BC Grade 5 Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources IRP:

• analyse how BC's living and non-living resources are used
• identify methods of extracting or harvesting and processing BC's resources
• analyse how the Aboriginal concept of interconnectedness of the environment is reflected in responsibility for and caretaking of resources
• describe potential environmental impacts of using BC's living and non-living resources

Related Pages on this Wiki:

Aboriginal Cultures

Electricity

Energy

Forest

Fur Trade

Gold Rush

Salmon

Water

Student Links

Sqworl Page of Student Links Here is a collection of student links chosen from the sites below and organized in a handy visual index.

Research

	World Book for Kids WBFK has links for Natural Resources and for related topics:  Conservation, Environmental Pollution, Recycling, Forests, Water, Sun, Fuel, etc.  Students can click on the speaker icon to hear the article read aloud and double-click on a word to hear its definition.  The articles can also be emailed or printed.
	World Book for Students SBFS has a link for Natural Resources which includes a video explaining the types of renewable and non-renewable resources.  These articles can be emailed or printed or printed to the KESI Virtual printer to bring them quickly into Kurzweil.  Related topics include Pollution, Conservation, Recycling, and pages on individual resources.
	BC Time Machine Archives:  Natural Resources This website covers the historical development of resource use in BC including agriculture, forestry, mining, and fishing.

Just came across this excellent SD 71 teacher-developed resource for Natural Resources.

Games and Interactives

	Harcourt Science Up Close Interactives The Harcourt site  includes lessons and interactives on Ways to Save Resources and People Can Avoid Wasting. Click on each grade level to browse the videos. These activities contain many options for differentiation including narration, captioning, and keyboard hot-keys. The activities take time to load but are worth the wait.
	Recycling Game in Sammy's Science House Learn Now BC website has made Edmark's Sammy's Science House available online.  This popular children's software includes a recycling activity.  The software version on CD is switch-accessible.
	Recycle City There is lots to explore in this virtual city which explains various aspects of recycling, reducing, and reusing.

Photos, Videos, and Slideshows

	Scholastic StudyJams Natural Resources Slideshows The StudyJams site contains 3 slideshows on Natural Resources, Renewable Fuels, and Fossil Fuels found in the Energy Light and Sound section. The vocabulary covered in each presentation is listed. The slideshow presentations require grade level reading of the captions and are followed by a short quiz.
	Scholastic StudyJams Ecosystem Videos There is an entire section in StudyJams devoted to Ecosystems.  This includes videos and presentations on Ecosystems, Changes in Ecosystems, Water Cycle, Carbon Cycle and other related topics.  Each video or slideshow is followed by a short quiz; the slideshows require grade level reading of the captions.
	Neok12 Photos and Videos The Neok12 page on Natural Resources includes a section at the top where students can view pictures related to the theme and create a presentation.  There are also 11 videos on subjects related to Natural Resources.  Unfortunately the activities on the page that used to be free now require a subscription.

Clicker5, Clicker Paint (requires software)

	Clicker5 Grid Natural Resources  This grid was created by Kathy Ryan to address the grade 5 plos and is a good match with Science Probe Chapter 5.  The grid contains learning and writing componenta and discusses how we use the earth's resources.
	Clicker5 Grid Non-renewable Resources  This grid was created by Kathy Ryan to address the grade 5 plos and is a good match with Science Probe Chapter 5.  The grid contains learning and writing componenst and discusses the careful use non-renewable resources.
	Clicker5 Grid Reduce, Reuse, Recycle This grid was created by Mallory Burton to address a grade 3 plo but is a good fit with the grade 5 Earth's Resources unit. The grid contains a short story explaining the 3 terms and a writing component in which students are asked to identify examples as reducing, reusing, or recycling.

SMARTBoard

SB Lessons Activity Exchange A search for lessons on "natural resources" at the grade 5 level returned 346 results. I checked about 6 of these including some designated for the grade 2 level and all were excellent.  Several included activities for sorting renewable and non-renewable resources, including a professionally designed SMART Notebook Lesson. You can preview the lessons on the site before downloading.