What are natural resources?
Natural resources are materials that are found in nature and can be used by people. Our natural resources include light, air, water, plants, animals, soil, minerals and fossil fuels. We need some natural resources to stay alive and others to make our lives better.
Natural resource worksheets
In these worksheets students connect common materials we make to the natural resources they come from.
What is conservation?
Conservation is the protection, and prevention of wasteful use, of our natural resources. Conservation requires the sensible use of all Earth’s natural resources: water, wildlife, forests, soil and minerals.
Conservation worksheets
Students explore reducing, recycling and reusing in these conservation worksheets.