1. Determining the Kinds and Importance of Natural Resources
Lesson 1
Determining the Kinds and Importance of Natural Resources

2. Common Core/ Next Generation Standards Addressed
MS‐LS2‐1. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem. MS‐LS2‐2. Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems. RST.6‐8.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts. (MS‐LS1‐6),(MS‐LS2‐1),(MS‐LS2‐4) RI.8.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims. (MS‐LS2‐4) WHST Draw evidence from Informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. (MS‐LS1‐6),(MS‐LS2‐4)

3. Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Standards Addressed!
NRS Apply methods of classification to examine natural resource availability and ecosystem function in a particular region.
Sample Measurement: The following sample measurement strands are provided to guide the development of measurable activities, at different levels of proficiency, to assess students’ attainment of knowledge and skills related to this performance indicator. The topics represented by each strand are not all-encompassing.
NRS a. Summarize and classify the different kinds of natural resources using common classification schemes (e.g., living versus non-living, renewable versus nonrenewable, native versus introduced, etc.).

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5. Interest Approach
Ask students to list the natural resources used to create objects around the classroom. Determine if students can identify how the remainder of the natural resource was used. Indicate that the lesson will focus on natural resources. Move on to the objectives of the lesson.

6. Student Learning Objectives
1. Describe the environment.
2. Explain natural resources and list examples.
3. Contrast and compare renewable and nonrenewable natural resources.
4. Describe the ways natural resources are important to agriculture.

7. Terms Environment Exhaustible natural resource Fossil fuel
Inexhaustible natural resource
Natural resource
Nonrenewable natural resource
Renewable natural resource

8. Objective 1:
Describe the Environment

9. What is the Environment?
The Environment is a living organism’s surroundings.
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The Environment includes all the conditions that influence an organism.
The environment is constantly changing.
It is usually considered the physical features around us.

10. Objective Two
Explain natural resources and list examples

11. What are Natural Resources?
Natural resources are resources that occur naturally and are found in nature.

12. What are Natural Resources?
Natural resources are used to provide for the needs of humans and all other living organisms.
Natural resources are used to provide for the needs of humans and all other living organisms.

13. What are Natural Resources?
Humans cannot make natural resources.
Humans use natural resources in many ways.
Nearly everything humans use is derived from a natural resource.
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14. What are Natural Resources?
Natural resources are grouped into several categories.
Wildlife, plants, animals, and other organisms that have not been domesticated.
Air: a mixture of gases that surrounds the earth and is used by humans in numerous ways.

15. What are Natural Resources?
Natural resources are grouped into several categories. (continued)
Soil: the outer layer of the earth™s crust that supports plant life.
Water: a substance that is required for all living organisms to survive.
Minerals: inorganic substances taken from the earth to make other useful objects.

16. What are Natural Resources?
Natural resources are grouped into several categories. (continued)
Fossil Fuels: organic substances mined from the earth. They are used to provide energy and to manufacture other objects.

17. Objective Three
Contrast and compare renewable and nonrenewable natural resources.

18. How are Renewable and Nonrenewable natural resources alike and different?
Natural resources are either Renewable or Nonrenewable.

19. How are Renewable and Nonrenewable natural resources alike and different?
Renewable Natural Resources can be replenished by the environment.
Soil, air, wildlife, and water are examples.
Replacing them may take a long time.
If managed improperly, the resource may be depleted before replacement occurs.

20. How are Renewable and Nonrenewable natural resources alike and different?
Nonrenewable Natural Resources cannot be replenished by the environment.
Minerals are considered nonrenewable.
The limited nature of nonrenewable natural resources explains their relatively high cost.

21. How are Renewable and Nonrenewable natural resources alike and different?
Inexhaustible Natural Resources will last forever regardless of human activity.
Water is practically limitless, due to the Hydrologic Cycle; however, mismanagement can cause water to be unfit for use.
These resources can be either renewable or nonrenewable.

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23. How are Renewable and Nonrenewable natural resources alike and different?
Exhaustible Natural Resources are in limited supply in the environment.
Fossil fuels are considered exhaustible natural resources.
These resources may exist in such large quantities that they are considered inexhaustible.

24. How are natural resources important to agriculture?
All natural resources are dependent on the others.
A. Natural resources are interdependent.
1. Humans use animals that use plants, air, and water.
2. Hawks eat fish that eat insects that eat decomposing plants.

25. How are natural resources important to agriculture?
All natural resources are dependent on the others. (Continued)
B. Agriculture is used to feed and clothe the world.
1. Soil minerals, air, and water are needed by plants to grow.
2. Livestock eat plants to produce muscle tissue and fiber.

26. Review / Summary What is an Environment?
Identify the groups that Natural Resources are grouped?
How are Renewable and Non-Renewable resources different?
Which resource is found in the greatest quantity?
Why are Natural Resources important to agriculture?

27. The End!

28. Student Learning Activities
Sample tests are available in the Lesson Plan tab.

34. KEY

35. Assign students a resource for them to research
Assign students a resource for them to research. Students should then create a display of some kind, they can make a poster, power point, model, or anything else that they think will help them present about their resource. Students should then present their resource to the class, presentations should be 3-5 minuets in length.

36. Have students create a poster about the water cycle
Have students create a poster about the water cycle. Here are some example posters.