Natural Resources Lesson

Agenda Tuesday Nov. 12, 2012

1. Announcements– Collect Can Goods (5 points)– Quad (PennyDrive)

2. Parent Signatures3. Finish Climate/Weather Lesson4. Natural Resources

This week…Tuesday – Finish Lessons

Wednesday – REVIEW for Test

Thursday – TEST #2 Intro to Geography

Friday – Like Stars On Earth

Like Stars on Earth Questions

1. What is this movie about?2. Who are the main characters of this film?3. What is Ishaan’s disability?4. What do you think this movie is trying to

teach us?5. What does success mean to you?6. What does failure mean to you?7. How is going to school in India different

from going to school on Guam?

Natural Resourcesmaterial that is part of the Earth

that people NEED & VALUE

2 Types of

Natural Resourc

es

Renewable

Nonrenewable

Renewable?

Nonrenewable?

Resources that

nature CAN

replace

For Example: Solve this Riddle

IT lies all around uswe don’t give IT much thought

IT puts food on the tablewhat IT gives can’t be bought

Answer is… SOIL!How is soil made?

• tree dies & decays• bacteria breaks down wood • becomes nutrients..SOIL!

SOIL is a Renewable Resource

That means nature can replace it!

Forests are also a Renewable Resource

Why are FORESTS aRenewable Resource?

Because we can plant MORE!

We use TREES for MANY things…

OXYGEN!Cooking oil

medicineLumber for buildings &

furniture baskets

matsHiking & camping

Animal’s shelter

Deforestation

Happens when forest are not replaced as fast as they are cut

down

Reforestation

Planting new trees

Renewable Energy

ResourcesEnergy resources that

CAN BE REPLACED!

Hydroelectric Power• Production of

electricity by water power

• Dams harness energy of falling water from rivers to run generators that produce electricity

Wind Power• Creates electricity by

turning a system of fan blades called a turbine

• “wind farms” are being built in windy places

Solar Power• Energy from the Heat & light from the sun• Heats water or homes• Special solar panels absorb solar energy to

make electricity

“Mang Demi Solar”from the

PhilippinesInvented solar powered light bottles to

be used in homes

Renewable?

Nonrenewable?

Resources that

nature CAN

replace

Resources that

CANNOT be replaced

Nonrenewable Energy

ResourcesThese cannot be replaced! Once we use them they are

GONE forever!

Most of the energy we use come from

3 fossil fuelsFossil fuels are – formed from remains of ancient

plants and animals –decayed over a period of time–Pressure & heat change materials

into solids, liquids, gas

Most of the energy we use come from

3 fossil fuels

coal petroleum Naturalgas

Minerals are a Nonrenewable

Resource• Solid substances that come from the ground• i.e. metals, rocks, salt• Look around you..they are EVERYWHERE!

Windows made from quartz, a mineral

found in sand

Outside walls made out of granite,

limestone other rocks

Desks made out of steel

Minerals in ALL these things!

REVIEW

material that is part of the Earth that people NEED &

VALUE

Natural Resources

2 Types of Resources?

What are the..

Renewable

Nonrenewable

Renewable?

Nonrenewable?

Resources that

nature CAN

replace

SOIL is a Renewable Resource

That means nature can replace it!

Forests are also a Renewable Resource

What is this a picture of?

Reforestation

Planting new trees

Renewable?

Nonrenewable?

Resources that

nature CAN

replace

Resources that

CANNOT be replaced

What kind of Energy resources

are these?

Most of the energy we use come from

3 fossil fuels

coal petroleum Naturalgas

Minerals are a Nonrenewable

Resource• Solid substances that come from the ground• i.e. metals, rocks, salt• Look around you..they are EVERYWHERE!