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

Plants How Do You Use Plants?

Animals How Are Animals Resources?

Air How Do We Use Air?

Water How Do YOU Use Water?

Land and Soil How Do YOU use Land and Soil?

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

Forests Forests have moderate climate, help cleanse the air and water, and house wildlife. They also provide thousands of wood products and related jobs.

Natural Resources Chart Object Made by People, Using This Resource Animals Land and Soil Minerals Water Plants Forests Air

We are running out of these natural resources! What can we do to help?? Reuse- Reduce-Don’t use so much Recycle-Use trash bins to recycle plastic, paper and cans.

Resource Can you Identify the Things that Come from Trees or Wood?

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

Reuse What other items in your house could you reuse?

Activity Using your resource worksheet. List/draw as many items as you can that come from trees. List as many items as you can that come from METAL minerals found in the Earth Draw three ways a box can be REUSED.