Natural Resources
The students should be able to
identify natural resources, such as
plants and animals, water, air, land,
minerals, forests, and soil.
By Karen Laidler
Plants
Animals
Air
Water
Land and Soil
Minerals
Minerals are naturally occurring substances that originally came
from rock, such as phosphorous, bauxite, iron, salt, gold, silver,
copper, and potassium. Many minerals are essential for the
healthy growth of plants and animals.
Forests
 Forests have moderate climate, help cleanse the air and water, and
house wildlife. They also provide thousands of wood products and
related jobs.
Activity-Walk around the school and
playground and answer the following.
 I saw _______________________.
 ____________________ is a part of
nature.
 One thing that I saw that was made by
people is ________________.
 The natural resource or resources from
which this thing was made are
____________________.
Natural Resources Chart
Natural
Resource
Animals
Land and Soil
Minerals
Water
Plants
Forests
Air
Object Made by People,
Using This Resource
We are running out of these natural
resources! What can we do to help??
 Reuse-
 Recycle-Use trash bins
to recycle plastic, paper
and cans.
 Reduce-Don’t use so
much
Activity
 Design a poster to show how we can
help save natural resources.