ES-ESS3.A-1

Dig and Craft

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COMBINED RATING

4.2 Stars

TEACHERS (31)

4.3

STUDENTS (25834)

4.1

LENGTH

15 Minutes

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CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

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Description

Dig through the underground and find natural resources to build useful things for daily life.

Vocabulary Words

resource

natural resource

renewable resource

non-renewable resource

coal

oil

solar

iron

energy

fossil fuel

fissile materials

pollution

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Natural Resources. Suitable for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5.

Main Concepts

Crude oil and natural gas form when dead plant and animal remains become buried under mud in the sea and are squeezed and heated for millions of years.

Natural resources are things in nature that humans use.(ES)

New and improved technologies can help improve the environmental effects of energy resources.

Renewable resources are resources that can be replenished over the course of a human lifetime.

Examples of non-renewable resources are fossil fuels and fissile materials.

Fossil fuels include coal, natural gas, and oil.

Alternative energy sources include wind energy, solar power, hydroelectric, geothermal, and biofuels.

The use of non-renewable resources, such as fossil fuels, has positive and negative impacts on the environment.

The use of renewable resources can have positive and negative effects on the environment.

Pollution is a substance in the environment that is harmful to organisms on Earth.

Fissile materials are radioactive materials, such as uranium, that can be used to harness nuclear energy.

Fossil fuels take millions of years to form.

Non-renewable resources are resources that take an extremely long time to replenish, so they can run out if we use too much of them.

Examples of renewable resources are wind, water, sunlight, plants, and animals.

Some examples of natural resources are water, animals, trees, plants, metals, minerals, rocks, soil, and fossil fuels.(ES)

A major impact of fossil fuels on the environment is that they pollute Earth’s air, land, and water.

All of the energy and fuels that humans require to live come from natural resources.

Coal forms when dead plant matter becomes buried under layers of rocks and is squeezed and heated for millions of years.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What is an example of a renewable resource? What is an example of a nonrenewable resource?

After the Game

Where can coal be found? Where can wood be found? How are renewable and nonrenewable resources different? What are some sources of pollution? Can they be controlled?