Natural Resources

Learning about natural resources is essential to building environmental awareness, encouraging sustainable practices, and inspiring future generations to steward the planet responsibly.

Identify and classify natural resources. Then, verify the classifications using a control chart.

The following 13 natural resources are included: animals, forests, soil, plants, fossil fuels, geothermal energy, rocks and minerals, water, tides, solar energy, nuclear energy, air, and wind.

Includes:

  • 13 pictures and information cards
      • picture
      • basic information
      • notation of 'renewable resource', 'non-renewable resource', or 'flow resource'
  • 4 information cards
      • natural resources
      • renewable natural resources
      • non-renewable natural resources
      • flow resources
  • 2 sets of classification title cards
  • 13 sorting cards (can be made into 3-part cards)
  • 1 control chart

The picture and information cards are approx. 5" x 2¾". The sorting cards are approx. 2½" x 3½". Control chart is 8½" x 11".

This file is in PDF format.