Natural Resources to Finished Products

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Natural Resources to Finished Products

• Grade 2
• Social Studies

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Blueprint Economics

• Distinguish the difference between a natural
  resource and finished product. 

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Natural Resources

• Natural resources are substances we obtain from
  the land, water, and air around us.
• People use many of the Earth's natural resources.
  All of the products we use have a natural
  resource base. Minerals, forest products, water,
  and soil are just a few of the natural resources
  humans use to produce energy and make things
  people use.

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Renewable Resources

• Some natural resources can be reproduced within a
  few years or decades. These are called renewable
  resources. Trees, water, plants, and air are
  examples of renewable resources.

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Non-renewable Resources

• Underground minerals must be
• mined or dug up from the earth.
• Some of these minerals are gold, silver, salt,
  iron, diamonds, petroleum and coal.
• Oil, minerals, and soil take hundreds, thousands
  and even millions of years to be made. These are
  called non-renewable resources.

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Classroom Activities

• Label objects from as many natural resources
  possible that are found in your classroom.
• Then sort the list into the different categories.

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Resources

• http//www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/world/nres.html
• http//www.mii.org/pdfs/classroom.pdf