identify and classify Earth's renewable resources, including air, plants, water, and animals, and nonrenewable resources, including coal, oil, and natural gas, and the importance of conservation.
A 70-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
A 22-slide editable PowerPoint template to use when exploring how natural resources are used by humans in the 21st century.
A teaching presentation that explores what natural resources are and where they come from.
A worksheet that explores where natural resources come from.
A hands-on science experiment about biodegradability.
A sorting activity that requires students to identify renewable and nonrenewable forms of energy.
A set of posters examining renewable and nonrenewable energy sources, including wind energy, hydro energy, solar energy, natural gas, oil, and coal.
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of how to work scientifically.
A 60 minute lesson in which students will compare the properties of natural and processed materials through a demonstration.
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the ways humans produce and use processed materials.
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the use of natural materials by humans throughout history.
This Chemical Sciences unit investigates natural and processed materials. Demonstrations and experimental procedures are explored with particular attention given to the scientific method.