Does the Crocodile Hunter Hunt Crocs?

INTRODUCTION

This lesson will take the students to the Australian Outback, where they can choose to help or harm the wildlife.

The students will match the term "Natural Resource" with pictures of natural resources.

The students will pick out a service from four choices.

RESOURCES

• Outback Adventure: Step into the Outback where you'll test your knowledge of the animals that live there and perhaps rescue a few.
  http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/crochunter/games/outback.html
  
  
• Drag and Drop Activity: This drag and drop activity will assess students understanding of natural resources and services.
  Drag and Drop Activity
   
• Make an Animated Crocodile Hunter: Students can use animals as NATURAL RESOURCES in their own movie.
  animal.discovery.com/fansites/crochunter/interactives/crocmovie.html
  
  
• Goods and Services Activity: Students can complete this activity for more practice identifying goods and services.
  www.econedlink.org/interactives/EconEdLink-interactive-tool-player.php?filename=em194_dragndrop.swf&lid=194
   
• Water Water Everywhere: This is another great EconEdLink lesson where students can learn more about how we use water as a natural resource.
  www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php

PROCESS

Do you like to go to the zoo? What animal do you like to see when you go to the zoo?

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.

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.

Participate in this Outback Adventure and see if you can spot some NATURAL RESOURCES. Can you choose to help or leave them alone.

[NOTE: This lesson is written with words for early readers except for those in all capitals]

CONCLUSION

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.

ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY

Students will do a "drop and drag" activity identifying natural resources and services.

EXTENSION ACTIVITY

Use animals as NATURAL RESOURCES in your own movie.

Find out more about www.econedlink.org/interactives/EconEdLink-interactive-tool-player.php?filename=em194_dragndrop.swf&lid=194.

To find out more about how we use water as a natural resource, go to the lesson:  Water Water Everywhere.