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Does the Crocodile Hunter Hunt Crocs?
You will take a trip to the Australian Outback, where you can choose to help or harm the wildlife.
You will match the term "Natural Resource" with pictures of natural resources.
You will pick out a service from four choices.
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Do you like to go to the zoo? What animal do you like to see when you go to the zoo? |
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| A zoo provides a SERVICE for you. At the zoo you can see animals that you can't see when you go outside of your house. We like to buy SERVICES. We like to go to the movies, we like to play in parks, and we like to go to zoos! Those are all SERVICES for you. |  |
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Providing SERVICES, such as the zoo, takes certain kinds of RESOURCES. These RESOURCES are things like the work that the zookeepers do to keep the animals clean, or the tools and buckets used when the animals are fed. Another kind of RESOURCE needed to run the zoo is a NATURAL RESOURCE. Animals are NATURAL RESOURCES at the zoo. We go to the zoo to see the animals. We would not want to go to a zoo that did not have animals. NATURAL RESOURCES are good to have. NATURAL RESOURCES are things like trees, rivers, and birds that are used to make other goods (like houses) or provide other services (like the zoo). We make houses from trees. We like to fish in rivers. We like to see the birds. We need to be good to our NATURAL RESOURCES. |
| We can make a CHOICE to be good to animals. Sometimes they need our help and sometimes they need to be left alone. NATURAL RESOURCES can be hurt. Fires can burn the trees. Trash can be put in our rivers. POACHERS want to hurt the animals. |  |
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Participate in this Outback Adventure and see if you can spot some NATURAL RESOURCES. Can you choose to help or leave them alone? |
Animals are NATURAL RESOURCES. They can be in a zoo, movies, or in the wild. Zoos provide a SERVICE. We can make CHOICES to help animals.
You will do a "drop and drag" activity identifying natural resources and services.
Use animals as NATURAL RESOURCES in your own movie.
Find out more about goods and services.
To find out more about how we use water as a natural resource, go to the lesson: Water Water Everywhere.
