Interresting site from the University of Groningen explaining the incredible impact of machines and technology on developing resources and improving agriculture.

Lesson that illustrates how people use water for transportation, farming, and fun. Young scholars identify water as a natural resource and view images of the many ways that water can be used.

Through 10 lessons and more than 20 hands-on activities, students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the many interactions within it. As they learn about natural and human-made environments, as well as renewable and...

A collection of lessons focusing on the importance and uses of natural resources. Website specifically focuses on the resources found on Lake Pontchartrain Basin.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Using video and Activote assessment questions, students will learn basic facts about the Industry & Natural Resources of Australia. This is part of a series of eight flipcharts.

[Free Registration/Login Required] What are the natural resources of a country? This flipchart provides a list of some of the natural resources of the Bahamas and good reasons to take care of them.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews natural resources through a riddle mix up as well as a fossil fuel and natural resource sort.

Young students are introduced to the complex systems of the Earth through numerous lessons on its natural resources, processes, weather, climate and landforms. Key earth science topics include rocks, soils and minerals, water and natural...

Looks at the many features of the Texas economy that make it one of the healthiest in the country, including, the financial sector, the oil industry, electricity, telecommunications, transportation, and various natural resources.

With increasing pressure on the world's natural environment and resources it is essential that we develop farming systems that have a low impact on the environment, and are also highly productive in meeting the needs of a growing global...

This site is an excellent instructional activity in which students explore the economic interdependence shared between the United States and Chile. Students will learn about the products imported from Chile and determine the reasons for...

Comprehensive resource for the study of soil regions. Special information for teachers and students include soil facts, resources, state soils, urban soil issues, state of the land, and more. Be sure to click on their special...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explores the products and industries of Virginia's five geographic regions.

"Natural Gas: An Energy Resource" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about natural gas, its uses, and how it gets to homes. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the...

Students will dig into researching the history of oil production to possibly uncover some truths about why the United States doesn't do more drilling on its own land. When research is complete, students will write persuasive letters to...

In ancient Hawaii, chiefs managed the economy by creating a land division system, the Ahupua'a, which divided the islands into pie slice shapes. Each Ahupua'a covered the three main regions of the islands: the mountains, the valleys, and...

Students explore the biosphere's environments and ecosystems, learning along the way about the plants, animals, resources and natural cycles of our planet. Over the course of lessons 2-6, students use their growing understanding of...

Coal in North Carolina is limited to two belts of Triassic sediment: the sporadic Dan River belt and the larger Deep River belt, which runs along the Deep River in Lee, Moore, and Chatham Counties. Read on to learn about the uses and...

Learn how cork, "An eminently renewable resource harvested from the living bark of the Cork Oak," is grown, removed, and used for wine bottle corks and more. Information on the cork forest, the world's largest cork tree, and quality...

An activity guide where young scholars refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, they examine the history of oil and oil and gas production In Texas. They...

In this lesson, students examine natural and synthetic fibers. Students explore the photo essay in groups and discuss how the sheep farmer offers an alternative to mass production with a focus on the themes of resiliency and...

This activity accompanies a story by Gary Paulsen called Tortilla Factory, and teaches students to identify the different types of resources (human, capital, natural, etc.) that go into creating corn tortillas and other products.

This site is a fact sheet that uses illustrations to review the steps minerals go through to be made into useable products, and also how some materials can be recycled and returned to the environment.

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.