The environment holds a treasure chest of materials that are useful to people.

These materials are called…

All things that keep you alive and make you comfortable come from natural resources.

The paper you used to take your spelling test was once a natural resource. What was it?

The plastic case that your CD comes in was once a natural resource. What was it?

Your clothing was once a natural resource. What was it?

Some Natural Resources can’t be replaced very quickly

or are used wastefully.

•What natural resource do you think you use the most?

•As a second grader, what can you do to help save natural resources?