Lesson · Grade 5 · Science
Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources
- Grade 5
- Science
- 1 min 5 s
- British Columbia
- BC5-SC-18
Seven natural resources are sorted into two labelled groups: sunlight, wind, water and trees, which nature replaces in a fairly short time, and coal, oil and natural gas, which formed from ancient living things over millions of years and are used up once burned. A small forest then shows that even trees run out if they are cut faster than they grow, and that planting new trees is sustainable use, before the recap that renewables come back and non-renewables can run out.
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The question this lesson answers
We use lots of things from nature, but can they run out?
Things from nature that people use are called natural resources.
Transcript
What the lesson says
We use lots of things from nature, but can they run out?
Things from nature that people use are called natural resources.
We can sort them into two groups.
Renewable resources are replaced by nature in a fairly short time.
The Sun keeps shining, the wind keeps blowing, rain refills rivers, and new trees grow.
Non-renewable resources, like coal, oil and natural gas, can run out.
They formed from the remains of ancient living things, over millions of years.
Once we burn them, they are used up.
Even trees can run out if we cut them faster than they grow.
Planting new trees helps the forest grow back.
Using resources so they last into the future is called sustainable use.
Renewable resources are replaced by nature, but non-renewable ones can run out.
Curriculum
Where this fits
- British Columbia, Grade 5
Science, Earth science: the nature of sustainable practices around BC's resourcesBC5-SC-18
Previous: Earth Materials: From Boulders to ClayNext: Sustainable practices: forests, fish and water
The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.
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