNatural Resources Chart

Natural Natural ResourceResource

Object Made by People, Object Made by People, Using This ResourceUsing This Resource

AnimalsAnimals

Land and Land and SoilSoil

MineralsMinerals

WaterWater

PlantsPlants

ForestsForests

AirAir

We are running out of these We are running out of these natural resources! What can we do natural resources! What can we do to help??to help??

Reuse-Reuse-

Recycle-Use trash bins Recycle-Use trash bins to recycle plastic, paper to recycle plastic, paper and cans.and cans.

Reduce-Don’t use so Reduce-Don’t use so muchmuch

ResourceResource

Can you Can you

Identify theIdentify the

Things that Things that

Come from Come from

Trees orTrees or

Wood?Wood?

ReuseReuse

Can you think of ways YOU could reuse Can you think of ways YOU could reuse these items?these items?

ReuseReuse

What other items in your house could you What other items in your house could you reuse?reuse?

ActivityActivity

Using your resource worksheet.Using your resource worksheet. List/draw as many items as you can that List/draw as many items as you can that

come from trees.come from trees. List as many items as you can that come List as many items as you can that come

from METAL minerals found in the Earthfrom METAL minerals found in the Earth Draw three ways a box can be REUSED.Draw three ways a box can be REUSED.