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Renewable vs. Non-Renewable Resources

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Fifth graders are introduced to the important topic of renewable, and non-renewable, resources. They are expected to be able to correctly categorize different types of resources as renewable or non-renewable. Another emphasis of this lesson is to teach the importance of conserving our non-renewable resources. An important lesson in this era of over-consumption.

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non-renewable resources, renewable resources

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renewable resources, resource conservation, non-renewable resources, science
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5th
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Science
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