Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: There Is Something in the Water
The United States is losing 60,000 acres of wetlands each year. Is this good or bad? Does anyone really want to live in swamps, fens, bogs, and marshes? Or is it better economics to drain the wetlands for other purposes like agricultural...
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech: Farm Tractor Logging for Woodlot Owners [Pdf]
This article provides information on logging with a farm tractor.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: National Parks: Only You Can Prevent the Coming Crisis
What do you think of when you think of the National Parks System? Do you think of the majesty of the Grand Canyon and the redwoods of Northern California? Or does the serenity of Cape Cod and the Everglades come to mind?
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Economics of the Family Farm
Learn about the status of farming as a career, investigate the management of a family farm, and examine one recent farm crisis in this lesson.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Look at Our Natural Environment
During this lesson students will have the opportunity to research, analyze, and collect data on how the natural environment influenced the Native Americans long ago, and how it still influences us today. Using information gathered from...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Conserve It to Preserve It
In this lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), conservation and describing ways to sustain energy will be explored. Young scholars will also create a web diagram of ways to conserve energy. This lesson is one...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Recycle to Renew
In this instructional activity from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), renewable resources, such as trees, will be explored. This instructional activity is one from the "Take Pride Statewide" series. *This...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Conserve It to Preserve It
In this lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), conservation and describing ways to sustain natural resources will be explored. This lesson is one from the "Take Pride Statewide" series. *This lesson is...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Save a Buck Challenge
Our pipes leak, air drafts push through our windows and walls, light bulbs create more heat than light, and every appliance we have stays plugged in all day long. Of course its our parents who pay the bills, so it doesn't matter. This is...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Horizons of Soil in My Backyard
Students will work in small groups to dig holes 1 meter deep. Students will work with measurements as they dig and measure. Students will observe the different types of soil and how the soil changes as they dig. Students will write and...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Classroom Feud
As part of a unit about the state of Alabama, students spend time collecting information about the state, which they in turn report to a classroom in another state using distance learning equipment. Then the two classroms in different...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Edible Alabama and Her Agricultural Resources
This is a great culminating activity after a unit study on the natural resources of the state of Alabama. Students will investigate some of Alabama's agricultural resources and create a multimedia presentation about one of them or recipe...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Coal Power Study Guide
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on coal power. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Introduction to Energy Resources Study Guide
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on energy resources. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Environment/natural Resources 1968 to 1980
A quick comprehension check on the environment and natural resources from 1968 to 1980.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Materials Humans Use Study Guide
An overview of some natural resources contained in materials humans use.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Availability of Natural Resources Study Guide
Explore the availability of natural resources around the world.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Natural Resources Study Guide
Understand what natural resources are, and how important they are to Earth.
Google
Louisiana Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Grade 4: Conservation: Unit Files
Fourth graders explore the beauty of the natural world and the responsibilities of leaving an abundance of resources to future generations. A complete unit Google Drive folder of teacher resources.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: El Mundo
This is an online resource in Spanish to the countries of the world, detailed maps of these countries from Mapquest, their flags, and statistical data. Statistical data includes literacy rates, industry, agriculture and natural...
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill Ryerson: Human Impacts on Ecosystems
Take this ten question quiz on human impacts on ecosystems. The quiz is multiple choice.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: The Atmosphere, the Ocean, and Environmental Change
A collection of video lectures from a course that explores the physical processes the control Earth's atmosphere, ocean, and climate that is taught at Yale University. The course covers topics like clouds, rain, severe storms, regional...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Just for You
Students are asked to explain how plants and animals may be classified as natural resources.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Water Conservation
Students increase their sustainability knowledge, and estimate water waste through leaking faucets in US.