Learning Targets:

• I can identify and classify Earth’s renewable resources and nonrenewable resources. 

Think about these questions today as we learn about natural resources:

• How are natural resources used to make things useful to our everyday lives?
• How are natural resources used for our survival?
• How do we classify resources?

Vocabulary:

• coal
• conservation
• fossil fuel
• mineral
• natural gas
• nonrenewable resources
• oil (or petroleum)
• renewable resources

Engage:

• With your teacher, complete a Frayer Model for the term natural resource.

Explore:

• Discuss the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources.
• Sorting Activity
  • Natural Resources Sorting Cards
  • Resources Tree

Explain:

• Digital Lesson:  How Do People Use Resources/What are Natural Resources?
• Answer questions (found in Google Classroom).

Enrichment:

• Game:  Sortify
• Game:  Study Ladder