Natural Resources, Minerals & Regions, Grades 1-5

The Mineral Information Institute has six great teacher resource packets for teaching natural resources.  I realize that for some of you, these were 1st nine week's standards, but they might be worth downloading for next year!

Download Everyday Uses Grades 2-4
Study of the pencil, minerals

Download Everything We Have Primary Grades
EVERYTHING WE HAVE AND EVERYTHING WE USE COMES FROM OUR NATURAL RESOURCES

Download Study of the Earth Primary Grades
Brief Discription: Everything we have and everything we use comes from our natural resources. The Earth is the source for all of it. The air we breathe, the food we eat, the clothes we wear, and the houses we live in all come from our natural resources. We must use them wisely and treat them with respect.

Download Sea to Shining Sea Grade 4: Regions
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Students complete a United States map showing the locations of the states, their capitals, and the top five agricultural commodities in each state. They then identify and graph the top five commodities nationally after compiling the information.

Download Periodic Chart Grades 4 & 5
Atoms and elements

Download Resources We Use Grade 3
Natural resources and minerals that we use in daily life